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Find in older versions of Outlook can search for partial words at any position in a word, while Instant search in Outlook 2007 only searches the beginning of the word.  For example, in Outlook 2003, searching for “look” will find both Outlook and Lookout but in Outlook 2007, Instant search will only see “look” in Lookout. If you need to find all instances of the word, … [Read more...] about Tip 479: Partial Word Search

Do you have a problem with Outlook 2007 and using instant search on the Contact folder but not finding information in the notes field or other common fields? The problem isn't that Instant Search doesn't search those fields (it does), only that there is something wrong with the search index. In some cases, the only results that are returned belong to recently saved contacts. … [Read more...] about Tip 478: Contacts Instant Search

An Outlook 2007 user asked the following question in the Microsoft newsgroups: "I have my outlook to-do bar customized only to list only one category. I would like to be able to enter in tasks I need to make and have them show up. The problem is, when entering the task there's no way (that I can see) to specify a category. So I have to turn off my filter, find the new task I … [Read more...] about Tip 475: To-do Bar: Click Here to Add

Yes, I'm a slacker for skipping two weeks of tips. :)You can control what Outlook does after moving or deleting a message. Go to Tools, Options, Preferences tab, Email Options. At the top  is the option "After moving or deleting an open item" with choices to open the previous item, open the next item or return to the Inbox. While the dialog says "open items" the setting … [Read more...] about Tip 473: Automatically Go To Next Or Previous