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• Your top 10 favorite Outlook posts of 2012

  10 Jan 2013

  Email is all about communicating with people--whether you're sharing a photo, or scheduling a meeting or phone call. Some of last year's most popular posts about the new Outlook show you how it's been designed to put people first. When too many people communicate with you about too many things, your...
• Four how-to's on finding stuff in your inbox

  29 Aug 2012

  A stream of email most likely flows into your inbox from co-workers and friends, and from all those enewsletters and notifications you signed up for. You need a quick way to track down specific messages without having to wade through all of them. To help you cut through the clutter, we've compiled four...
• Email stuck in your outbox? Try this.

  6 Jul 2012

  "What do you mean you didn't receive it? I sent it last night!" At least you thought you did. Now you're red-faced in a meeting that was set up to review the PowerPoint presentation that never made it to your recipients. You check your Outbox and there it is. If you ever find yourself in this situation...
• Can’t find that email message? These three tips can help.

  6 Jun 2012

  (This post was first published in 2010. It's obvious from the number of hits this page gets that people's inboxes are still overflowing. We thought we'd share it again to help you out.) Hi, I am Roby Kurian, Product Manager for Outlook. How often do you ask yourself, “Where’s that message...
• Schedule crammed? Try searching your Calendar

  17 May 2012

  Now when is that neighborhood planning meeting and will it conflict with the business dinner your boss just asked you to attend? Your calendar is so full that scanning it won't help. You might not know that the Outlook Calendar has its own Search to help you sort out the dates. Search calendar items...
• Filtering emails in Outlook

  14 May 2012

  Outlook offers several ways to filter emails. A filter lets you see only those messages that meet certain criteria. For example, you could pick a filter that lets you see only emails that have attachments or are unread. Here's how it works. On the Home tab, in the Find group, click Filter Email . Click...
• Quick Rule Creation in Outlook 2010

  23 Apr 2012

  (NOTE: This post, which was first published in July 2010, is very popular. Obviously, a lot of you want help managing your overflowing inboxes and are turning to the Rules feature in Outlook to help you do that.) If you are a heavy email user like me, chances are good that you subscribe to a lot of mailing...
• Schedule View in Outlook 2010

  16 Apr 2012

  (We first published this post in March 2010 when Outlook 2010 had been recently released. Lots and lots of people find it a very useful feature, so we're publishing it again to let even more of you know about it.) Microsoft Outlook 2010 has a new feature called Schedule View that makes it easier to schedule...
• 5 Tips on using Bcc in Outlook Email

  23 Mar 2012

  It's kind of funny that a software application would use abbreviations that refer to pre-software days. Remember carbon copies? Cc means carbon copy and Bcc means blind carbon copy. For emailing, you use Cc when you want to copy others publicly, and Bcc when you want to do it privately. Any recipients...
• Webinar: Unclutter your Outlook inbox

  19 Mar 2012

  Watch ths Office 15-Minute Webinar to learn about uncluttering your inbox with Outlook. You can join Office webinars at 9:15 am PDT on Tuesdays. Go to http://aka.ms/offweb for complete information. What you will learn at the webinar How to search in Outlook Clean-up with Conversation View Delete: a personal...
• Better Searching in Outlook 2010

  1 Mar 2012

  A common problem with email searches is that they can return too many results. For example, entering someone’s name may return matches where the name appears in parts of the message’s body even though you meant to look for messages from that person. It can be also hard to enter other criteria...
• Noisy Outlook Inbox? Turn down the sound with a couple of tweaks

  2 Nov 2011

  Before I hop into today's features that you MUST use, I need to first explain what Conversations are (in Outlook, not in life; I assume we are all up to speed on the back and forth that happens between people...and their pets). Conversations in Outlook are simply email threads — the complete chain...
• Better IMAP in Outlook 2010

  5 Feb 2010

  One of the things we have improved in Outlook 2010 is IMAP accounts. IMAP is a protocol that is used by many e-mail services, including Gmail and AOL. If your e-mail service supports IMAP, you can use Outlook to access your e-mail. Here are some of the IMAP improvements in Outlook 2010: Automatic configuration...
• Living in Outlook: Using Quick Parts

  2 Feb 2009

  The Living in Outlook series is about sharing tips and workflows around real-world scenarios. We’ll start the conversation with a topic – you can add to it by posting your tips and workflows in the comments! In previous posts I have talked about Message Templates and Advanced Message Templates...
• Cool Trick: Calendar Printing

  8 Dec 2008

  Having a printed copy of your Outlook calendar can be quite convenient. If the available printing options aren’t sufficient for your needs you should try the Microsoft Calendar Printing Assistant for Outlook 2007 . The Calendar Printing Assistant supports a wide variety of layout templates and...
• How do I back up my signatures?

  11 Jul 2008

  People often ask how to copy Outlook signatures between multiple computers. In this post, I’ll describe how to accomplish that task using a little known keyboard shortcut. 1. On the Tools menu, click Options , and select the Mail Format tab 2. Hold down <ctrl> key while clicking the Signatures…...
• Help – I tried to send a giant attachment and it’s stuck in the Outbox!

  1 May 2008

  “I tried to send a large attachment to a friend and now the e-mail is stuck in my Outbox! I’ve been trying to delete it and I can’t because Outlook says it’s still trying to send it. Help!” This is a fairly common issue that we’ve heard a lot of users report 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...
• 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...