While you can't change Outlook's 18 hour default reminder, you can use VBA to remove the reminder or change it to a different time. While the tweaks here work specifically with reminders on All Day events, this code can be tweaked to do almost anything when a new appointment or event is saved.
Continue reading: How to Remove or Change the Reminder on All Day Events
Use a macro Outlook's Contacts with company names longer than 40 characters or more than 1024 characters in the notes field before importing them into Hotmail Connector's Contacts folder.
Continue reading: Check Contacts before moving them to Hotmail Contacts folder
There are two methods you can use to keep canceled meetings on your calendar: keep the cancellation notice or use a Run a Script rule to create an appointment using using the meeting details. Code sample included.
Continue reading: Keep Canceled Meetings on Outlook’s Calendar
If you want to save messages in a universal format and want the attachments stay with the document, you need to convert the message to RTF format then save the message in *.doc format. . While you can do this in Outlook, it takes several steps. Using VBA to save messages to your hard drive in *.doc format takes just seconds.
Continue reading: Save Messages as *.DOC File Type
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 Attachments
An Outlook user asked how to automatically change the subject of a message and forward it to another address. Using a "run a script" rule is one option and we show you how to do it.
Continue reading: Run a Script Rule: Change Subject then Forward MessageUsing VBA, you can automatically create a series of Outlook tasks based on a task or appointment. You can create the tasks leading up to an appointment or task or following an appointment or task.
Continue reading: Create a Series of Tasks using VBAYou can use AutoArchive to move old mail to a pst file as it ages by configuring AutoArchive to run frequently and configuring the autoarchive settings on a folder. If you need to keep the mail within your current data file but want to move it out of the Inbox, you can use a macro to move it as it ages.
Continue reading: Macro to Move Aged Email Messages
If you don't care for Calibri font as the default for RSS feeds, you need to use a macro to change the font (on font size) as the font cannot be changed by the user. We have code samples for both Outlook 2010 and 2007.
Continue reading: How to Change the Font used for Outlook’s RSS Feeds
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 VBA
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