Outlook Tips

Learning Microsoft Outlook One Tip At A Time

Diane Poremsky [Outlook MVP]

Tips Archive

Tip 991: Ending a recurring series of appointments and keeping the exceptions

I've heard a lot of complaints from users over Outlook's poor handling of recurring appointments and meetings over the years, especially when it comes to ending a series early.At least Outlook warns you before you do something stupid:Exceptions occur either when you move an occurrence to another time or date or when you edit an occurrence.The recommended … [Read more...] about Tip 991: Ending a recurring series of appointments and keeping the exceptions

Tip 990: Appointments appear to be longer than scheduled

When you view Outlook's day or week calendar using a time scale larger than the appointment time (such as 30 minute appointments in a one hour time scale) the appointments will fill the entire time period and at first glance, are longer than they should be and may overlap. However if you look closer you'll see a small "pan handle" that indicates the true length of the … [Read more...] about Tip 990: Appointments appear to be longer than scheduled

Tip 989: Change the Calendar Publishing LiveID Account

When you publish a calendar to Office Online using Outlook 2007 and up, your LiveID is saved by Outlook for automatic publishing of updates. If you want to change the LiveID you are using to publish, go to Account Settings > Published Calendars and delete the calendars published under the old LiveID, then click the Change Account button and sign out of the LiveID account and … [Read more...] about Tip 989: Change the Calendar Publishing LiveID Account