Diane Poremsky

Tip 716: Change Address Book Sort Order

An Outlook user asked: When I click on "To" to select who I am sending an email to, the "Select Names" dialog box pops up, with "Show Names From The" "Contacts" by default.The list of contact is sorted "First Name Last Name" how do I reverse this ? In "Tools / Options / Contacts / Contacts Options" I already have "Last First" selected in both boxes.The Contacts Options … [Read more...] about Tip 716: Change Address Book Sort Order

Tip 713: Save as HTML folder

Anyone who saves email in HTML format knows Outlook creates a folder containing “junk files” (in their opinion). The folder can’t be deleted – it’s linked to the HTML file and breaking the link, while possible, takes several steps. Although you can’t prevent the creation of these folder, you can make it easier to delete them. Open Windows Explorer, go to Folder options (Look … [Read more...] about Tip 713: Save as HTML folder

Tip 712: Outlook 2010's Large Message Size Fix

As many beta users discovered, Outlook 2010 sometimes creates huge messages. This is a bug and is usually only a problem when using bulleted and numbered lists. It’s fixed in later builds. The good news: Public beta users won’t have to wait for the release of a later build. Microsoft released a hotfix beta users can download. Outlook 2010 32bit hotfix Outlook 2010 64bit … [Read more...] about Tip 712: Outlook 2010's Large Message Size Fix

Tip 711: Esc to close

A few people have complained about the Save and Close button being so close to the Delete button that they accidently delete appointments and contacts. The solution: use the Ctrl+S to save and Esc key to close. Or just use Esc and answer the ‘do you want to save’ dialog. … [Read more...] about Tip 711: Esc to close

Tip 710: Outlook and date formatting

I received this complaint yesterday: The biggest issue I have with Outlook is that the meeting requests don't show the DAY! What stupidity. Every single meeting request I get - I have to click on the calendar button to see what day of the week it is for. How many years have people been doing this for every meeting request without someone fixing it? I’m not … [Read more...] about Tip 710: Outlook and date formatting