Diane Poremsky

Sometimes just firing a reminder isn't enough--you need it to open an application so you don't miss it the reminder. You can do this with a Meeting Request. Create the meeting request with yourself as the attendee. Choose online meeting using Windows Media Services, check Automatically start Windows Media with Reminder. Add a file path to open templates or documents, … [Read more...] about Tip 58: Using Meeting Requests

Using an antivirus scanner to scan your email is not necessary if the scanner is also configured for autoprotect since Outlook saves all attachments to a temp folder before opening and the scanner will detect a virus at that time. In many cases, you can easily recognize potentially infected messages and will delete them without opening them, with or without an antivirus … [Read more...] about Tip 57: Antivirus Scanners and Email

Depending on your version of Outlook and the type of message, you'll see different messages in the Infobar. Outlook 2002: The Infobar tells you if the person is online using Windows Messaging. Outlook 2002/2003: The Infobar reminds you if you have extra line breaks removed from the messages. When a message has Voting enabled, a note in the Infobar reminds you to vote. It … [Read more...] about Tip 56: Using Outlook's Infobar

When you receive a forwarded message as an attachment instead of inline you can drag and drop the attachment into your Inbox or other mail folder to read it. You can then reply directly to the original sender. When forwards are nested, as they often are when it came from an AOL account, open each attached message and drop the original message into your mail folder. … [Read more...] about Tip 54: Drag and Drop Forwarded Messages

Beginning with some versions of Office 2000, activation is required if you want to continue to use Office applications after 50 uses. You can "save" your activation and restore it without connecting to the activation servers provided your hardware does not change significantly and the installed Office applications are the same.Office 2000: Call in and write down the code … [Read more...] about Tip 53: Saving your Office Activation