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Tip 775: OL2010: Select account before sending

posted Monday, August 30, 2010 1:11 AM by outlooktips
Some Outlook 2010 users are having ‘issues’ with Outlook's new 'default' account behavior when multiple accounts are delivered to different data files. Outlook uses the email address assigned to the data file you are currently working in as the default Read More
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Tip 774: Rules in Error

posted Tuesday, August 24, 2010 11:14 PM by outlooktips
Many Outlook 2007 and 2010 users have discovered when setting up a rule that replies with a template that it returns a “rules in error” message. The problem? Using HTML message format for the template. Use plain text format when you create the template Read More
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Tip 773: Accounts & Signatures

posted Wednesday, August 18, 2010 11:13 PM by outlooktips
When you use Outlook 2003 with Word as your editor or Outlook 2007 / 2010, you can assign a signature to each account and Outlook will use the correct signature when you change accounts. In Tools, Options, Mail format tab, Signatures (Outlook 2003/2007) Read More
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Tip 772: Open *.eml in Outlook

posted Tuesday, August 17, 2010 12:20 AM by outlooktips
A popular request is the ability to open Outlook Express  &  Live Mail’s *.eml files in Outlook.  If you have Outlook 2010, it supports opening *.eml files. If you use Outlook 2007, you can open them if you have either a hotfix or SP2 Read More
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Tip 769: Crash on Reply or Forward

posted Tuesday, August 10, 2010 12:15 AM by outlooktips
I’ve heard a lot of complaints about Outlook 2010 crashing on a reply or forward. This is caused by not having a folder set as the default delivery location for the account. With Outlook closed, go to Control panel, Mail and select Show Profiles. Select Read More
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Tip 767: Poll: Edit and Save attachments

posted Thursday, July 29, 2010 8:18 AM by outlooktips
I have a new poll at Outlook Forums. As always, this highly scientific poll (:)) is open to all; only those who want to add a comment will need an account. Do you edit and save attachment back to an email message? http://www.outlookforums.com/showthread.php?68554-Do-you-edit-and-save-attachment-back-to-an-email-message     Read More
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Tip 765: Junk Email Folder Icon

posted Tuesday, July 27, 2010 12:15 AM by outlooktips
Over the last 6 weeks or so, I've had/seen several questions about the junk mail folder icon and didn't understand why they insisted the icon was wrong...  I do now. “My junk email folder is blocked, how do I unblock it?  Nothing goes Read More
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Tip 756: Hotfix for New Messages moving to the Deleted Items folder

posted Thursday, July 01, 2010 3:49 PM by outlooktips
Over the last few months we've seen a number of complaints where all new messages are delivered to the Deleted Items folder.  A hotfix released this week addresses this problem (and many more). Additionally, the hotfix provides a design change: Read More
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Tip 750: Outlook 2010 and large messages

posted Wednesday, June 09, 2010 1:15 PM by outlooktips
Outlook 2010 gets the maximum message size from Exchange server and prevents you from sending the message instead of sending it then bouncing it back. For those without Exchange, the limit is 20 MB. If you need to send larger messages or Outlook is incorrectly Read More
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Tip 747: Outlook Tips: Quick Steps bug

posted Thursday, May 27, 2010 8:17 PM by outlooktips
I wasn’t planning on writing about Outlook 2010 for the next few tips, but I thought I should mention a bug in Quick Steps, especially since I recently wrote about Quick Steps on the Office blog. If you have a profile with only POP3, IMAP, or Outlook Read More
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