Tips Archive

Tip 402: Using BCC

This question is from an Outlook user on our Outlook-users mailing list:Is it possible, using Outlook, to create a group(called All) of "send to" email addresses and have the header arrive at each location looking like this:From: OutlookTips [mailto:tips@outlook-tips.net] Sent: Tuesday, February 06, 2007 11:03 PM To: All@slipstick.com Subject: Upcoming … [Read more...] about Tip 402: Using BCC

Tip 401: Time and Date Shortcuts

If you haven't already figured it out, using date and time shortcuts are a favorite of mine. Say good-bye to using the time and date pickers! When entering dates or times in Outlook forms, tab to the date and time fields and type it in, it's faster than using the date picker. How is it faster to type 8/21/03, when you have to think about what date is 5 weeks away? How is … [Read more...] about Tip 401: Time and Date Shortcuts

Tip 400: Outlook 2007 isn't Installed

A very common complaint after install Office 2007 goes something like this: 'I am currently using Outlook 2002 as part of Office XP. Installed Office 2007 Standard which includes Outlook 2007, but it won't install. Setup says Outlook as "not available". What's wrong?' You can only have one version of Outlook installed. You'll need to uninstall the old version of … [Read more...] about Tip 400: Outlook 2007 isn't Installed

Tip 399: Outlook Printing

As mentioned in Wednesday's tip, print preview doesn't work for HTML messages. (I neglected to mention the question specifically mentioned Outlook 2003.) Anyone who likes using print preview will be happy to know it works in Outlook 2007. This is because Outlook 2007 uses Word's HTML rendering engine not IE's. On a negative note, this means you're stuck with Outlook's poor … [Read more...] about Tip 399: Outlook Printing

Tip 397: Email Header Doesn't Print

A common complaint lately goes like this: Sometimes when I print an HTML message in Outlook 2003, it does not print the headers (From, Sent, To, Subject) at the top. I can sometimes get this to print properly by going File, Print, Options Tab, Print Links. Also, Print Preview is not available.The printing error sometimes happens when you have installed Internet Explorer … [Read more...] about Tip 397: Email Header Doesn't Print