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Tip 603: Long Months

This will fix itself tomorrow, but for those frustrated by the layout of the monthly calendar during long months, try setting Sunday as the first day and disabling compressed weekends. You’ll see all of March once you make this change. Outlook 2007 or Outlook 2010 are not affected. They adjust the number of weeks visible on screen to match the number of weeks in the month. … [Read more...] about Tip 603: Long Months

Tip 574: Make your own weekends

Every now and again this question comes up: My work week runs from Sunday to Thursday and I want to change the shared column to contain Friday and Saturday. It is possible to share any two consecutive days in the compressed weekend position. You’ll need to install a right-to-left language on your computer (Hebrew, Arabic, or any other right-to-left language will work) and set … [Read more...] about Tip 574: Make your own weekends

Tip 543: Save meetings, don’t send updates

Note: This tip was originally written for Outlook 2007 when an add-in blocked the ability to Save and not send updates. The same basic solution will work in newer versions too: use the Save button or Ctrl+S when the 'Save but don't send updates' option is missing after editing the message body. If you edit the date & time or location you will need to send updates. Microsoft no … [Read more...] about Tip 543: Save meetings, don’t send updates

Tip 510: Change Reminder Times

A user asks: “Is there any way I can change the options for ALL recurring events. When I add a birthday into my contacts it sets the reminder at 15 minutes starting at 12:00 a.m. I would like to change the reminder and the time to something else without having to do them all individually. Also how can I set a category without doing it all individually as well?” Ah, … [Read more...] about Tip 510: Change Reminder Times

Tip 509: Disappearing All Day Events

An Outlook 2007 user asks: “I have the weirdest problem. When I create an All Day Event, I can see it in the Month view, but not in Week or Day (nothing is in the top area except a downward pointing arrow, and clicking on the down arrow just brings up a new blank appointment form). However, I've just noticed that if I'm not Maximized, the events show up in all three views! I'm … [Read more...] about Tip 509: Disappearing All Day Events