Diane Poremsky

I thought I wrote about this a few weeks ago, right after Microsoft introduced two-step authentication at Outlook.com but I can't find it, so if it's a duplicate, sorry. :)Two-factor (or two-step) authentication is used by many sites and services to protect your accounts from hackers. Facebook, Gmail, GoDaddy, Twitter, and Outlook.com are among the growing number of sites … [Read more...] about Using Two-factor authentication in Outlook

While you could use a macro to copy meeting details to another meeting... if you plan ahead, it takes just a few keystrokes to send an identical meeting to several people.How can I duplicate a meeting invitation content and just change time and invitees?I schedule interviews. One candidate may have up to 6 different people who they interview with and each … [Read more...] about Tip 1089: Duplicate a meeting request

An Outlook user had this question:We have a list of contacts saved in an Excel file containing more than 100 contacts. Some of these names are already in Outlook. How can we import these without importing the duplicates?You can use one or more of these options:1. Turn on Outlook's option to check for duplicate contacts. It's in Contact Options and when enabled, it … [Read more...] about Tip 1088: Check for Duplicate Contacts

In Eudora, I can hold down the Alt button and click on a particular e-mail. That will bring all e-mails from the same sender into one list. My skill testing question is - is there a way to do this in Outlook?Outlook doesn't have anything quite that simple, but you can right-click on a message and choose Find Related > Messages From Sender to begin a simple Instant Search … [Read more...] about Tip 1087: Find Messages from Sender

I'm starting to see more questions from people who are missing the social connector:What happened to my People Pane? I no longer see FaceBook and LinkedIn photos and status updates in Outlook and can't find the People Pane.The button to hide, minimize, or maximize the People Pane is on the right side of the View ribbon. If the People Pane button is not on the View … [Read more...] about Tip 1086: Outlook People Pane is missing