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Tip 1089: Duplicate a meeting request

Invite Attendees

If you plan ahead, it takes just a few keystrokes to send an identical meeting to several people.

Tip 1088: Check for Duplicate Contacts

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Check for duplicates when adding new contacts to Outlook.

Tip 1087: Find Messages from Sender

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How to use Outlook's Find related command to initiate an Instant search for messages from sender or messages in the conversation.

Tip 1086: Outlook People Pane is missing

People Pane Options

Where did the People Pane go? What you need to do when the people pane disappears.

Tip 1085: Stop showing contact photos in Outlook

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How do I get rid of those placeholder photos in Outlook? When I open an email I see that dumb place-holder photo under Reply. Is there a way to get rid of that photo and the other two photos on the bottom right of the window? The top one is a contact photo. Go...

Tip 1084: Add to Contacts in Outlook 2013

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Add to Outlook Contacts is only visible if the contact does not exist in any of your Contacts folders, including connected Social Networks.

Tip 1083: View Attachments is missing from the context menu

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The View Attachments command was removed from Outlook 2010 (and Outlook 2013). You can view a list of attachments using the File > Save All Attachments command.

Tip 1082: Attachments are hidden in Outlook 2013 Outlook.com accounts

Save attachments dialog

When you use Outlook.com account in Outlook 2013 and insert an attachment into an appointment, contact, or task, the attachment is not visible in the message body.

Tip 1081: Add hyperlinked icon to an Outlook signature

Edit signature dialog

How to add a hyperlinked icon to an Outlook signature.

Tip 1080: Showing Weather in Outlook 2013

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Outlook 2013 will show three days of weather but the catch is that the area between the date and search field needs to be wide enough to fit three days of weather.

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