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Tip 1073: Easily disable e-mail accounts

How to configure Outlook to stop checking email on some accounts when traveling, while still checking email on your most important accounts.

How to enable or disable the Mini Translator feature in Outlook 2010 and Outlook 2013.

Outlook 2013 makes a change to the 3 line preview feature in older versions: 1 to 3 line preview is a button on the ribbon but you can no longer preview only unread messages.

Change Outlook 2013's upper case ribbon names to proper case.

In Outlook 2010 and Outlook 2013 the Alt+n shortcuts do double duty. In any module, Alt+ a number works a shortcut for the Quick Access Toolbar buttons. In the calendar Alt+ a number is used to display 1 to 10 consecutive dates on the calendar.

Microsoft removed the ability to change the font and font size in the Outlook 2013 folder list. But all is not lost. For those people with high resolution monitors and/or poor vision there is something we can do short of enlarging the whole display image.

Outlook 2013's Search People lists addresses that are not in your address book. I'll explain why and how to remove them.

There are reports that Outlook 2010 on Windows 8 is very slow to send and receive after several hours of use. All of the reports mention Outlook 2010 on Windows 8, but all versions of Outlook may be affected.