The following is a very popular request from users, especially towards the end of month:I'd like to change the default monthly view in Outlook to show this week and 4 future weeks. Currently it shows the current week and the prior four. Does anyone want to view past weeks more than they do future weeks? It seems like an odd default.While it may seem odd in the digital … [Read more...] about Tip 969: Can I make 'this week' the first week of the monthly calendar?
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Tip 963: Which Calendar does the To-Do Bar use?
We get a lot of questions about missing appointments on the To-Do Bar appointment section:My To-Do Bar is not showing my appointments. Under my 'To-Do Bar' options everything is checked.In addition to missing appointments, some users complain that the wrong appointments are shown.This is always a problem when there is more than one calendar in the … [Read more...] about Tip 963: Which Calendar does the To-Do Bar use?
Tip 944: Hide Header in Reading Pane
The header in the reading pane or in an open message takes up quite a bit of screen real estate: In older versions of Outlook you can shrink the header down to the subject line by editing the view or by carefully right clicking on the left edge of the reading pane and selecting Header Information to toggle it off and on. In Outlook 2007, only the subject shows (as … [Read more...] about Tip 944: Hide Header in Reading Pane
Tip 934: Separate Email from Multiple Accounts into New Folders
When I set up my email accounts, they all went into one Inbox. I set up separate Inbox folders for each and the new emails are coming in correctly, but how do I get the emails I downloaded first separated into the 5 correct Inboxes? I have 1500 messages, so it's not feasible to look at each one to separate them. It's actually very simple to sort them. Create a custom view … [Read more...] about Tip 934: Separate Email from Multiple Accounts into New Folders
Tip 892: Show More Appointments on Outlook's Calendar
A common complaint: When using the month view on days with several appointments, Outlook only shows the first few, with a down arrow icon which expands to Day view if there are more appointments. Because its easy to overlook the truncated cells in the month view, there is a high probability of overlooking an appointment.Their question always goes something like this: Is … [Read more...] about Tip 892: Show More Appointments on Outlook's Calendar