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Apple has just released a new version of their ITunes software (7.6) that includes a new version of their calendar synch add-in. The new version seems to fix all the previous problems with Outlook crashing or hanging after synching calendars, causing problems for other add-ins, and in crashing Outlook when connected or disconnected using the COM Add-Ins dialog. If you sync … [Read more...] about Tip 472: Update for iTunes Calendar Sync

An interesting problem came up in the Microsoft public newsgroups a couple of times in recent weeks. Users wanted to know how they could autoaccept meeting requests from specific organizers. This is possible if you use an version of Outlook that supports Run a Script action in Rules Wizard. Begin with a rule using the conditions "from people or distribution list" and "uses … [Read more...] about Tip 471: Autoaccept Meeting Request Using Rules

If you use Outlook 2000 (or older versions) and need Jewish holidays for 2008 - 2012, get them from the pst in this file: https://www.outlook-tips.net /files/Jewish08-12.zip You can import, move or copy them to your calendar. This pst file is also linked on the "Missing Holidays" page https://www.outlook-tips.net /howto/missinghol.htm … [Read more...] about Tip 470: Outlook 2000 and Jewish Holidays

The view on Outlook 2007's To-do bar can be customized using any of the customization options available for Task views, including the ability to color items using Automatic Formatting or filtering items by date. To change the view, right click on the field header, such as "Arrange By: field_name". You can choose a different arrange by field, turn off grouping or choose … [Read more...] about Tip 469: Color Code To-do Bar's Task list