I set up a contact group. After saving it I can't find it anywhere. I tried searching but it's not found. Maybe I misspelled the name? There are (at least) three ways to find contact groups (distribution lists) within a contacts folder - Instant search, use a List view and look over the list,...
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This tip was submitted by Hedgehog: I have a tip for you that I have not seen posted on the web, and that has been driving me, and obviously others crazy. It has to do with ordering task views so that a due date of “None” appears at the end of the list, yet...
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Outlook’s junk mail filter often gets blamed for putting mail in the Junk E-mail folder when some other program did it. So beginning with Outlook 2007 SP2, the infobar tells you if Outlook junk filter moved the message or not. If Outlook didn’t do it, it won’t tell you what put the message in...
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Not everyone likes the To-Do List opening as the default folder when switching to the Task pane. Some users just want to see tasks, not flagged messages, and would like to delete the To-Do list or set the Tasks folder to open by default: “I have a problem with the To-Do List under My...
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Microsoft Outlook has a feature called Automatic Formatting which lets you color items in a list, making them easier to see. While it’s called an “automatic formatting rule” its not a Rule applied by the Rules Wizard but a feature of a View. The formatting is not applied directly to the item and will...
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Junk Mail updates are released monthly. If you aren’t using automatic updates, go to Help, Check for updates once a month. New to Microsoft Outlook since version 2003: Junk Email handling. Junk email removes spam from your mailbox using built-in filtering capabilities. The junk mail feature is highly accurate when set on High and you...
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Note: The Junk mail rule is visible only if you use an Exchange mailbox. If you are looking for a way to completely disable the junk email filter see Disable Outlook’s Junk E-mail Filter. (Outlook 2007/2010 only). Some users are reporting problems with Outlook 2003′s junk email filter not working properly. It ignores names...
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For Microsoft Outlook 2007 and Outlook 2010 only. Some people don’t want to use Outlook’s Junk filter. They set it to No Automatic Filtering in Junk Email options. This is supposed to stop all filtering except for addresses on the Blocked senders list but some users say the Junk Email filter continues to filter...
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The find dialog in Outlook 2003 and earlier does not support “AND” searches. Multiple words are searched using the “OR” operator. However, you can do a Boolean search with the AND operator using Advanced find. This same method works with Views (for Filters and Automatic formatting) and Search folders (Outlook 2003/2007/2010). First you need...
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Creating any type of custom Outlook views is pretty easy. Select the folder where you want to use the new view. Open the Custom Views Organizer dialog – using either the Views menu on the Advanced toolbar or from the View menu. In Outlook 2003, go to View, Arrange By, Current View, Define view,...
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