appointments

A user complained that he couldn't copy and paste appointments on his calendar.This should be a basic Outlook feature, but NO, Outlook can't do something so simple as copy and paste appointments on a calendar. Really? How stupid!Yes, the Copy command is missing from the right-click context menu, but that doesn't mean it doesn't work.... try using the old standby Ctrl+C … [Read more...] about Copy and Paste Appointments

This request came from an Outlook user:Ideally, I would like to be able to right click an event and have an option to "hide this event" from my view. I haven't been able to figure out a way to create a custom view that hides the events I don't want to see without hiding the ones I do need to see.While Outlook doesn't have a right-click > Hide command, you can get … [Read more...] about Tip 1096: Hide Events on your Outlook Calendar

Problem: When you use an Outlook.com account in Outlook 2013 (using EAS) and insert an attachment into an appointment, contact, or task, the attachment is not visible in the message body. All attachments - files and Outlook items - are affected by this bug.Click the Copy to My Calendar command to create a copy of the appointment on your default calendar and the … [Read more...] about Tip 1082: Attachments are hidden in Outlook 2013 Outlook.com accounts

After several questions over the last couple of weeks asking how to send a plain text meeting request, I thought it was time to write up a tip on the subject.Why would you want to do this? Most users want to forward a copy of their appointments to a cell phone or their personal address but only need the details in a text message format, not a meeting request or … [Read more...] about Tip 1051: Send meeting details in an email

With the holidays approaching and with what seems like everyone taking the last week of the year off, it's a good time to review Outlook's reminder settings.There are several different methods you can use to disable reminders, depending on what your goal is.Do you want to stop adding reminders to new appointments and meetings?If so, you can turn reminders off in … [Read more...] about Disable reminders in Microsoft Outlook