Tips Archive

Tip 711: Esc to close

A few people have complained about the Save and Close button being so close to the Delete button that they accidently delete appointments and contacts. The solution: use the Ctrl+S to save and Esc key to close. Or just use Esc and answer the ‘do you want to save’ dialog. … [Read more...] about Tip 711: Esc to close

Tip 710: Outlook and date formatting

I received this complaint yesterday: The biggest issue I have with Outlook is that the meeting requests don't show the DAY! What stupidity. Every single meeting request I get - I have to click on the calendar button to see what day of the week it is for. How many years have people been doing this for every meeting request without someone fixing it? I’m not … [Read more...] about Tip 710: Outlook and date formatting

Tip 709: Appointments in the To-Do Bar

An Outlook user has this question: “ I can't figure out why my appointments that I have scheduled do not show up in the To-Do-Bar. I have 2 months selected in the View options for the To-Do-Bar but I’m not seeing the appointments.” The number of navigation calendars you show in the To-Do Bar has no effect on how far ahead you'll see appointments. The appointments … [Read more...] about Tip 709: Appointments in the To-Do Bar

Tip 708: Printing Calendars and Notes

Although printing calendars is not “green” and defeats the purpose of having an electronic calendar, there are times when we need to print a calendar. One thing that confounds many users is choosing a print format that include a notes section – it’s always blank. There are a lot of printing bugs but this is one thing that can’t be blamed on a bug – it’s “by design”. The … [Read more...] about Tip 708: Printing Calendars and Notes

Tip 707: Outlook Update Spam

This tip should be common sense, but I’ll take this opportunity to remind users that Microsoft does not send out updates by email – if you aren’t using automatic updates, you need to go to Microsoft Update to check for updates. I highly recommend using automatic updates, but if you choose not to, check Microsoft updates at least once a month, preferably at least once a … [Read more...] about Tip 707: Outlook Update Spam