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.
Clean up the Junk Email folder
How to use Rules or a macro to clear spam from Outlook's Junk Email folder.
Use VBA to Scan to Email
How to scan a document or image and attach or embed into an Outlook email using VBA and the Windows Image Acquisition Library (WIA).
View Read Receipt Request Indicator
All current versions of Outlook include a Read Receipt field, including Outlook 2010, 2013, 2016/2019/365. To see the Read Receipt indicator, you need to customize the view by adding the Receipt Requested field. For best results, you will need to use the Single Line view to see the read request field. To add the field
Delete folders using a macro or PowerShell
Use an Outlook macro or PowerShell script to bulk delete folders from Outlook.
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.
Warn Before Sending: Checking Contact Categories
Warn before sending mail macro: Check recipients contacts for specific categories before sending.
The Help function is disabled in Office apps
How to solve error message: This command isn't available: Your organization's administrator turned off the service required to use this feature
Remove Cancelled Meeting Requests from Resource Calendar
How to remove cancelled meetings from an Exchange server resource calendar.
Delay sending a message with Outlook closed?
How to delay sending email messages with Outlook closed when you use a Microsoft Exchange or Office 365 mailbox.
Using Outlook’s Send to OneNote button
Use Outlook's Send to OneNote button to send Outlook items to the Onenote app.
Fixed: Outlook displays all messages in plain text
Another week, another update bug. This bug has a very narrow audience: users with ANSI pst files (Outlook 97 - 2002 format) in their profile. Affected users have all mail displayed in plain text format.
Outlook Folder List: Unread Message Count Position
A recent update to Office 365 changed the position of the unread (or total) message count in Outlook’s folder list from following the folder name to right justified.
Use PowerShell to Export and Import Categories
How to use PowerShell to export, import or merge categories in different Outlook mailboxes.
Outlook Mobile apps and Government Cloud Accounts (GCC)
Recent changes to Office 365 tenants to be FedRAMP-compliant is causing problems for some users with personal and government email accounts in the Outlook apps for Android and iOS.
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
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.