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Tip 965: Changing Outlook 2010′s Conversation View Message Order

Indented Conversation layout

Why is the default message view showing the latest message first? For example, when I click on the conversation and it states 'Latest message shown. Click to view earlier items.' How can I change this? Isn't it more logical to show the first message in the thread, not the last? Surely it is more...
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Tip 964: Managing “old” email accounts

Change configuration of the email account settings

A visitor had a question about how to forward mail from an old account to another account. This is a fairly common question that comes up when people leave their employer, graduate, switch to a new ISP, or decide to make their life easier by using fewer email addresses.
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Tip 963: Which Calendar does the To-Do Bar use?

Click on any date in the Navigation Caledar

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...
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Tip 962: Change the Default Calendar where Meeting Requests are Saved

Create a rule to move only messages

Problem: user has all mail delivered to a Personal Folder. When they have a meeting request, and accept it, the meeting is added to the Calendar in the personal folder. User has cell phone that syncs with Exchange calendar but meeting requests do not sync to the cell phone, because they are not in...
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Tip 961: Drag and Drop to Re-order Tasks

Use a group by view so you can drag tasks into a new group

An Outlook user had a question about re-ordering tasks: When I drag a task to another position in my task list I get a circle with line through it. Outlook will not allow me to drag and drop a task. I used to be able to drag a task. Is there a setting that...
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Tip 960: (Another) Calendar Printing Bug

3 week calendar printout drops last week in the month

Starting the week on Monday is the cause of this new printing bug. An Outlook 2010 user wanted to print a calendar using the options to print exactly one month per page and to print only the weekdays (Monday - Friday) but with September 2012, the printout included only the first 3 weeks –...
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Tip 959: Changing the Font used for Outlook’s RSS Feeds

Run a Script rules for RSS feeds

If you really don't like Calibri, we show you how to use VBA and a Rule to change the font used for Outlook 2007 and Outlook 2010's RSS feeds to another font.
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Tip 958: Display Task Status in the To-Do Bar

Advanced Filter dialog

Tasks in the To-Do Bar are the subject of a lot of questions about how to control what tasks are visible. Is it possible to display the Status of a Task as an icon in the To-Do bar? I would like to mark tasks that are currently "Deferred" or "Waiting on someone else", so...
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Tip 957: Delete the MRU list in Choose Form dialog

Clear the 'look in' folder list in choose form dialog

When you work with custom forms, you can eventually have a long list of folder names on the Look in list in the Choose Form dialog. You can clear this list by editing the registry.
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Tip 956: Too Many Contact Folders?

Use Folder Groups to hide extra calendar and contact folders

With multiple accounts in an Outlook 2010 profile, you can have ridiculous number of calendar and contact folders in your navigation pane. Older Outlook versions are susceptible too, especially if you use the LinkedIn or Windows Live social connector. We show you how to reduce the clutter.
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