By Diane Poremsky April 16, 2012
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
Continue reading: Don’t Send Attachments to CC’d Recipients?Posted in Email |

By Diane Poremsky April 16, 2012
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 AttachmentsPosted in Email | Tagged attachments, email, outlook, reply, vba |
By Diane Poremsky March 9, 2012
One 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
Continue reading: Microsoft Outlook: Web Bugs & Blocked HTML ImagesPosted in Email | Tagged email, html format, web bugs |

By Diane Poremsky March 6, 2012
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
Continue reading: Read Outlook Messages using Plain TextPosted in Email | Tagged email, outlook, outlook 2003, outlook 2007, Outlook 2010, plain text |

By Diane Poremsky February 13, 2012
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 VBAPosted in Email | Tagged attachments, feature-ol, outlook, vba |
By Diane Poremsky January 29, 2012
A 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
Continue reading: Restore POP3 Mail to the ServerPosted in Email | Tagged imap, leave on server, pop3 |

By Diane Poremsky January 27, 2012
Do you use stationery for new messages and want to use it for replies and forwards? We will show you the options available.
Continue reading: Can I use my own stationery in replies?Posted in Email | Tagged forward, reply, stationery |

By Diane Poremsky January 11, 2012
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
Continue reading: The Blue Line and Inline Replies in HTML messagesPosted in Email | Tagged html, html format, quoting, replies |

By Diane Poremsky December 9, 2011
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
Continue reading: Understanding Fonts and the +Body StylePosted in Email, Featured | Tagged default fonts, feature-ol, formatting, signatures, tutorials |

By Diane Poremsky December 5, 2011
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
Continue reading: Add a file number or keyword to the subject line of messagesPosted in Email, Featured | Tagged email, feature-ol, messages, subject, vba |
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