In older versions of Outlook, you could right click on a contact and choose “New Appointment with contact” to create an appointment linked to the contact. This command was removed from Outlook 2007 and up but you can still create an appointment with a contact using the Meeting with contact command then canceling the meeting.
Continue reading: Create a New Appointment with ContactNot every Outlook user wants an email account in Outlook, they just want to use Outlook for Calendar and Contacts. This is possible and in older versions of Outlook, it was offered as an option. To create a no mail account in newer versions, all you need to do is cancel the dialog when it
Continue reading: How to create a “No Mail” profileAs many users have discovered, Options, Calendar Options, Add Holidays only adds the holidays to the default Microsoft Outlook calendar. Many users wonder how they'll get the Holidays on the other calendar. It's easy – add the holidays to the default calendar then move or copy them to the other calendar. Switch to the By
Continue reading: Add Holidays to Second Outlook CalendarEditing Calendar Printing Assistant templates is really easy when you use my speedy in-place modification method. Step 1: Set permissions on the Template folder Open the Calendar Printing Assistant template folder. On 64-bit Windows, it’s at C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Templates, on 32-bit, its at C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Templates. Right click on the Templates folder and choose
Continue reading: My Speedy CPAO Modification MethodOne common troubleshooting method is to uninstall and reinstall Office or to repair the Office install. While uninstalling and reinstalling rarely fixes the problem (it will only help if the install is corrupt), reinstalling (without uninstalling Office first) will almost always have the same effect as uninstalling and reinstalling: it will either fix the problem
Continue reading: How to Repair Your Office or Outlook InstallationWhen you receive and error that Outlook can't find and add-in, the usual cause is that you uninstalled it but Outlook didn't delete the file it uses to keep track of installed add-ins. This file is extend.dat and is found in the (hidden) local app data file under your user account. It's in the same
Continue reading: Find and Delete Extend.datThis is one of my favorite Outlook features and it works with all versions of Outlook and with all Outlook folders. It also works with any application that accepts paste, not just Excel. Create a view that contains the fields you need, then copy the rows and paste into any application that accepts paste. Some
Continue reading: The No-Export Way to use Outlook Data in ExcelA user wanted to know how to mark messages they had responded to. One method is flagging the items complete. Another is to add a custom field to add checkboxes to the row so that you can mark the messages. Then you can use automatic formatting and filters to show or hide the marked messages.
Continue reading: Create a Custom Field to Mark MessagesYou can insert text or HTML files in messages in Outlook (any version.) Use this to insert "boilerplate text" or HTML created in an HTML editor. To Insert text or HTML files into a message: Click the Insert File icon (Attach File icon in Outlook 2007/2010) Select the file and expand the Insert button. Select
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