Outlook Tips

Learning Microsoft Outlook One Tip At A Time

Diane Poremsky [Outlook MVP]

Tips Archive

Tip 35: Outlook's Preview Pane

Use the Tools, Options, Other, Preview Pane (or Reading Pane when using Outlook 2003) dialog to change how messages are marked as read. You can also access the preview pane options changes by right clicking on the preview pane header in earlier versions of Outlook or on the gray border of the reading pane in Outlook 2003. In Outlook 2003, you can change the location of the … [Read more...] about Tip 35: Outlook's Preview Pane

Tip 33: Using Outlook's Autoarchive

When you use AutoArchive, it archives items based on the modified date, not the received date. Copying and Importing will often change the last modified date, resulting in unexpected results when you attempt to archive items. To confirm the modified dates are the problem when archive fails, add the Modified Date field to your view, Right click on the field names in the … [Read more...] about Tip 33: Using Outlook's Autoarchive

Tip 32: Using Extended Characters

You can use extended characters in your messages by copying or dragging them from the Windows character map to a message. Open the character map from Start menu, Run by typing charmap. Check the Advanced View box to enable filtering options. When an Alt+ shortcut exists, a 4-digit code is listed in the lower right corner of the window. Hold Alt as you type a 4-digit code on … [Read more...] about Tip 32: Using Extended Characters

Tip 30: Burning PSTs to CD

When you backup your PSTs to a CD, you need to copy the PST to your hard drive and remove the Read-only flag before you use open it in Outlook. When copying a PST to CD, always copy it back to your drive and verify it works in Outlook before deleting the existing PST. If you use a CDRW, you can read directly from the CD. To remove the read only flag, locate the PST … [Read more...] about Tip 30: Burning PSTs to CD

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