Navigation Buttons: Outlook settings NOT to use
Navigation Buttons take up valuable space you can better use in Outlook – here’s how.The navigation buttons are the ones on the left of Outlook ‘Mail’ ‘Calendar’ ‘Contacts’ etc. They are big, space gobbling buttons designed for new Outlook users – once you’re past the very basics there’s better uses for the screen space. Aside […]
Outlook won’t connect
What to do when Outlook won’t reconnect to Exchange Server Ira J writes from his work laptop: “I have Outlook on my laptop for work. I leave it on all the time whether I’m connected to the Internet or not. Sometimes Outlook won’t connect to the office even when there’s a net connection and it […]
Kama Sutra presentation is malware
It promises a raunchy PowerPoint presentation, but gives you a malware Trojan instead. A nasty email is doing the rounds promising a PowerPoint presentation of the Kama Sutra but includes a program to take control of your computer as well. Sophos is reporting that an infected email is about to tempt PowerPoint users looking to […]
Free manuals for Microsoft Office
Free training manuals for Office 2007 and before plus Quick References for Office 2010. Mouse Training in the UK has released their training manuals free for all comers plus some Quick Reference Guides. The Training Manuals are for Office 2007, Office 2003, Office XP (2002) and Office 2000. They cover Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, Access, […]
Why long subject lines aren’t a good idea
Yes, you can type a long subject to an email, but it’s not much help to the reader. Recently we’ve received quite a few emails with long subject lines, sometimes only a subject with no message at all! We explain why they are difficult to read in Outlook despite Outlook letting you type them in […]
Outlook 2010 view unread messages.
Why does Outlook 2010 make viewing unread messages so hard? The unread message view can be restored to Outlook 2010 fairly easily. In many past versions of Outlook there was a simple list of message views available and one of the choices was ‘Unread Messages’. It’s a popular option because many people use the Read/Unread […]
Outlook hide message header bug
A useful little feature in Outlook 2010 has been dropped but not removed from the menus. Outlook 2010 has a handy feature to recover some more space for the message reading pane – what a pity it doesn’t work. Screen space is a scare commodity, especially in Outlook 2010 with its many different panes, buttons […]
LinkedIn fake messages
What to do about the latest email pest that Outlook isn’t detecting. The latest serial Inbox pest is fake messages that appear to come from the LinkedIn service. Outlook with the latest junk e-mail update doesn’t pick them up. The ‘From’ address is spoofed to appear to come from linkedin.com but hovering over one of […]
2011 Calendar contest
Microsoft asks customers for their best calendar designs. Over at Office.Microsoft.com they are running a competition for the best calendar designs for 2011. The competition is for 2011 calendars using either Word, Excel or PowerPoint (2007 or 2010 editions). The entries appear online and the ‘winners’ will be based on the user ratings and download numbers. […]
Two scam emails to avoid and why
Two ‘free’ update emails are scams but not detected by Outlook. We check out the ‘red flags’ you should look for in any suspicious or unexpected email. Two similar scam messages have arrived in the last day, they might fool some people and certainly don’t get caught by Microsoft Outlook’s spam filter. In this article […]
Outlook’s alternative to Gmail’s Priority Inbox
Some options for making a Gmail like ‘Priority Inbox’ in Outlook. Google’s Gmail service continues to innovate with the addition of a Priority Inbox feature. This feature (being gradually deployed to all Gmail users) puts ‘important’ emails into a special view above the standard Inbox. What is deemed ‘important’ changes over time as Gmail watches […]
Frustration with Windows Mobile
Frustration at trying to link a Window Mobile device to a Windows computer Jo J. writes with frustration at trying to link a Window Mobile device to a Windows computer: “I go buy three products and I real love using office 2010, a breath of fresh air. But I cannot get it to work(sync) with […]
‘Summary of Payments’ infected ‘Excel’ email
A new spam email, ignored by Outlook’s spam filter, is supposed to have a spreadsheet file for Excel. A new spam email is arriving in Inboxes, trying to trick Excel users into opening it. This email isn’t detected by the Outlook 2007/2010 spam filter (latest update and configured to ‘High’) so it sits in an […]
Travel time add-in for Outlook
Instyler’s Travel add-in for Outlook lets you block the travel time around an appointment in Outlook calendar. One long-standing problem with Outlook is the lack of a ‘travel time’ option. You can make an appointment but there’s no direct way to include the time it takes to get to and from the location. Instyler’s Travel […]
New features for all Outlook 2007 & Outlook 2003 customers
How to get useful extras for Outlook 2003 and Outlook 2007 without ‘social’ connections. Microsoft’s Outlook Social Connector adds useful features to Outlook, even if you have no interest in the links to Facebook, Windows Live Messenger etc. The social connector adds the Outlook 2010 People Pane to two earlier versions of Outlook. While we […]
Outlook Social Connector configuration options
Some registry/policy options to control the Outlook Social Connector. Buried on the Microsoft Support site is KB2010103 “How to manage the Outlook Social Connector by using Group Policy” it provides some options for managing the OSC but mostly for network administrators. These options can apply to Outlook 2010 as well as Outlook 2007 and Outlook […]
