MS Outlook

More Reminder Time Do you use MS Outlook's calendar feature with its reminders for appointments? I don't know about you, but I love that I can set Outlook to remind me of upcoming events before they're scheduled to happen. But, as much as I like the reminder messages, I find the default reminder of 15 … Continue reading More Reminder Time

No More Suggestions So, you're working in MS Outlook. You're getting ready to send that e-mail and as you quickly glance it over, all of the sudden, you say, "Now, what's that in the To field"? Not the address you thought you'd put there? Ever notice that Outlook is always suggesting an address as you … Continue reading No More Suggestions

Additional Control for AutoPreview I thought today we would take a minute to expand on Friday's tip for Outlook's AutoPreview feature. I'm sure that if you keep quite a few messages in your mailbox, you might have noticed how long the message list becomes as a result of the AutoPreview. The length of the list … Continue reading Additional Control for AutoPreview

A Preview Without the Pane If you're like me, you probably like the idea of previewing e-mails without actually opening them. To help with that, I'm sure you've got MS Outlook's preview pane doing its job at the bottom of your Inbox, am I right? But, sometimes I hate waiting for the preview to load … Continue reading A Preview Without the Pane

Need More Data? Are you an MS Outlook user who often finds yourself wishing for more Contact fields? That is, maybe you're looking to enter data that has no "pre-made" location? Frustrating, isn't it? What do you do? I mean, you want the data recorded for future use, but where? Let's face it. If you … Continue reading Need More Data?

Zoom Inbox, Zoom Outbox Do you work in MS Outlook and find that you seem to flip between the Inbox and the Outbox quite frequently? Tired of needing the mouse to jump back and forth between the two? Yeah, me too. So, here's just the key combinations you need to zoom from one to the … Continue reading Zoom Inbox, Zoom Outbox

Notes That Are a Drag Do you use MS Outlook's Notes feature? Ever have text in another program that needs to be in a note? What do you do? Do you copy the text, go to Outlook, open a new note and then paste the text? That's not a bad idea. It certainly beats retyping … Continue reading Notes That Are a Drag

The Picture Saving Dilemma Do you receive e-mail in MS Outlook containing excellent pictures that are not attachments? It's easy to save attachments, but this one happens to be right in the e-mail. Are you looking for an easy way to save those pictures? I mean, you may have tried to save the e-mail itself, … Continue reading The Picture Saving Dilemma

Quick Copy of Appointments Do you use MS Outlook's calendar feature to keep track of your appointments and other projects or deadlines? Have you ever found yourself constantly entering the same or similar information over and over again? If you're thinking "that sounds like me" and you're tired of all the repetition, then I sure … Continue reading Quick Copy of Appointments

Bring Order to Chaos So, you've got a ton of e-mail messages in MS Outlook. Maybe in your Inbox or possibly in some other folder you use to save your important messages. Either way, it's getting pretty crowded and chaotic in there. You've got "this" here, "that" there and it's getting pretty difficult to keep … Continue reading Bring Order to Chaos