Outlook Tips

Learning Microsoft Outlook One Tip At A Time

Diane Poremsky [Outlook MVP]

Tips Archive

Tip 555: Weather iCalendars

Would you like weather forecasts on your calendar? There is an add-in that can put weather forecasts on the calendar. Infuser works in all versions of Outlook (and Lotus Notes). Go to //www.infuzer.com/IDC/features/index.jsp to learn more and download it.If you use Outlook 2007, you can subscribe to an Internet weather calendar. I kind of like the calendar at … [Read more...] about Tip 555: Weather iCalendars

Tip 554: Document Image Writer

If you upgraded from Office 2003 to Office 2007 you may have noticed the Microsoft Document Image Writer feature is not installed by default when you run Office 2007 setup. In order to open and view or print the MDI files with Office 2007 installed, try one of the following workarounds. You can insert the file or drag and drop the MDI file into a OneNote page to view it. If … [Read more...] about Tip 554: Document Image Writer

Tip 552: Outlook 2007 Categories

Outlook 2007’s category picker leaves a lot to be desired for people who make heavy use of categories and prefer typing categories in the category field text box. For Contacts, click the All Fields button. Categories is under the Frequently Used fields and you can type in the value column. (Most fields are editable in this view.) See Outlook Categories and Color … [Read more...] about Tip 552: Outlook 2007 Categories

Tip 551: New Mail Alerts

People who use rules to move mail to other folders are frequently frustrated with Outlook’s new mail alerts altering them to every new message, not just those left in the Inbox. The solution is to turn off Desktop alerts (the little blue window) and new mail sounds then set up a rule to run last to display the desktop alert and plays a sound. Turn off the sound for new … [Read more...] about Tip 551: New Mail Alerts