• Skip to main content
  • Skip to primary sidebar
  • Skip to footer

Outlook Tips

Learning Microsoft Outlook One Tip At A Time

Diane Poremsky [Outlook MVP]

  • Home
  • Tips Archive
  • How to...
  • Beginner
  • Outlook.com

Diane Poremsky

Tip 879: Outlook 2010's Blank subject warning

Outlook 2010's blank subject warning.

A new feature is Outlook 2010's blank subject warning: "Do you want to send this message without a subject?" When you compose a message and click Send without first filling in the subject field, the following dialog will come up, confirming that you want to send the message with a blank subject field. This was a frequently requested feature in previous … [Read more...] about Tip 879: Outlook 2010's Blank subject warning

Tip 878: Outlook dialogs don't display properly

We see questions like these each week: The Options dialog does not fit on the screen, so many of the functions remains hidden. The scroll bars are missing from the notes field in Contacts This is the result of the display settings in Windows. Either the screen resolution is set too low or the PPI percentage is set too high. In Windows 7, right click on the … [Read more...] about Tip 878: Outlook dialogs don't display properly

Tip 877: Maximum number of automatic formatting rules

Every now and again, we get asked if there is there a limit to the number of Automatic formatting rules. (Conditional Formatting in Outlook 2010)The question usually goes something like this:In Tools/Organize, you can choose a color to display a message from a specific sender when messages are received in Inbox. I'm getting the message: "You can not add another color … [Read more...] about Tip 877: Maximum number of automatic formatting rules

Tip 876: Fixed in SP1: Outlook 2010 & default IMAP accounts

Update: This hotfix is included in Outlook 2010 SP1. See Default account fix for more information and the required registry setting. The issue: When clicking on a "mailto:" on a web page or using the Send to command in other applications, Outlook opens a new email. In Outlook 2010, when the default account is an IMAP account, it uses the account assigned to the default … [Read more...] about Tip 876: Fixed in SP1: Outlook 2010 & default IMAP accounts

Tip 875: How to change the +Body style font in Outlook

Set the body style

Changing the default fonts in Outlook is easy: just go into the Stationery and Fonts dialog1 and assign new fonts. The font for new mail messages is used for composing HTML email and in the notes field of calendar, contacts, and task items. ("Sticky" Notes have their own font setting.) The font for composing and reading plain text messages is also used when 'read as plain text' … [Read more...] about Tip 875: How to change the +Body style font in Outlook

« Previous Page
Next Page »

Primary Sidebar

Search OutlookTips

Training and one-on-one assistance

Do you need help setting up Outlook or want some one-on-one training? I'm available for hire. See Training and one-on-one assistance for fees and to check availability.

All-Time Most Popular Posts

  • Windows 7 and Vista Start Search field
    How to start Outlook in safe mode
  • outlook.com icon
    Delete a message stuck in Outlook's Outbox
  • How to use Outlook's Command line switches
  • Use Cleanviews switch to reset all views
    How to Reset the View on Outlook folders
  • Where are my Outlook Files?
  • Folder paths
    How to Find Folder Paths in Outlook Mailboxes
  • How to use Scanpst.exe to repair Outlook data files
  • Outlook's Missing Holidays
  • backstage page
    Where is File tab in Outlook?
  • Icons found in the Inbox, Message Headers, and Toolbars

Footer

Recent Posts

  • Log into multiple Outlook on the web accounts
  • Keeping Hackers out of Microsoft accounts
  • Microsoft Account Closure Email
  • Outlook on the web Quick Actions moved to the right
  • Automatically sign out of Outlook.com

Recent Bug List

Microsoft keeps a running list of issues affecting recently released updates at Fixes or workarounds for recent issues in Outlook for Windows.

Office Update History

Update history for supported Office versions is at Update history for Office

Resources

Ask questions and share your knowledge in Outlook Forums.

You Might Like

Where is File tab in Outlook?
Using Two-factor authentication
Where are my Outlook Files?
How to use Outlook's Command line switches

© 2003–2026 ยท Outlook Tips