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iCloud and Outlook Problems: Syncing Calendar
We have the solutions to common problems users experience when syncing Outlook's Calendar with the iCloud Calendar.
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We have the solutions to common problems users experience when syncing Outlook's Contacts with the iCloud Contact folder.
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How to Delete Outlook’s Default Folders
Step-by-step instructions you can use to delete or hide the default folders (such as the junk email and suggested contacts folders) that Microsoft Outlook creates in your data files.
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Check Contacts before moving them to Hotmail Contacts folder
Use a macro Outlook's Contacts with company names longer than 40 characters or more than 1024 characters in the notes field before importing them into Hotmail Connector's Contacts folder.
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Keep Canceled Meetings on Outlook’s Calendar
There are two methods you can use to keep canceled meetings on your calendar: keep the cancellation notice or use a Run a Script rule to create an appointment using using the meeting details. Code sample included.
Continue reading: Keep Canceled Meetings on Outlook’s CalendarDon’t Send Attachments to CC’d Recipients?
There are a lot of former Notes users who don't like how Outlook handles attachments. In Notes, it's really easy to send an attachment to people in the To line but not to those in the CC or BCC lines. While its usually better that send a link to the attachment on the file share
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Reply or ReplyAll with Attachments
Unlike Lotus Notes, Outlook does not include a built in method to reply or reply all and include the original attachments in the reply. However there are ways to do it, including using VBA to create custom reply and reply all buttons. We show you how.
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Run a Script Rule: Change Subject then Forward Message
An Outlook user asked how to automatically change the subject of a message and forward it to another address. Using a "run a script" rule is one option and we show you how to do it.
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If you receive error this error code 0x80004005, also known as Error: 4202, it's caused by rouge entries on the Safe and Blocked senders lists. The standard fix is to delete "bad" entries on the lists in Hotmail online and in Outlook. A bad entry is usually a malformed email address, but may be an address with a character other than an alphanumeric. Several users report that their bad entries are single words and they are unable to delete them, the words keep coming back.
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If you upgraded to Windows 8 and can't find your data files, the news is good. In all likelihood, the data files aren't missing. When Windows 8 upgrades your computer, it creates a folder called "windows.old" and it contains all of the files used by the previous Windows installation, including your user account files.
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