Outlook Tips

Learning Microsoft Outlook One Tip At A Time

Diane Poremsky [Outlook MVP]

Tips Archive

Tip 365: View All Day Events

Outlook could handle all day events much better than it does - two frequent complaints are that not all events are shown on the daily view and that events span two days.Show more events on the screen The first issue is related to available screen space: you'll see more events with higher resolutions and when Outlook is maximized with most toolbars and the status bar turned … [Read more...] about Tip 365: View All Day Events

Tip 364: Go to Appointment Date

Liz asks "I have a user that uses the Advanced Find function for the calendar to find certain events that have happened. Once the results show, is there a way to jump to that day on the calendar?" Yes, you can jump to the calendar from any open calendar item - look on the item's View menu for Calendar... This will open a new Outlook window to the Calendar folder with the date … [Read more...] about Tip 364: Go to Appointment Date

Tip 362: Send To... Questions

Last week I shared a tip for creating a new message shortcut in the Send to folder. Ronald wanted to know how to use it for distribution lists. It's easy - just replace the email address with the DL name. If there are spaces in the name, use quotes around the name. "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\OFFICE12\OUTLOOK.EXE" /c ipm.note /m "My DL" Outlook will resolve the name. … [Read more...] about Tip 362: Send To... Questions