Tips Archive

Tip 817: Outlook's Start menu and Desktop Shortcuts

In older versions of Outlook you could right click on the Start menu or desktop shortcut and choose Properties to open the Mail profile dialog. This doesn’t work with Vista and Windows 7 - the desktop and start menu shortcuts are just shortcuts and Properties opens the (file) Properties dialog to the Shortcut tab. To change the account or profile properties, you need to go … [Read more...] about Tip 817: Outlook's Start menu and Desktop Shortcuts

Tip 816: Tiny (or Huge) 10 Point Font

A few weeks ago I mentioned a problem with huge fonts where the font was changed from 10 point to 100 point. This problem affects messages you receive and is caused by an antivirus scanner corrupting the message.There is another problem with font sizes – they are really tiny or very large when composing a message but Outlook says the font is a normal size, such as 10 … [Read more...] about Tip 816: Tiny (or Huge) 10 Point Font

Tip 815: Previewing PDF in Windows7 x64

When you use Windows 7 x64, you need to use the newest version of Adobe Reader if you want to preview the PDF in Outlook’s reading pane (or in Windows Explorer). If you have Acrobat installed, you will need to install Reader too. If the newest version of Reader is install, repair the install. … [Read more...] about Tip 815: Previewing PDF in Windows7 x64

Tip 814: Outlook 2007 December 14 update issues

We're seeing reports of problems with Outlook 2007 following the installation of the December 14 update for Outlook 2007 (KB 2412171). A number of users are reporting performance issues with Outlook 2007 after installing the update described in KB 2412171. If you are affected you may experience slow performance when changing folders. This slowness is more … [Read more...] about Tip 814: Outlook 2007 December 14 update issues

Tip 812: Print monthly calendar without times

You can print a monthly calendar without end times provided the daily cells are narrow or you can disable Show end times. To disable Show end times, right click on the Calendar grid and choose Other Settings then untick the Show End time option.Whether start times display depends on your Outlook version and which updates are installed.The old trick of adjusting the … [Read more...] about Tip 812: Print monthly calendar without times