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In Outlook 2003 you can apply labels to calendar appointments so they are more easily identified, but is there a way to apply them to several appointments at once? Yes. You can do it one of two ways. You can create a custom view that uses automatic formatting to apply labels to appointments based on any criteria you choose. Using a view to apply a label works only while the … [Read more...] about Tip 370: Apply Labels

How can I send my monthly calendar to someone within Outlook 2003? Let me count some of the ways: Use a word template and either send it as a document or save as HTML. See Calendar Tools for Outlook for templates. … [Read more...] about Tip 369: Emailing a Calendar

"When displaying the list of email in a folder, is there a way to immediately display the Top or Bottom of the list? For example, double clicking the arrow at the top of the slide bar on the right of the list would make the display start with the 1st email in the list." Double clicking won't work, but try a right click on the little arrow icons at the top and bottom of the … [Read more...] about Tip 368: Jump in Message List

Occasionally people will see weird html text in their messages and think Outlook (or Word) is really screwed up. A few people think they are infected with a virus. If the text uses brackets like this: {HYPERLINK} it's a field code. Press Alt+F9 to toggle it the field and show or hide the code. If the message contains real HTML tags, like <a href=, then it means an HTML … [Read more...] about Tip 367: Hide Form Fields

If you are using a custom form in Outlook 2002, 2003 or 2007 and don't want your default signature added to it, you'll need to create a registry key to block it. Browse to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\xx.0\Outlook\Options, where xx equals your version number of 10, 11 or 12. Add a DWORD of NoAutosigOnCustomForms, with the data value of 1. Restart Outlook and … [Read more...] about Tip 366: Signatures on Custom Forms