Diane Poremsky

Say you want to find all email you sent more than 1 month ago and sort (or group) it by the recipient. What's the best way to do this? Search folders, Advanced find, or Views can do this easily. Right click on the Search folder and choose Create Search Folder (or open the Advanced Find dialog or create a new filtered view and skip to step 6.) Select the last item in the … [Read more...] about Tip 272: Creating Custom Searches

A reader asks: "At some point after I installed MSO 2003, several month's Calendars appeared at the top of the Navigation Pane. Now, only one appears along with stuff I don't need or want, like the My Calendars and Current View Sections. How can I get rid of those 2 sections and have at least 2, preferably 3, months' Calendars to appear above the navigation buttons?" If you … [Read more...] about Tip 270: Displaying Navigation Calendars

A reader asks: "The checkbox for Tools>Options>Spelling>Ignore original message text in replies & forwards has a checkmark in it. On the Mail format tab, there are no checkmarks in the two MS Word 2003 checkboxes and HTML is set as the editor. Regardless of these factors, spell check still runs on original message text in replies and forwards sent to us in Plain … [Read more...] about Tip 269: Spell Check Plain Text Replies

Did you know you can store documents in Outlook folders or Exchange public folders?  Just drag and drop them to a folder. If Outlook wants to create a new message with the file as an attachment, try dropping it into Drafts first, then move it to a different folder, if desired. Why would you want to store documents in Outlook? To keep project files together, to make it … [Read more...] about Tip 268: Storing Documents in Outlook

As you know, it bugs me when people blame everything on viruses when it's just a feature or goofy Outlook behavior, but it bugs me even more when the first step when troubleshooting is to uninstall and reinstall Office. Sorry folks, it's a huge waste of time and rarely fixes most problems. This is because uninstall doesn't remove or replace many of the registry settings or … [Read more...] about Tip 267: Troubleshooting Steps