Tips Archive

A surprisingly common complaint involves the Children field on Contacts.Outlook automatically sorts the names alphabetically, so if you enter the names by age: "Liz, Jessie, Cecilia", Outlook changes the order to "Cecilia, Jessie, Liz". Is there a way to turn this off in Outlook? Sure. Leave out the comma. If you need a separator between the names, try any character except a … [Read more...] about Tip 385: Control Sort Order on Childrens Names

In Outlook 2003, Outlook initially adds all of the calendars in your profile to the Calendar navigation bar. You can then remove calendars from the My Calendars and Other Calendars section by right clicking on the calendar name and choosing to remove it from the list. This removes it just from the list, not from Outlook completely. This behavior changes in Outlook 2007. … [Read more...] about Tip 384: Remove Calendars from Navigation Bar

If you need to resend a message, double click to open the original message in the Sent Items folder and look on its Actions menu. Choose Resend this message. In Outlook 2007, look for it under the Options button on the Actions group of the ribbon. … [Read more...] about Tip 383: Resend a Message

Can you send a text message from Outlook to a cell phone? Yes, as long as the phone supports SMS (short message service). Which most phones do. All you need is the email address. :) The major cellular companies assign an email address of [10 digit phone number]@cellular_carrier.com and you can use this to send short messages to a cell phone (messages longer than 160 characters … [Read more...] about Tip 382: Send Email to a Cell Phone