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Partial Word Searches in Outlook 2010
Two users who recently upgraded to Outlook 2010 came to me for help using search. The first user wanted to search for partial words, which is not supported by Instant Search. The other user used Office search (.oss) files to find all mail received between and including two dates in his previous version of Outlook
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We're seeing complaints from users (myself included) over the handling of reminders in Outlook 2010. The reminder dialog does not come up "in your face" unless you are working in Outlook. When a reminder is triggered and you're using most other applications, the reminder window does not come up on top of the dialog; it
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Out-of-Office in Outlook 2010
A user had this question: "When I restart Outlook after being Out of Office, the reminder doesn't come up to remind me to turn the Office Assistant off." That is how it works in Outlook 2010. Instead of a pop up, there is an Infobar under the ribbon. The Office Assistant button on the file
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Using Outlook 2010′s Junk Filter with Multiple Accounts
In Outlook 2010, the Junk Email filters options are per account, but its not very obvious and many users discover it only by accident. "I discovered that the Junk E-mail options are apparently per-mailbox. I originally disabled the junk mail settings from my Inbox. This morning, while reviewing messages that had been put in my
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Using Outlook 2010′s Contact Cards
Outlook 2010 introduced a new feature when you hover over the address fields in email. The contact card looks like screenshot below. With the basic contact card, you'll see the person's photo (if available) and their presence information. You can click the icons to send the person an email, IM, call the person or view
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Command Lines Switches for Outlook 2010
You can control how Outlook starts by using command line switches. While many of the switches are used only when you are having problems with Outlook, including /cleanviews and /cleanreminders, several allow you to do things in Outlook from a command line, such as open a custom form using the /c switch: Or open a
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Find the Properties Dialog in Outlook 2010
In older versions of Outlook, you can access a Properties dialog from the File menu of an open message. This dialog lists dates, Importance, and Do Not Autoarchive. In Outlook 2010, File, Properties opens the "Options" dialog that includes the Internet header and the Do not Autoarchive checkbox. To view the dialog that has the
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We hear a lot of complaints about Outlook 2010′s Conversation Groups. They don’t work as expected in Exchange 2003 or 2007, conversations don’t stay expanded, and the old conversation view from older versions is not available. The conversation group features uses a Conversation field to determine if the message belongs in a conversation with other messages.
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