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Tuesday, December 05, 2006 1:27 AM

The Outlook Gadgets are here!!!

I am excited to announce that the Outlook 2007 gadgets for the Windows Vista Sidebar have just been posted to the web! Check them out: · Outlook Upcoming Appointments – shows you your upcoming appointments. · Outlook Tasks – shows you your tasks and flagged
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Monday, October 09, 2006 9:16 AM

Project Server Tasks in Outlook: Part 1

The following is the first in a series of two posts from Jon Kaufthal, a program manager from the Project team. - Melissa Hi Outlook task fans--I’m excited to introduce you to Project Server’s integration with Outlook. Tasks are a big part of the Project/Project
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Monday, October 09, 2006 9:23 AM

Project Server Tasks in Outlook: Part 2

The following is the second in a series of two posts from Jon Kaufthal, a program manager from the Project team. Click here to see the first post. - Melissa For those of you new to Project and Project Server, see my first post before reading on. What
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Monday, July 31, 2006 4:30 PM

Make that PST show up on the To-Do Bar

Do you have a pst or an archive that has tasks and flagged mail it, but the tasks and flagged mail don’t show up on the To-Do Bar? Here’s how you can make it work! Right click on the name of your archive, (in the picture below, the archive is named “StuffForToDoBar”),
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Wednesday, July 19, 2006 1:42 PM

Outlook 2007 and Getting Things Done

Every now and then someone asks about how to use Outlook 2007 with the Getting Things Done (GTD) / Take Back Your Life! methodology, which suggests heavy use of categories and tasks to manage your mail, tasks, and life. Here are some tips for getting
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Friday, June 09, 2006 12:49 PM

By Popular Demand

From Hank Leukart: Working at Microsoft is the most fun when we get to fulfill customers’ dreams – or at least their software needs. Sometimes, we hear a feature request so often from so many different customers that it becomes clear that it’s a feature
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Wednesday, May 31, 2006 9:19 PM

How I work with Outlook 12

Now that Beta2 is out, it seems like high time I explain how I use the new time management system in Outlook to manage my tasks and e-mail. There are many ways of managing one’s time, and what follows is just my approach. Fortunately, the new system is
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Wednesday, April 19, 2006 10:41 AM

Addendum to How to show tasks from some folders and not others in the To-Do Bar - a how-to guide

Andrew Coates was kind enough to point out that there is another way to hide a folder that is much, much simpler. Thanks Andrew! If you have one particular folder that you want to hide, for example, a task folder of Christmas presents for your family
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Tuesday, April 18, 2006 11:59 AM

How to show tasks from some folders and not others in the To-Do Bar - a how-to guide

Recently, I received the following e-mail and I thought I would post my response: Hi Melissa, Since you’re so active on bloggin on Outlook I was wondering if you can help me solve this question. I have about 35 task folders in Outlook and by default this
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Friday, April 14, 2006 9:54 AM

The electronic time management revolution will not be televised

Here is a post from Hank Leukart about the Outlook 12 Calendar. -Melissa Over the past 15 years, paper-based communication has been replaced by electronic communication: quick chats have become instant messages, letters and memos have become e-mail, and
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Friday, March 31, 2006 5:58 PM

Make that mail an appointment

How often have you received an e-mail that is about something you want to put on your calendar? For example, I received an e-mail about a presentation about Office Live. I am interested in learning more about Office Live, so I want to go. What to do?
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Tuesday, March 21, 2006 7:30 PM

Andrew Ash on SharePoint Tasks

The following is from guest blogger Andrew Ash. Enjoy! -Melissa Hi! My name is Andrew Ash and I am a Program Manager on the Outlook team. I am working on connecting five of the most popular types of SharePoint Lists to Outlook 2007: Calendars, Contact
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Thursday, March 02, 2006 2:27 PM

Tips for the Outlook Tasks Module

Below are some tips for the Tasks Module (most are oldies (will work in most versions) but goodies): 1. Outlook 12: See the thread of a conversation of a flagged mail in the Tasks Module : Here ’ s the scenario: You flagged a mail message, and now you
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Friday, February 24, 2006 5:28 PM

The Tasks Module

Click on Tasks in the Navigation Pane to get to the Tasks Module Outlook's Tasks Module is the place to experience the full richness of Outlook's time management system. Like the To-Do Bar and the Daily Task List, the Tasks Module shows flagged mail and
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Friday, February 17, 2006 3:22 PM

Hank Leukart on Color Categories

The following is from guest blogger and fellow PM, Hank Leukart. Enjoy! -Melissa Greetings! My name is Hank Leukart, and I am a Program Manager for Microsoft Office Outlook. I have worked on Outlook 2001 for Mac, Outlook 2002 (XP), Outlook 2003, and Outlook
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