Outlook Tips

Learning Microsoft Outlook One Tip At A Time

Diane Poremsky [Outlook MVP]

Tips Archive

Tip 497: Did it help?

Always do the feedback questionnaire if an article on the Microsoft website is unclear or missing info. They do read these comments and while they may not edit an article on just one bad report, they will attempt to make it easier to understand once they get a few “it didn’t help” comments. Don’t just say “this didn’t help.” Or “it’s wrong” tell them why it didn’t help or was … [Read more...] about Tip 497: Did it help?

Tip 495: Changing Calendars

An Outlook 2007 user has this problem: She is logged in to the workstation and Outlook and connects to User B's shared calendar. She returns to her mail and goes back to calendar and creates a new appointment. But unless she actually selects her calendar, its added User B’s calendar. How does she fix this so it always goes to her calendar? The solution: Appointments are added … [Read more...] about Tip 495: Changing Calendars

Tip 494: Recurring Appointments

This must be the week for complaining about Outlook’s recurrence patterns. No, Outlook does not offer every 5th week pattern. This is because not every month has a 5th week and Outlook won’t know what to do those months. Instead, it offers a ‘last week’ option. It doesn’t have a quarterly pattern but you can make you own – every 90 days, 13 weeks, or 3 months. If you need … [Read more...] about Tip 494: Recurring Appointments

Tip 491: Show Time as Clocks

Show time as clocks is a feature found in the calendar of Outlook 2003 and earlier versions. When enabled, appointments in the Month or Week view will display little clocks that represent the start and end time to the nearest quarter hour, clocks are shaded black for PM. If ‘Show end time’ is disabled, you’ll only see the start time.To enable (or disable) right click on the … [Read more...] about Tip 491: Show Time as Clocks