One fairly common question from Outlook users with multiple email accounts or iCloud is how to get their appointments to show on the To-do Bar. Outlook's To-do Bar (and Calendar Peek) display appointments in the user's default calendar. If you want it to display appointments from a different calendar on your To-Do Bar, you either need to set the Calendar's data file as your … [Read more...] about Tip 1112: Control which Appointments are shown in the To-Do Bar
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Tip 1101: Change the Search Provider in Office 2013
An Outlook 2013 user wanted to change the Search provider that is used when you right click on text in Outlook: In Outlook 2013, I can right click on a word and a menu pops up and I am able to "Search with Bing". I know Bing belongs to Microsoft but I don't like using it. Is there any way I can change this search engine to Google instead?? You sure can, all it takes is … [Read more...] about Tip 1101: Change the Search Provider in Office 2013
Tip 1100: Outlook and IMAP accounts
As people upgrade to smartphones and configure email on the phone, they discover POP3 accounts aren't necessarily the best when you need access the account from multiple devices. They switch to IMAP but discover it behaves differently than the POP3 account did in Outlook 2007 and older. This user is using Outlook 2007 but IMAP works the same way in older versions as well. I … [Read more...] about Tip 1100: Outlook and IMAP accounts
Tip 1081: Add hyperlinked icon to an Outlook signature
A popular question the last couple of weeks was "How do I add social networking icons to my signature?" Easy. Find the icons you want to use. If they are larger than you want, reduce the size in SnagIt or InfranView. Create a new signature or edit an existing signature and insert the images and hyperlink them. In Outlook 2010 or Outlook 2013: Open the Signature … [Read more...] about Tip 1081: Add hyperlinked icon to an Outlook signature
Tip 1072: Enable or disable the Bilingual Dictionary
One thing I love about helping people are the chuckles from the creative ways they express their annoyance with Outlook features. I'm a firm believer in laughter is the best medicine and I can count on getting a healthy dose every day. How does one disable the Bilingual dictionary in Outlook 2010? When I hover the mouse over an email message this very aggravating dictionary … [Read more...] about Tip 1072: Enable or disable the Bilingual Dictionary