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• Outlook on Outlook: Autumn 2011 posts

  21 Nov 2011

  I'm starting a new feature here on the Outlook blog: A seasonal roundup of the best and brightest blog posts, articles, and general news about Outlook. Take a look; you may have missed something that could very well change your life (at least the way you email about it, calendar around it, and make tasks...
• Office.com videos and articles help you master Outlook 2010

  18 Mar 2011

  I’m Bruce Keever from the Office Content Publishing team. We provide lots of information to help you be more productive with Outlook. Did you know that we’re continually updating and adding new Help articles, training courses, and videos to Office.com ? Through our partnership with BrainStorm...
• Issues with the recent update for Outlook 2007

  17 Dec 2010

  On Tuesday, December 14, we released an update (KB2412171) for Microsoft Outlook 2007. We have discovered several issues with the update and want to inform you about problems you might encounter and what corrective steps we recommend. As of December 16, this Outlook 2007 update has been removed from...
• Switching between modules on the keyboard and in the To-Do Bar

  12 Sep 2008

  Have you ever wondered if there was a quicker way to go between Mail, Calendar, Contacts, etc. than just clicking on the buttons in the Navigation Pane? Well there is! Here are the shortcut keys: And if you are in Mail, and you want to quickly see your calendar on a particular date, just click on the...
• How To Share Large Files Without Attaching Them

  21 Aug 2008

  After reading some of the feedback on our post about removing items stuck in your outbox , I realized that a lot of people are trying to send some pretty large files through e-mail. Putting any issues with your e-mail service provider’s limits on large messages aside, sending large attachments through...
• Changing your theme

  22 Apr 2008

  Recently, we received the follow question and I thought I would share the answer with everyone: Is there a way to change the baby blue color to something more customized or at least revert back to the same color scheme of Outlook 2003? To change your Office theme, click “Tools” in the toolbar...
• Using RSS Feeds in Outlook 2007

  8 Feb 2008

  Using Outlook to manage and read your RSS feeds has several advantages over a stand-alone aggregator, including the ability to place flags and run rules on any RSS feed to which you subscribe. Some of you might be wondering what is RSS? Really Simple Syndication (usually referred to as RSS) is a way...
• Removing items from the To-Do Bar

  15 Jan 2008

  I don’t think there is much that is more satisfying than crossing things off a to-do list. The To-Do Bar in Outlook 2007 can help you automatically create a to-do list and provide you with a few options for getting that satisfied feeling after you’ve wrapped up a task or followed up on an e-mail. If...
• Office 2007 SP1 has arrived!

  14 Dec 2007

  The Microsoft Office product teams are very excited to announce that Office 2007 Service Pack 1 is now live and available to customers worldwide. This service pack delivers important customer-requested stability and performance improvements, while incorporating further enhancements to security. All customers...
• The Daily Task List

  7 Dec 2007

  A few months ago we blogged about the new To-Do Bar in Outlook 2007 , and today I'm going to expand on that by talking about the new Daily Task List , and how you can use it together with the To-Do Bar as a pretty cool little task-and-time-management system. Every good feature starts with a real-world...
• Outlook 2007 Gadgets for Windows Sidebar

  29 Nov 2007

  If you’re a fan of the Outlook 2007 To-Do Bar, but wish your upcoming appointments and tasks could be shown even when Outlook was minimized, I’ve got great news for you, you can do this today with the Outlook Sidebar Gadgets. One of the new features introduced in Windows Vista is the Windows Sidebar...
• Ultimate Inbox: Merging Inbox and Sent Items folders

  4 Oct 2007

  Do you love the conversation arrangement introduced in Outlook 2003, but feel like there is something missing? Well there is! By default, the conversation arrangement doesn’t include your contribution to the conversation. With just a few steps, you can configure Outlook to save copies of all outgoing...
• Make Reading Your E-Mail Easier in Outlook: Minimize the To-Do Bar and the Navigation Pane

  19 Sep 2007

  Do you ever feel like you just don’t have enough room to read your e-mail and RSS feeds in Outlook 2007? Here’s a tip: Minimize the To-Do Bar and the Navigation Pane! Go from this: To this: To minimize the To-Do Bar and/or the Navigation Pane, you can either: Click on the expand/collapse widget at the...
• Getting help with the Office Outlook Connector

  10 Sep 2007

  As many of you know, the Microsoft Office Outlook Connector for Windows Live Hotmail recently exited beta. This blog has seen a lot of traffic and has received many comments about the connector since it first arrived. It is great to see such enthusiasm! Since the community was so active during the beta...
• Office Hours, Outlook, & RSS

  27 Jun 2007

  Microsoft’s Office Online is the premier portal for information about the Office suite of applications and tools. We all know how much fun it is to hear directly from the product team, and in that vein a new column has started up on the site that’s part editorial, part satire, and part how-to, and it...
• Welcome to the Office Outlook team blog!

  13 Jun 2007

  Hi! You’ve found the new home of the Microsoft Office Outlook Team Blog, your one-stop-shop for tips, tricks, and rants directly from the Outlook product team here at Microsoft. You may have seen some of our team members’ individual blogs out on the web, covering specific areas such as time management...