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 2013 Notes have toolbars
Outlook 2013's Notes have 2 rows of tool bars.
Outlook 2013 April 2013 updates
Three hotfixes for Outlook 2013 were released this week. The first update affects Outlook.com accounts and fixed the following issues: Duplicate messages were visible in Outlook. Deleting the duplicate deleted both copies. Using something other than UTF-8 encoding (for example, Japanese (EUC)) resulted in the content not displaying correctly. (This issue also requires the Word
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
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).
Using Scanpst in Outlook Click to Run
Where to find scanpst.exe in Outlook 2013 traditional install and click to run installs.
Moving Outlook's auto-complete address list 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
Understanding Outlook 2013's handling of IMAP sent folders.
Using IMAP Accounts in Outlook
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)".
Outlook downloads mail slow in Windows 8
I'm seeing reports that Outlook installed on Windows 8 is very slow to send and receive. It's fine when the computer is first booted, but after several hours it slows appreciably. The cause: antivirus scanning email. Disabling the outbound scan and any Outlook add-ins installed by the antivirus software will solve the problem. Along with