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Make 'Today' stand out more in the calendar

How to change the calendar color or use conditional formatting rules to highlight appointments starting today to make 'Today" more visible on your Outlook calendar.

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Use PowerShell to Bulk Change Contacts

How to use PowerShell to bulk change Outlook Contact fields, including the File As and Email display name fields.

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Enable Automatic Replies (OOF) using a macro

How to use a macro to set up an Automatic reply (out of office reply) in Outlook on Windows desktop.

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Delete folders using a macro or PowerShell

Use an Outlook macro or PowerShell script to bulk delete folders from Outlook.

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Create a Contact Group from a List of Addresses

How to create an Outlook distribution list or contact group from any list of email addresses, including a spreadsheet in Excel or a custom view in Outlook (with only the display name and email address visible.)

Combine and Print Multiple Outlook Calendars

How to copy appointments from several Outlook calendars to print as one calendar. Includes code specific to Exchange server accounts that works with Resource calendars as well as other user's calendars.

Fix the Outlook Folder Type after Exporting an IMAP Account

After importing IMAP folders to Personal Folders or an Exchange mailbox, messages in the imported folder are hidden.

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Using Outlook's AutoArchive Feature

All versions of Microsoft Outlook support Archiving. Learn how to configure Microsoft Outlook's AutoArchive settings and how to manually archive your mailbox.

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Search Calendars for Appointments

A user had a number of calendars, both in his own mailboxes plus a handful of shared calendars. While Outlook can search all of the calendars, he wanted an easy way to restrict the searches to specific calendars and also see which calendar the appointment was on. The solution: a macro. We used the macro  

Create a Series of Tasks using VBA

Using 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.

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