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It seems like everyone is accidentally turning on paragraph marks lately. It's easy for many people to get into the "Show all formatting" mode and difficult for many to figure out how to get out of it. The easiest way to disable this is using the keyboard: Ctrl + Shift + 8 will toggle the formatting marks off and on. This works in all versions of Outlook (and Word). You … [Read more...] about How to Hide Paragraph Formatting Marks
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Change the Sound used for the New Mail Alert
You can change the sound played for the new mail alert in the Windows Control Panel, Sound applet. (In older versions of Windows its called Sounds and Audio Properties.) This screen shot is from Windows 7, but the dialog looks very similar in other versions. Change the default sound for new mail to another sound file on your system. Or use Google (or Bing) to find .wav … [Read more...] about Change the Sound used for the New Mail Alert
View all Appointments that don't have reminders
Outlook 2007's Day/Week/Month calendar doesn't have the reminder icon, making it hard to see at a glance if you need to set a reminder. You can make it easier with a custom view that hides items without reminders. The Remind Beforehand field displays the number of minutes before an event that the reminder will fire, the Reminder field displays the bell icon when a reminder … [Read more...] about View all Appointments that don't have reminders
Outlook keyboard shortcuts
When you know the keyboard shortcuts, it's usually faster to use them than it is to mouse around menus. The following is a list of the many of the most commonly used shortcuts. Links to a list of all shortcuts for Outlook 2007 and Outlook 2003 is at the end. These work in Outlook's main window: Open Mail module in Navigation pane Ctrl+ 1 Open Calendar module … [Read more...] about Outlook keyboard shortcuts
How to use Scanpst.exe to repair Outlook data files
Scanpst (aka the Inbox Repair tool) is found in your Office installation folders, usually C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\OfficeXX, where XX is your version of Office. In Vista and Windows 7 64-bit, the folder is C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\OfficeXX.Note: The scanpst icon is a broken envelope. This is supposed to indicate that it works with broken … [Read more...] about How to use Scanpst.exe to repair Outlook data files