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Outlook User's Solutions Center was last modified: January 29th, 2018 by Slipstick

Limit the number of appointments per day

Anyone who has a lot of meetings can understand this user's request: the ability to limit the number of meetings users can schedule with him each day by making Free/Busy appear busy.

Filter messages containing spam or offensive words

How to use an Outlook macro to move or delete messages containing spammy keywords.

Count Selected Messages

How to get a count of the messages you have selected in Outlook, using a macro or copy and paste.

Creating an AND rule in Outlook Rules

A user wanted to know how to create an AND rule: If the subject contains outlook AND word, do something For example: "outlook AND word" to match on a Subject line of "Mail merge Outlook and Word", but not "Outlook Teams Meeting" While Outlook Rules don't support AND within a rule, you can make it  

Search PDF Attachments and Forward

This macro uses Adobe Acrobat, not Reader or other PDF applications. This run a script macro will open an attached PDF file, look for a keyword and if found, forward the attachment. If the message you are forwarding contains external content, you may need to respond to a security dialog. In this case, you will  

Restore Outlook's Classic Permissions Dialog

How to enable Outlook's classic Permissions dialog to use instead of the simplified Permissions dialog.

Save New Contacts to iCloud Contacts

Although you can't save new contacts directly in the iCloud contacts folder unless you select the iCloud Contacts folder before opening the new Contact form, there are a couple of options available to move new contacts to the iCloud.

Outlook iCloud Error 0x800706ba

When setting up iCloud to sync with Outlook, you may receive the following error message: "Your configuration could not be started due to an unknown error. (0x800706ba)".

Using Yahoo and AOL accounts in Outlook

Update: Yahoo began upgrading user accounts earlier this year to require an app password if the email client did not support oAuth2 with their servers. On October 20 2020, all Yahoo accounts will be required to use an app password if the email client does not support oAuth2 to their servers. If you are using  

Insert Emoji using VBA

The user wanted to know how to insert an emoji using VBA: Is there a way to create a VBA code to paste an emoji. For example, Unicode 128123? :ghost: I want to insert the text where ever my cursor currently is. Sure, you can do that using VBA. You'll need to use the Word  

Create a Contact Group to quickly send email to a multiple people

How to create a Microsoft Outlook contact group or distribution list to send messages to a group of people.

Outlook error: Something is wrong with your data files

After update Office, every time you open Outlook, you receive an error message: Something is wrong with one of your data files and Outlook needs to close. Outlook might be able to fix your file. Click OK to run the Inbox Repair Tool.

Outlook Windows Store Registry

How to find and export or edit the registry files used by the Office 365 Windows store version.

Fixed: Outlook 365: From field is blank

In Outlook 365 the From field is blank. You are also unable to change signature assignments in the Signatures dialog after upgrade from version 2002 (12527.20194) to version 2003 (12624.20176).

Daylight Saving Time Calendar Display Bugs

When you the week starts on the Sunday Daylight time starts, appointments may appear at the wrong time in the week view.

Change Insight's Focus Time Appointments

Add categories and change to Tentative the Focus Time appointments created by the Insights feature of Office 365 Exchange Online.

Outlook command lines using /m switch fail

Changes to Outlook version 2001 (Build 12430.20184) break the command line switch /m.

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