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Create appointments by dragging messages to Calendar

It's easy to create an appointment from an email in Microsoft Outlook: just drag the email message to the calendar and drop it. You can drag an email to one of the buttons on the navigation bar then drop it to create an appointment with the contents of the message in your default Calendar or  

Change the Reminder on Several Appointments at Once

Changing the reminder time on a group of appointments or events is easy. Just use a group by view with the Remind Beforehand field visible and group by it. Then drag items to the group with the reminder time you want them assigned to. First, when possible create a view with the items you need  

Use Conditional Formatting to Highlight Messages

Use Conditional formatting rules to highlight messages in different colors.

Copy Formatted Address Blocks to Use in Other Programs

How to create a custom view in Microsoft Outlook that shows just the name and mailing address in the view so that you can copy it for use in other programs.

View a Two Week Calendar

You can select 2 or 3 weeks in the navigation calendars and view those weeks in a monthly-style grid. This trick works on all versions of Outlook. To change the number of weeks in the calendar view: Start with any Day/Week/Month view Drag the mouse over the dates in the navigation calendar to select up  

How to Create HTML Stationery for Outlook

How to create custom stationery in Outlook and where to save it so Outlook can find it.

How to Repair Your Office or Outlook Installation

One 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  

Command Line Switches Tutorial

We often tell people to use switches but don't always explain how they are used, leaving the user to find out on their own. Even when we do explain how to use them, we often leave out two critical points: there is a space between outlook and the slash and most importantly, you need to  

How to Repair Office 2010, 2007, or 2003 Installations

Follow the instructions on this page to repair your Office 2010, Office 2007 or Office 2003 installations to fix errors in Outlook. For help repairing Office 2013 or Office 2016, see How to Repair Your Office or Outlook Installation Outlook 2010 Because Office Diagnostics was mostly useless, it was removed from Office 2010. You'll need  

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Buttons in the New Message Notifications

Move Deleted Items to Another Folder Automatically

Open Outlook Templates using PowerShell

Count and List Folders in Classic Outlook

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