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Tip 143: Choosing Outlook Editor on the Fly

Occasionally you may need to use Outlook's editor when you normally use Word, such as to create an Outlook template. You can go to Tools, Options, Mail format and enable or disable Word as your editor or use the Actions menu (when in any mail folder) to open a new message form using the Outlook editor. From the Actions, New Mail Message Using menu, select Microsoft Outlook … [Read more...] about Tip 143: Choosing Outlook Editor on the Fly

Tip 142: Importing and Exporting

Importing and Exporting has a time and place--and that time and place is not when you are setting up a new computer and need to move your Outlook data from the old computer. Locate the *.pst on the old computer, move it to the new computer and connect Outlook to it.When you use import and export, you reset the Modified date. Since AutoArchive looks at the modified date, it … [Read more...] about Tip 142: Importing and Exporting

Tip 141: Outlook Today and Folder Homepages

Outlook Today is a folder homepage to the root folder of your mailbox. If you accidentally (or purposely) move messages to this folder, use Find or Advanced Find to locate them or turn off the folder homepage by right clicking on the folder name, choosing Properties, then select the Home Page tab and remove the check from the show home page by default. Repeat the steps to show … [Read more...] about Tip 141: Outlook Today and Folder Homepages

Tip 140: Read as Plain Text

If you don't like receiving HTML formatted messages, you can easily force them to plain text if you use Outlook 2002-SP1 or later. In older versions of Outlook, you need to use VBA to convert messages to plain text. In Outlook 2003 and up, go to Tools, Options, Preferences, E-mail options and check the option to read all mail as plain text. You can switch messages to HTML by … [Read more...] about Tip 140: Read as Plain Text

Tip 139: Applying a View to All Folders

Today's Question:"I can create a custom view, but can't find a way to apply it to all folders other than on a one-by-one basis. Is there a way to apply the view to all folders at one time?"Unfortunately you can't apply new views to a group of folders. The only option is to customize the Messages view and it will apply to all folders still using the Messages view. For … [Read more...] about Tip 139: Applying a View to All Folders