It’s a new year and many people like to start off with a clean mailbox. I created a new pst in Outlook for 2015, making the 2014 PST an archive of sorts. I’ve been doing it this way for years, so I have some 16,000 messages stored on the server. How can I avoid downloading all of the messages again? Because the Mailbox Manager file that Outlook uses to identify the last … [Read more...] about Archiving Last Year's Email
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Color Category Field Displays only the Category Name
From the obscure bug (or is it a feature?) department: When you turn the reading pane off or set it to the Bottom, you’ll see all of the field names, with Categories on the far right. If you move the Category field to the left of the From field, you’ll see only the category names - the category color swatch isn't displayed. This bug was introduced in Outlook 2010 but I … [Read more...] about Color Category Field Displays only the Category Name
Can Meeting Requests be the Default Item Type?
I have a user who used to be able to double-click on the calendar and a meeting request would populate. Now when she double-clicks an appointment request is the default. I can't figure out how to change such a simple thing. You can't figure it out because it isn't an option. The change in behavior your user noticed could be due to one of two things: the calendar he's … [Read more...] about Can Meeting Requests be the Default Item Type?
Remove Peeks from the Navigation list
How do turn off the "peek" at the bottom of Outlook 2013? I don’t want the pop up window to pop up when i move the cursor over the Calendar, Mail, Tasks and People icons. It’s very annoying. Sorry, you can’t disable it or change a setting so the peek only displays if you hover longer. I think it’s a little better if you don’t use the Compact navigation, but it takes up more … [Read more...] about Remove Peeks from the Navigation list
Tip 1134: Find the Email Address Properties dialog in Outlook 2013
In older versions of Outlook, you could click on a Contact’s email address to bring up a dialog that allowed you to always use Rich Text format, Plain Text format, or to let Outlook decide the best format when sending email or meeting and task requests to the address. In really old versions Outlook, double clicking on an email address brought up the dialog, while in … [Read more...] about Tip 1134: Find the Email Address Properties dialog in Outlook 2013