Outlook Quick Tip: Missing Calendar Bell

Outlook Quick Tip: Missing Calendar Bell

Several users who recently upgraded to Outlook 2010 or Outlook 2013 wondered what happened to the reminder bell: The Calendar reminder bell is not displayed on the month view. It's on the other views. How do I turn it on for the month view? Microsoft turned off the bell to give a cleaner appearance. You  

Outlook.com accounts are disconnected in Outlook

Outlook.com accounts are disconnected in Outlook

How to fix 'Outlook cannot discover settings for your account because a network connection could not be established. You may need to turn off Work Offline to automatically configure this account.' error in Outlook 2013.

Create a journal entry for Word documents in Outlook 2013

Create a journal entry for Word documents in Outlook 2013

I don't recommend that new users start using the Journal, but if anyone who used journal with an older version of Outlook and upgraded to Outlook 2013, can use a bit of VBA magic to autojournal documents.

Outlook 2013 hangs due to hardware acceleration

Outlook 2013 hangs due to hardware acceleration

One of the new features in Office 2013 is Hardware Graphics Acceleration which is supposed to improve performance. It doesn't always work well on older computers (and even some new ones). Symptoms include blurred text, cursor hangs randomly, and Outlook freezing for a few seconds (or longer).

Office 365, Office 365, and Office on Demand

Office 365, Office 365, and Office on Demand

Oh what a tangled web marketing can weave! Using one name for both apps and services has got to be one of the worst decisions for consumers and support staffs. Users are confused and support is prematurely gray from trying to help users who say they have Office 365 and their email isn't working. It  

Sync Slider and Exchange Mailboxes

Sync Slider and Exchange Mailboxes

Outlook 2013 includes a new feature, Sync Slider, that limits the amount of mail synced with Outlook, in an effort to limit the size of the offline cache file used by Exchange or IMAP mailboxes.

Outlook Click to Run and Scanpst.exe

Outlook Click to Run and Scanpst.exe

Where to find scanpst.exe in Outlook 2013 traditional install and click to run installs.

Moving auto-complete to a new account

Moving auto-complete to a new account

How to migrate auto-complete addresses to the new accounts in Outlook 2010 and Outlook 2013.

Outlook 2013 and IMAP Sent folder

Outlook 2013 and IMAP Sent folder

As more people try Office 2013, I'm seeing more complaints and confusion about Outlook 2013's handling of IMAP sent folders. I upgraded from Outlook 2010 to Outlook 2013. Is it true that "Saving Sent Messages" on the server is no longer possible with IMAP servers? If not, where are my "Sent Messages"? When I look  

What you need to know about IMAP accounts in Outlook 2013

What you need to know about IMAP accounts in Outlook 2013

Outlook 2013 changes how IMAP accounts are handled. Instead of using two data files, Outlook 2013 uses an .ost file for IMAP accounts and stores appointments, tasks, contacts, and notes in the ost, in folders labeled "(This computer only)".