While you can't change Outlook's 18 hour default reminder, you can use VBA to remove the reminder or change it to a different time. While the tweaks here work specifically with reminders on All Day events, this code can be tweaked to do almost anything when a new appointment or event is saved.
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If you want to save messages in a universal format and want the attachments stay with the document, you need to convert the message to RTF format then save the message in *.doc format. . While you can do this in Outlook, it takes several steps. Using VBA to save messages to your hard drive in *.doc format takes just seconds.
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Please note that the advice on this page reduces Outlook's security level and could leave you open to an exploit that takes over Outlook and sends mail on your behalf. We highly recommend you use up-to-date antivirus software that Outlook can detect and leave these settings alone. But, when all else fails... there is a
Continue reading: Change Outlook’s Programmatic Access OptionsYou can use AutoArchive to move old mail to a pst file as it ages by configuring AutoArchive to run frequently and configuring the autoarchive settings on a folder. If you need to keep the mail within your current data file but want to move it out of the Inbox, you can use a macro to move it as it ages.
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The steps are the same for all versions of Outlook and all Office applications It's easy to find code samples on the Internet, but unless you know how to use them, they aren’t going to do you much good. We're going to assume the code is 100% ready-to-use, not a code snippet that is half
Continue reading: How to use Outlook’s VBA EditorOutlook-tip's Tip 434: Change Reply Format answered a frequent question: "How do I set Outlook to always reply in HTML or RTF? When replying to, or forwarding, an email that is in plain text format, it always uses plain text. I want to force it to use RTF or HTML. I know I can change
Continue reading: Always Reply Using the Same Message FormatThis macro will go through the messages in a folder and create a contact for each sender A user needed to solve this problem: “My contact list on a prior system was deleted. I imported all of my emails into my new Microsoft Outlook 2003 but going through all the emails individually to add contacts is
Continue reading: Automatically Create Contacts From MessagesMost power users of Outlook are aware that it can be customized to a degree. The ability to create custom forms or use VBA macros have been around since Outlook 97 and Outlook 2000, respectively. Even casual users know that COM Add-ins can be built and installed to “add-on” functionality to Outlook which doesn’t exist.
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Before you can design forms in Microsoft Outlook 2010, you need to enable the Developer ribbon. In Outlook 2010, go to File, Options, Customize Ribbon and add a check to Developer In Outlook 2007 you need to enable the Developer ribbon for Outlook items (mail, calendar, contact forms, etc) from the Office Icon, Editor options
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