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Reminders on flagged items use the same settings as Tasks. You can set reminders automatically when you set a flag by enabling the option to set reminders on tasks with a due date. If you don’t want reminders automatically set for flagged items, you’ll need to disable the option. Also, the flag’s due date controls when the reminder is set for. Items flagged for Today will … [Read more...] about Tip 806: Reminders on Flags
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Tip 805: Numbers following folder names
Outlook displays a number following the folder names and (in newer versions) you can choose to show the unread count or the total message count. The unread count is displayed in blue with parenthesis: (xx) and total count is displayed in green brackets: [xx]. To change which count is displayed, right click on the folder and choose Properties. Select the count to display on … [Read more...] about Tip 805: Numbers following folder names
Tip 803: Using Free/Busy without Exchange
If you don't use an Exchange account, you can’t use Free/Busy unless you (and your contacts) publish free/busy to file server (co-workers) or an Internet server (HTTP or FTP).To share free/busy only with others on your same network, the administrator needs to configure a folder on the network with Read/Change permissions for Everyone, Authenticated users, or Anonymous. To … [Read more...] about Tip 803: Using Free/Busy without Exchange
Tip 802: Prompt for folder on Send
I’ve had several questions the past couple of weeks looking for a prompt to select a folder when sending messages. This is a popular feature in Lotus Notes but while Outlook allows you to set a Sent items folder for every message you send (overriding the Sent folder) it doesn’t pop up a dialog – you need to remember to select the folder before hitting Send, or use a macro to … [Read more...] about Tip 802: Prompt for folder on Send
Tip 801: Block hyperlinks in Outlook
I recently had a question from an administrator looking for a way to prevent users from clicking on hyperlinks in Outlook. He doesn’t care if users copy the URL and paste it into a browser, he just doesn’t want them clicking links in Outlook.Links in the junk mail folder are unclickable, but you can’t block urls in other folders in the same manner. However, you can take … [Read more...] about Tip 801: Block hyperlinks in Outlook