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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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.
Continue reading: Reply or ReplyAll with AttachmentsOne of the most important new features in Microsoft Outlook 2003: blocked Web content. This feature protects your privacy by blocking “web bugs.” As you quickly discover, newsletters and advertisements that you receive don’t display the images. While images are the most noticeable blocked item, any downloaded content is blocked, including scripts and external style
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You have two options if you want to use plain text formatting: read all mail using plain text or convert the message to plain text format before hitting reply. If you are using Office 2002/XP SR1 update (does not work on earlier builds), you now have the ability to force all incoming messages to be
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A visitor wanted to know how to save attachments and then open them without opening Windows Explorer to find the attachment. This VBA code is based on the code sample at our Outlook-Tips site: Save and Delete Attachments. We removed the lines that delete the attachment from the message and added the file path to
Continue reading: Save and Open an Attachment using VBAA common mistake many users who keep copies of their email in their POP3 mailbox make when setting up a new email account is forgetting to change the setting to leave mail on the server, so Outlook downloads and deletes it from the server. If this happens to you, you can restore the deleted mail
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Do you use stationery for new messages and want to use it for replies and forwards? We will show you the options available.
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In another area where the formatting generates complaints, some users are frustrated by the little blue line down the left side of HTML replies. This blue line is the "quote prefix" for HTML formatted messages. It's used only when you set Outlook to prefix replies. The problem? If you reply inline, the blue line doesn't
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We get two types of questions about font handling in Outlook: How do I change the default fonts? Why is Outlook using [some font] instead of the one I set as default? Outlook 2007 and 2010 have two places where fonts are set: in Stationery and Fonts and in the Body style. Most people select
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A visitor to our forums posted the following question in Batch adding text to email subject lines in Outlook at Outlook Forums: We put file numbers in all communications with our clients. However, we frequently begin dialogues with potential clients before opening a file for them. Then, once they become a client and we open
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