Outlook Tips

Learning Microsoft Outlook One Tip At A Time

Diane Poremsky [Outlook MVP]

Tips Archive

Tip 164: Office 2003 SP1

Leave it to Microsoft to release an SP1 when I'm on a business trip and unable to connect to my server for a couple of days. :( In any event, if you missed the news, Office 2003 and OneNote SP1 is available at office online. Use the link to check for updates on the Help menu in any Office product. Is it worth downloading it now? I think so. Outlook probably has the most … [Read more...] about Tip 164: Office 2003 SP1

Tip 163: Contacts or Address Book?

Are you confused by the Outlook Address book and Contacts folder? Think first of the address book in your mother's desk drawer. She has some addresses written on pages in the book, with scraps of paper or envelopes slipped between pages providing more addresses. Now apply that analogy to Outlook's address book. Both address book's hold many addresses from many sources. … [Read more...] about Tip 163: Contacts or Address Book?

Tip 161: Custom Field Formulas

A reader asks:I have added a custom field on contacts which calculates the contact's age using this formula: IIf([Birthday]<>"None",DateDiff("yyyy",[Birthday],Date())-IIf(DateDiff("d",CDate(Month([Birthday]) & "/" & Day([Birthday]) & "/" & Year(Date())),Date())<0,1,0),"")I see a recurring event on the birthday in the Calendar which … [Read more...] about Tip 161: Custom Field Formulas

Tip 160: This Machine Only Rule

When you create a rule in Outlook 2003 (and up), it's often marked 'For this machine only' (or "this computer only" in later versions) this means the rule is a client side rule and will only run on the machine it was created on. This prevents rules from being automatically disabled when the rule fails after opening an Exchange mailbox from another computer. Since POP3 and … [Read more...] about Tip 160: This Machine Only Rule

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