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Author: Diane Poremsky
A Microsoft Outlook Most Valuable Professional (MVP) since 1999 and involved in IT support since 1985, Diane is the author of several books and video training CDs and online training classes for Microsoft Outlook. You can find her helping people online in Outlook Forums as well as in the Microsoft Answers and TechNet forums.
Diane has written 1147 articles for slipstick.com. Here are the ten most recent articles.
Foward a message and CC the original recipients
A visitor to the Microsoft Answers forum asked about forwarding a message and automatically CCing it to the original recipients.
Create tasks for outlook.com and a second Tasks folder
This VBA code sample is the result of a discussion in the Microsoft Answers forum. Because of recent changes at Outlook.com, tasks, appointments, and contacts do not support attachments. You can add attachments to the items in Outlook 2013, but the attachments are hidden.
Attachments are hidden in Outlook.com tasks and appointments
Because of recent changes at Outlook.com, tasks, appointments, and contacts do not support attachments. You can add attachments to the items in Outlook 2013, but the attachments are hidden.
Disable the ability to create tentative appointments
Note: this will stop Outlook and Exchange from creating tentative appointments on the calendar automatically, however, the tentative appointment will be created at the time you select the meeting request in your Inbox. Exchange Server 2013 The administrator can use this cmdlet to prevent tentative appointments meeting requests received from users outside of your network.
Shortcuts to open Outlook folders
Outlook doesn't support creating shortcuts to folder on the Quick Access toolbar (QAT) or ribbon, but you can put macro on the QAT or ribbon that opens a folder.
Show more items in the People Pane
You can use Group Policy to control the maximum number of items displayed in the People Pane. The default number is 100 items but you can choose a value between 1 and 100. Note: Microsoft has not tested this with a value that is greater than 100. I've been using it with a value of
Meetings are not removed when the invitation is deleted
When a meeting invitation is deleted from the Inbox, the tentative copy of the associated meeting remains in the Calendar.
Moving Deleted Items
Moving deleted items from the Deleted Items folder using Quick Steps or a macro.
Choosing a From address in Exchange
Every Exchange user’s mailbox can have many email addresses. Can a user define what email address to appear in the “From” field?
Outlook Quick Tip: Missing Calendar Bell
Several users who recently upgraded to Outlook 2010 or Outlook 2013 wondered what happened to the reminder bell: The Calendar reminder bell is not displayed on the month view. It's on the other views. How do I turn it on for the month view? Microsoft turned off the bell to give a cleaner appearance. You
