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Outlook on Facebook
Microsoft Outlook now has its very own fan page on Facebook, which means you now have an easy way to get free tips about your favorite program, share ideas about the ways you use Outlook, and get answers to Outlook-related questions that you’ve always Read More...
Mail Merge: How to send a personalized e-mail to many people at once
First of all, this post is dedicated to my aunt Gayla who runs a small business and has a lot of trouble with this feature. This post is not dedicated to those who might use this feature for spamming. :) Mail merge is a feature of Outlook and Word that Read More...
Switching between modules on the keyboard and in the To-Do Bar
Have you ever wondered if there was a quicker way to go between Mail, Calendar, Contacts, etc. than just clicking on the buttons in the Navigation Pane? Well there is! Here are the shortcut keys: And if you are in Mail, and you want to quickly see your Read More...
How To Share Large Files Without Attaching Them
After reading some of the feedback on our post about removing items stuck in your outbox , I realized that a lot of people are trying to send some pretty large files through e-mail. Putting any issues with your e-mail service provider’s limits on large Read More...
Changing your theme
Recently, we received the follow question and I thought I would share the answer with everyone: Is there a way to change the baby blue color to something more customized or at least revert back to the same color scheme of Outlook 2003? To change your Read More...
A Safety Net for the Send Button
Sometimes the Send button can backfire. Have you ever sent a mail to the wrong person by mistake? Have you ever sent an email and then realized a second too late that you forgot an important point, or could have worded things more carefully, or even misspelled Read More...
How to sort by anything
One of the powerful things that Outlook can do is help you arrange your data in interesting ways. Outlook's Field Chooser is a great tool that helps you to add any Outlook field to your view, which you can then use to sort your data. Here’s an example Read More...
Q&A 2: Showing Tasks from PSTs in the To-Do Bar
More Q&A: How to make the To-Do Bar show tasks from an Archive “Is there any way to get the To-Do Bar to also look at archived email? Because of our corporate policy on InBox size, I have to archive my emails daily. When the emails with flags Read More...
Q&A 1: Searching Offline Archives
Since we began the Outlook Team blog last June, we’ve been receiving lots of questions and suggestions, so thank you! Below are a few answers to questions that we hear with some frequency. If your question is not answered here, don’t worry, Read More...
Removing items from the To-Do Bar
I don’t think there is much that is more satisfying than crossing things off a to-do list. The To-Do Bar in Outlook 2007 can help you automatically create a to-do list and provide you with a few options for getting that satisfied feeling after you’ve Read More...
Publishing a calendar using Office Online
In Ben’s previous post, he spoke about sharing a calendar via e-mail . Many people correctly commented that sharing a calendar via e-mail does not support subscriptions and that for items that changed regularly, it was difficult to use. Can Comertoglu Read More...
Postmarking: helping the fight against SPAM
Postmarking is a new part of the Outlook 2007 junk e-mail feature; it complements the existing feature set to reduce the amount of spam in your inbox. One of the great advantages of e-mail is that it is easy and cheap to send. Unfortunately, this is the Read More...
Office Hours, Outlook, & RSS
Microsoft’s Office Online is the premier portal for information about the Office suite of applications and tools. We all know how much fun it is to hear directly from the product team, and in that vein a new column has started up on the site that’s part Read More...
Welcome to the Office Outlook team blog!
Hi! You’ve found the new home of the Microsoft Office Outlook Team Blog, your one-stop-shop for tips, tricks, and rants directly from the Outlook product team here at Microsoft. You may have seen some of our team members’ individual blogs out on the web, Read More...
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