Diane Poremsky

If you are one of the few people who use gadgets in Windows 7 and Vista, the Outlook 2007 gadgets from Microsoft can be made to work with Outlook 2003 and 2010. Microsoft uses a script to check the version of Outlook but you can edit the vbs file so it doesn't do a version check. For example, to make this gadget: … [Read more...] about Tip 784: Using Desktop Gadgets

As in past versions, the Outlook.hol file that shipped with Outlook 2010 has errors within the 21000+ entries in the file. This time around the major error appears to be for Easter Monday – it’s not on a Monday for several of the years. Oops. An updated HOL file with the correct date for Easter Monday is at https://www.outlook-tips.net/howto/missinghol.htm The updated HOL … [Read more...] about Tip 783: Outlook 2010 Holiday Errors

Not an Outlook tip, but it’s useful knowledge for some smartphone users… Hotmail now supports push email, calendar, and contacts with Exchange ActiveSync and many smartphones that work with EAS can now sync over the air with Hotmail. These devices were tested against Hotmail ActiveSync: WM 6.x WP7 iPhone, iPod Touch, iPad Nokia E-series, S-series, N-series … [Read more...] about Tip 782: Over-the-air sync with Hotmail

An Outlook user asked: “I am using outlook 2007 and have a question. How can I display the Gregorian and Islamic calendars simultaneously?” Go to Options, Calendar options and enable Show an alternate Calendar. Select the type of calendar you want to view and then Apply. … [Read more...] about Tip 781: Display Alternate Calendars

Thinking about using Publisher to design your newsletter? One word: Don’t. When Publisher sends email, it converts the design to a bunch of images in a table. You can’t edit the text in Outlook – because there is no text to edit, only pictures of the text. Design the message in Outlook or an HTML editor instead (use File, Send after previewing IE or use Outlook’s Insert … [Read more...] about Tip 780: Using Publisher to Design Email