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Diane Poremsky [Outlook MVP]

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Tip 779: Create a checkbox

An Outlook user asked a question at Outlook Forums: “I have been trying to figure out how to add a tick box for outlook inbox view for every message line, one that I could myself tick and use for sorting?” Jorma is looking for a way to make Outlook work similar to web-based accounts, where you can click in a checkbox then do something with the selected messages. You can do … [Read more...] about Tip 779: Create a checkbox

Tip 778: View More than 30 Group Schedules

I recently had a question about Outlook 2010's Group Schedules: "When I try to look at schedules in Outlook 2010 it tells me "More than 30 calendars cannot be viewed at once" so is there some other way I can set this up so that we have the same functionality when we upgrade to Outlook 2010? " I recently learned of a registry change you can make to allow more group schedules … [Read more...] about Tip 778: View More than 30 Group Schedules

Tip 777: August Outlook Updates

Earlier this week, Microsoft released hotfixes for both Outlook 2007 and Outlook 2010. The Outlook 2007 hotfix  fixes word wrapping in calendar print outs, which was broken by the July update, however, this update does not restore the end times to the print out. A complete list of the issues addressed by the Outlook 2007 hotfixes is described in the following KB … [Read more...] about Tip 777: August Outlook Updates

Tip 776: Upgrading only Outlook (not the entire Office suite)

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We see a lot of users who decide to upgrade only Outlook, not the full office suite. While this is the least expensive method, those who do this often discover the features they upgraded to get are available only when they install the Office suite.  Also, installing the Home and Student suite and standalone Outlook doesn’t equal a suite. You need to install a suite that … [Read more...] about Tip 776: Upgrading only Outlook (not the entire Office suite)

Tip 775: OL2010: Select account before sending

Some Outlook 2010 users are having ‘issues’ with Outlook's new 'default' account behavior when multiple accounts are delivered to different data files. Outlook uses the email address assigned to the data file you are currently working in as the default for new mail. This is creating problems for IMAP users who have POP3 accounts delivered to the default *.pst (which is required … [Read more...] about Tip 775: OL2010: Select account before sending

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