Outlook Tips

Learning Microsoft Outlook One Tip At A Time

Diane Poremsky [Outlook MVP]

Diane Poremsky

Tip 851: Replies and Forwards are placed in the Inbox, not Sent Items folder

A user complains “When I reply to or forward a message the reply/forward is in my Inbox, not my Sent items folder. This only happens with Hotmail and IMAP accounts, not POP3." Using the option to ‘Save copies with the original if not in the Inbox’ is a known cause. This setting is in Tools, Options, Email options, Advanced in older versions; in Outlook 2010, it’s in … [Read more...] about Tip 851: Replies and Forwards are placed in the Inbox, not Sent Items folder

Tip 848: Pasting images into the Signature Editor

When you create a signature containing an image in an Outlook message form then copy and paste it into the New signature dialog, the image may not be visible, but have no fear, the image might be out of sight but it’s not gone for good. When you insert the signature into a message, you’ll see the image (and the formatting and layout should be perfect, exactly like you designed … [Read more...] about Tip 848: Pasting images into the Signature Editor

Tip 847: March Madness Calendars

It's that time of year again, when college basketball takes over the airwaves and the water cooler. To make it easier for fans to follow the games, fans can subscribe to calendars using Outlook 2007/2010, Apple, and any calendar application that supports icalendars (ical) or the webcal protocol. So far this year, I'm aware of just two March Madness calendar - from Calendar … [Read more...] about Tip 847: March Madness Calendars