RSSExchange Messaging Outlook Volume 15, Number 5
Today's Highlights:
Custom Flags and Reminder Times
This question came up several times in the last
week.
"How do I change the default reminder for custom
flags? It always uses 4 PM."
Quick Click flags and reminders
While we're on the subject of Quick Click flags and reminders, your Quick Click choice also affects the default reminder for tasks entered into the To-Do's Type a New Task field.
Using In-cell Editing
In-cell editing can be a great time saves as it allows you to edit many fields without opening the Outlook item but it can also prove to be an annoyance. When the New item row is enabled, you can create new items directly in the folder.
An Outlook user had this problem: "I'm using the Phone List view and can
no longer jump to the first letter I type in when searching for a contact in
the Contacts Folder. It works just like it used to if I use other views,
jumping right to the first letter of the contact I type in. What happened to
make this feature stop working?"
This is one of the side effects of in-cell editing - you lose the ability to
navigate using the keyboard as Outlook thinks you want to edit the current
item instead.
You can disable in-cell editing, however, because its a handy feature to
have, you may want to make a copy the view so you can easily switch views to
use it. Browse the Views menu for Define views, select the view and Copy
before disabling in-cell editing using Modify, Other settings.
To disable in-cell editing for the current view, right click on the row of field names in your view, choose Customize. From the customize views dialog, click the Other settings button then remove the check from Allow In-cell editing. With this disabled, you lose the New Item row too.
Delete Stuck Reminders
We're seeing a rash of stuck reminders lately. The easiest way to get rid of these corrupt reminders is by closing Outlook and reopening it using the /cleanreminders switch. To do this, press Windows key + R to open the Run dialog. type
outlook /cleanreminders
in the field and press Ok.
April Poll: What types of accounts are in your profile?
This month's poll is about the type of accounts
you have in your main Outlook profile. As always,
voting is free and anonymous... no account
required unless you'd like to leave a comment.
What type of email account is your main account?
http://forums.slipstick.com/showthread.php?p=138565
Outlook Quick Tip: "Do you want to send this meeting request without a location?"
Outlook's insistence that the location in Meeting Requests be filled in annoys a lot of users.
Unfortunately, you can't disable this warning, other than by
always remembering to add a location.
On a related note, the last 10 locations are saved in the dropdown
and you can use the up and arrow keys to select one of the
previously used locations.
New Exchange KB Articles
Event 8197 is logged when
Microsoft Exchange System Attendant service fails
on an Exchange Server 2007 server
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=2012731
Installation of Exchange Server 2007 fails on a
multiprocessor server
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=981539
New Outlook KB Articles
After installing Office 2007
SP2, Outlook takes a long time to close and
Outlook.exe remains running in the background
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=2022995
Error starting Outlook: "Cannot start Microsoft
Office Outlook. Cannot open the Outlook window."
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=2022778
You receive a "The name of the security
certificate is invalid or does not match the name
of the site" warning when you try to connect
Outlook 2007 to Small Business Server 2008
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=981954
Other Resources
Say No! to
Compatibility Mode
http://slipstick.me/compatmode
Outlook is fully compatible with Windows 7, do
not enable Compatibility mode. It will cause a
number of problems if it is enabled.
