Tips Archive

There is an update available for the Calendar Printing Assistant so that it will work with Outlook 2010 (the installer says its for Outlook 2007, but it lies, it works with both. :)). In my (very) quick look, there doesn't appear to be any changes, except for Outlook 2010 support.Download the Calendar Printing Assistant for OutlookTo use the CPAO with Outlook 2013 or … [Read more...] about Tip 757: Calendar Printing Assistant v.2

Over the last few months we've seen a number of complaints where all new messages are delivered to the Deleted Items folder.  A hotfix released this week addresses this problem (and many more). Additionally, the hotfix provides a design change: the Secure Temp folder for Outlook 2007 is automatically cleared when you exit Outlook. This behavior change is important to … [Read more...] about Tip 756: Hotfix for New Messages moving to the Deleted Items folder

I've had a couple of queries recently relating to the Fax and Scan program in Windows. Users with 64-bit Windows  are unable to select a fax recipient from the Outlook or BCM address book. Fax and Scan can't use the Outlook address book because Outlook is a 32bit application and runs on a WOW layer on 64-bit operating system so when Contacts is opened by Windows Fax and … [Read more...] about Tip 755: Outlook and Windows 64-bit “Fax and Scan”

An Outlook user asked: “I need to know how to stop Outlook task items from converting/changing the number of hours needed to complete the task to the number of days.” The User is talking about the hours worked on the Details page of an Outlook Task form or in the Total Work and Actual Work fields in a list view. Outlook doesn’t have a specific setting for these fields – it … [Read more...] about Tip 754: Task Hours and Days

Do you need to move folders from one pst file to another pst file? Or delete a bunch of folders from a pst? If you’ve tried this before, you’ve discovered you can only move (or delete) one folder at a time. However, you do move or delete all items within that folder – including all subfolders. So… when you need to move or delete a number of folders, drag the folders into one … [Read more...] about Tip 753: Moving Folders