Some alternative views of the Olympic medal count and how to Thanks to all the readers who dropped us a note about our article on the London 2012 Olympics calendar and how to overlay it in Outlook. While many are using it to schedule their TV viewing, others use
How to connect Outlook software to Outlook.com With the announcement of Outlook.com as a replacement for Hotmail there was one glaring omission – how to sync with Outlook software. Now we know why – the existing Hotmail connector to Outlook software does work but hasn’t been updated yet. So the
How to schedule your Olympic viewing with Outlook. At the risk of attracting the attention of the, now infamous, Olympic Branding Police … we’d like to give you some Olympic related tips for Outlook and Office users. With so many events being broadcast live, scheduling your time isn’t going to
How to change the font and font size of Comment balloons in Word Recently we wrote about the Word Comments feature and how it can be used even for a solo author. The standard comments font is Calibri 10pt but that can be changed by changing the style linked to
Find the size of your Outlook data files, then don’t worry about it. Checking the size of your Outlook data files is pretty easy, you can also find out which folders are taking up space. In any version of Outlook (we checked Outlook 2010, Outlook 2007 and Outlook 2003) right-click
Is there a security risk when you forward or reply to a message? A reader writes: “if you forward the message (we’re supposed to forward SPAM messages to a particular internal mailbox for analysis, etc.) that fetches the image and reveals the IP and other information sent by the web
‘Click here to download images’ in Outlook may seem like a nuisance but it’s there for a good reason Why does Outlook prompt you to download images with messages – instead of just getting them? The ‘Click here to download images’ may seem like a nuisance but it’s there for
About the special ‘Hidden info’ image included in Office for Mere Mortals. As part of an article on Outlook security Office-Watch.com made a special ‘image’ that displays, within an email, some system information sent by Outlook to the Internet. This image was included in Office for Mere Mortals for Monday
Make Outlook trap the latest ATT bogus messages, even if you’re an ATT customer. Every once in a while, spammers make a new email that bypasses even the High junk email setting in Outlook. When that happens you need to setup your own rule to remove them, until Microsoft’s spam
How to change the Windows Send to email option to something less annoying and more directly useful. For a long time Windows has an option to select a file in Explorer and email it. Right-click on a file, choose ‘Send to’ then one from the list of options. The exact
Leaders and Librarians are among the new Office Watch reader contributions. Leaders and Librarians are among the new Office Watch reader contributions. They have have used our What they think of me / What they think I do PowerPoint template to make some funny images about their lives. Click on
Which versions Office can you use with Windows 8 Consumer Preview. Nerds and Geeks the world over, including us at Office Watch, will be poring over the Windows 8 Consumer Preview released today. But what about running Microsoft Office – can you use existing versions of Office on the Windows
How to copy an Outlook PST into Gmail or other online email storage. Leigh O. asks: “I cannot find any instructions on how to upload the .pst file into Gmail which is what I am using now.” You can’t upload a PST file to Gmail (or any other email service
Make your own ‘What they think of me’ in PowerPoint! What they think of me / What I really do is a popular set of photos and captions going around in 2012. It started with artist Garnet Hertz like this .. There are some more examples below. The ‘template’ provided by
How to change the time zone setting in Outlook Web Apps and how it’s a workaround for an Outlook problem. Anyone who has Outlook Web Apps can use it to workaround a long-standing problem in Outlook – multiple time zone display. Outlook has always given limited time zone support. For
How to move existing Outlook items to an Office 365 or any other new email setup. Now that you have an Office 365 account working in Outlook you can copy your current Tasks, Contacts and Calendar from your current Outlook store into the Office 365 account. In short, open up
Copying or moving many items in Outlook isn’t easy – here’s how to avoid Outlook’s deficiencies. For as long as Outlook has existed, there have been problems when you copy or move many items around. Here are some suggestions from years of experience and frustration. When transferring many items, Outlook
How to use a single copy of Outlook on multiple machines. There’s an easy way to run a single copy of Outlook and use it on multiple machines – Remote Desktop. We’ve heard from many Outlook users who move their PST data files between a laptop and desktop computers. We’re
Some important options for Windows Remote Desktop connections. Here’s a quick tour of some Remote Desktop options available when you click the Options button on bottom left of the opening dialog: General For the faster start of a remote connection, click ‘Allow me to save credentials’ and type a user
How to get detailed SuperPAC donation and spending information into Excel. Today the US Federal Election Commission (FEC) is receiving and publishing details of the controversial SuperPAC’s showing who has donated and what they spent money on. It’s a good and timely example of how you can get information from
Using Outlook linked to online storage and you keep on working work if disconnected. Whenever Outlook is connected to online data storage (ie Gmail via IMAP or Exchange Server / Office 365) it will let you keep working if there’s a break in internet access. Outlook is designed to cache
How to manage email in Outlook with your own domain name. Rick J writes “I have my own domain name and I want to make email accounts for me and family using it. What’s the best option for me?”. Firstly, congratulations on making the switch to a permanent email address.
Get your Outlook data to show up with Google services and vice-versa. Using gSyncit you can keep a copy of your Outlook contacts, calendar, tasks and notes in your Google account. Why would you want to do that? Once your Outlook info is syncd with online storage it’s available to
In Outlook 2010 the navigation pane is more configurable but takes up more room. Michele T writes: “In Outlook 2007 the folders lists were single spaced vertically and I could see all or most of the projects that I was working on at the same time. With Outlook 2010, they
