Diane Poremsky

An Outlook user asked: “Many programs and web-based applications allow you to create a calendar event and save it to your calendar, using an .ics file. For example, an airline generates an appt. for your flights. Is it possible for these events to go to a different calendar instead of the users calendar? “ Sure. When you open the appointment, contact or other item don’t use … [Read more...] about Tip 809: Save appointment to another calendar

Nestled underneath the Navigation Pane, you’ll see a timer showing how long is remaining until Santa Claus crashes down your chimney, as well as links to play a Christmas song, send email to Santa, plan events, and create a Christmas mailing list. It’s free from add-in-express and works with all versions of Outlook 2000 to Outlook 2010 (32-bit and 64-bit), on Windows XP, … [Read more...] about Tip 808: Christmas Countdown add-in

A user presented this scenario and question: Manager assigns a task due tomorrow. Employee accepts the task, but wants to change the due date to next week to let their manager know they can complete the task, but not as fast as the manager wants. Can the employee change the due date on his task and on the managers copy? Yes, if the boss requested updates, the employee can … [Read more...] about Tip 807: Change assigned task due date

Reminders on flagged items use the same settings as Tasks. You can set reminders automatically when you set a flag by enabling the option to set reminders on tasks with a due date. If you don’t want reminders automatically set for flagged items, you’ll need to disable the option. Also, the flag’s due date controls when the reminder is set for. Items flagged for Today will … [Read more...] about Tip 806: Reminders on Flags

Outlook displays a number following the folder names and (in newer versions) you can choose to show the unread count or the total message count. The unread count is displayed in blue with parenthesis: (xx) and total count is displayed in green brackets: [xx]. To change which count is displayed, right click on the folder and choose Properties. Select the count to display on … [Read more...] about Tip 805: Numbers following folder names