When you right click on Outlook in the task bar, you can select one of the shortcuts from the Jump list. However, it's not uncommon to lose the jump list if you uninstall or repair the Office installation. To fix it, you need to delete a registry key and restart Outlook. If you have Outlook pinned to the start screen and/or taskbar, you need to unpin it before restarting … [Read more...] about Shortcuts are Missing from the Outlook Icon (Jump List)
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Good-bye BCM!
What many people suspected might happen has happened: Business Contact Manager (BCM) will not be updated to work with Outlook 2016. Anyone who uses Outlook 2013 and wants to continue using BCM will need to remain on Outlook 2013. This means BCM users should not update to Office 2016 this week and will need to block the automatic updates that are coming October 1 2015 for … [Read more...] about Good-bye BCM!
Tip 1091: Outlook 2013's blue icon
It seems that Outlook's color change (from orange to blue) is not well liked by a number of users. A small sampling of the complaints I've received: Where did the yellow-orange icon go for Outlook 2013? The new blue icon for Outlook looks too much like the blue icon for Word. We've been 'taught' through daily use over 15 years that Yellow=Outlook and Blue=Word. … [Read more...] about Tip 1091: Outlook 2013's blue icon
Tip 1076: How to reuse Draft messages
In Outlook 2010, I was able to save a few "template" messages in the draft folder and when I needed to send a message, I could click Forward and kept the original to use later. With Outlook 2013, Forward is disabled. How can I save a copy of my messages? In older versions of Outlook, you could easily use Draft messages as templates, simply select a draft message and … [Read more...] about Tip 1076: How to reuse Draft messages
Tip 986: Link to a Draft Message
Foggy posed a question in our Outlook Forums, asking about linking to a message in drafts. While it is possible to link to Outlook messages, it's less useful to link to a draft, as the draft disappears once it is sent, rendering the link dead. Foggy came up with this method for easy access to message he's working on thorough out the day. In Outlook 2007 or 2010 and … [Read more...] about Tip 986: Link to a Draft Message