Diane Poremsky

Outlook's rules are great... well, maybe good. Or just OK... I don't deny that there is room for improvement, but you can do a lot with the rules that are available. One frequent question is how to create a NOT rule - how to apply a rule to all mail that doesn't meet a condition. My Outlook provides a condition "sent only to me". I need the exact opposite condition, i.e. "NOT … [Read more...] about Tip 1104: How to create "Not" rules

This question came from a user with multiple calendars:We use an outsourced tracking system that allows us to link an Outlook calendar to a website to show the tracking schedule. As such my "standard" Calendar view is my main calendar, and my tracking calendar overlaid on top of one another. If I need to open a 3rd calendar, it opens in the overlay view, which is cluttered … [Read more...] about Tip 1103: Mix overlay and side by side calendars

I receive a lot of questions from users who want to move the data files created by EAS (Outlook.com) and IMAP accounts. While you do not need to backup the .ost files, since they contain an offline replica of the mailbox on the server and can only be opened by the account that created the .ost, users with small boot drive may need to move the data files to a larger drive. … [Read more...] about Tip 1102: Move EAS and IMAP .ost files

An Outlook 2013 user wanted to change the Search provider that is used when you right click on text in Outlook: In Outlook 2013, I can right click on a word and a menu pops up and I am able to "Search with Bing". I know Bing belongs to Microsoft but I don't like using it. Is there any way I can change this search engine to Google instead?? You sure can, all it takes is … [Read more...] about Tip 1101: Change the Search Provider in Office 2013

Every time I double click on an email address it automatically opens up an Microsoft Mail window asking me to sign up... I didn't want to. Is there a setting I can change to make Outlook the default for email? Of course you can set Outlook to be the default for all email usage.In Windows 10, you'll need to set the default email client in Settings. Open Settings from the … [Read more...] about Set Outlook as default email client