Diane Poremsky

This question about Outlook's Holidays came up this week.I have Outlook 2010, and my holidays ended 12/31/13. If I add holidays they will go backwards as well as forward, I don't want the old holidays and I need to keep my past appointments, so I can't archive the calendar to remove the old holidays. And I'm sure the past holidays will be duplicated when I add the new … [Read more...] about Tip 1125: Add new holidays to Outlook Calendar and remove old holidays

Users are complaining that Ctrl+Q (Mark as Read shortcut in Outlook) has stopped working.My Ctrl+Q (Mark as Read shortcut) stopped working. My mail management routine is based on marking as read items that are either closed or are not needed any further attention. Pressing Ctrl+Q won't do anything. Ctrl+U for making unread works perfectly.It's not you, it's Bing. … [Read more...] about Tip 1124: Did Ctrl+Q stop working in Outlook?

Bob asked this question: When I select PEOPLE, I see a list of the contacts I imported. Most display as First Name then Last name, but some display Last Name and then First Name. I have edited each of them and the data is entered properly for each. First names in first name field and last name in last name field. Why are some displaying one way and others displaying another … [Read more...] about Tip 1122: Sort order in Outlook's People Hub

I'm starting to see a lot of complaints that Outlook 2003 is not sending the full message as the user typed it. Only the first part of the message, the part that was saved to drafts, is sent. Not all messages are affected, just some.This is caused by a combination of the installation of Internet Explorer 11 and the user's choice of using Outlook's native editor. Outlook is … [Read more...] about Tip 1121: Outlook 2003: Messages are cropped

A user asked this question: Is it possible to create a list of contacts that were created on a certain date? For example: it would be nice to check the contacts that were created yesterday or 2 days ago. Yes, you can do this. Switch to a list view and add the Created field to the view. You can also add the Modified field to the view to see when you last edited the contact. … [Read more...] about Tip 1120: When was a contact created?