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• More tips from a guru: Get organized! (Part 2)

  1 Sep 2011

  Today’s guest post concludes the dish from Jon Gluck--an entrepreneur, connector, and marketer extraordinaire--on how he gets his (digital) life together. I started reading Jon’s tweets and blog a few months ago and liked his mix of style and substance, including a deft homage to the advance...
• Not there? How to say you're Out of Office in Outlook

  30 Jun 2011

  Can't find the Out of Office Assistant to update your contacts for a long July 4th weekend? Well, for Outlook 2010 you find it where you find all of the other options and tools: the Backstage view (click the gold File tab in the upper-left corner of the screen) and then click the Automatic Replies button...
• Drag that email to make a meeting in Outlook (video)

  10 May 2011

  In this excerpt from a previous Office Casual, I’ll show you how dragging email is a quick way to create meetings in Outlook. You can view the video How to generate first-rate ideas, the Office Casual way in its entirety on the Office Blog. The best ways to learn about dragging in Outlook is just...
• How to generate ideas: The Office Casual way (video)

  5 Apr 2011

  Folks have asked me how I come up with my ideas for these videos. Hence, a video on the topic (with lots of links below). Can you share how you come up with your ideas? Add a comment below. Read more about the things I talked about in the video: Scene 1: My Office The best way to learn about dragging...
• Outlook secrets for sending a report (video)

  1 Feb 2011

  This is an excerpt--the last two minutes--of the previous Office Casual titled How to create and email a report with impact . Here I dish on sending reports and larger emails in Outlook that look better and, ahem, reduce waste. You can find out more at Office.com: Change the size or formatting of text...
• Hotmail accounts and RSS feeds in Outlook: An Out of Office Casual special (video)

  28 Jan 2011

  For the recent Office Show on Outlook , I showed off how adding personal email accounts (Hotmail, GMail, etc.) is a snap and how to read RSS feeds in Outlook (and create a daily digest). Watch this segment and if you want more information, read below. With the Microsoft Hotmail Connector, you can add...
• How to create and email a report with impact (video)

  17 Jan 2011

  The deadline is tight, but I gotta come up with a smart looking status report. Let me show you how I corral ideas with Word and OneNote and then format with Word. Plus there are some slick tricks to make it look good in Outlook without attaching any kind of document. Watch: You can read and watch more...
• Office Casual at CES: Office on Windows Phone, Getting Started, Outlook clean-up and more (video)

  13 Jan 2011

  Back this week after hanging at CES in Las Vegas. Our crew made over 15 videos spotting gadgets and Office 2010 things you can use; even a spotlight on Office for Mac 2011. You can view all the CES coverage of the Office blog here . However, here are the videos with the most Office Casualness (with links...
• Email signatures in Outlook: An Out of Office Casual special (video)

  16 Dec 2010

  For The Office Show holiday video, I showed off why having multiple email signatures can help in sticky situations and are easy to switch in Outlook. Watch this segment and if you want more information, you can read about email signatures at Office.com . Changing signatures is easy. The bike is optional...
• Office Casual: The Extended Edition (video)

  7 Dec 2010

  The folks over at Channel 9 wanted me to “go a bit deeper” into the subjects of the my videos. Now, the results is not for everyone. Channel 9 is a great video portal showcasing the people building Microsoft products and services. Techy people like software engineers, product managers, developers...
• Mail Merge - The key ingredients for labels, a flyer, and more (a video double bill)

  3 Nov 2010

  Mail Merge is not as easy as "click this button," it's more like using a recipe to cook a meal. In these two videos, let me show you how to “cook” with Mail Merge. The first video goes over label creation by using any contact list (via a CSV* file); the second is importing Outlook contacts...
• How to install the Outlook Social Connector (video)

  24 Aug 2010

  The installation of Outlook Social Connector is different from most downloads. Besides downloading Outlook Social Connector (for Outlook 2007 and Outlook 2003; it’s included in Outlook 2010), you must download provider files for each social network you want to connect to. Watch this short video...
• The upside of booking your travel in Outlook with the new Bing add-in

  3 Aug 2010

  You book travel, buy your tickets, pack your bags, go to the airport, and then panic begins: did I set my out-of-office reminders? OK, maybe not panic, but I have been on a beach, setting those suckers up because I forgot to before I traveled. With a new add-in, you can set your reminders when you buy...
• Outlook gets social: See how you can Facebook while reading your email

  14 Jul 2010

  Today, the Outlook Social Connector lets you connect with Facebook and Windows Live, and it works for Outlook 2003 and Outlook 2007, along with Outlook 2010. Cool beans. I gotta say that I have been using this and it's quite pleasurable--plus a time-saver. How do you use it? Let me show you in this quick...
• Tonic for the Outlook 2010 Junkie: Office Casual shows you Conversation View

  25 May 2010

  Make your inbox less intimidating by switching to the Outlook Conversation View. In this short video, I'll show you how he handles email with the enhancements in Outlook 2010 including the new Ignore button. <div><img...
• Office Casual: How to shortcut your shortcuts with a (right) click

  9 Feb 2010

  Take a look at your computer mouse. That other button--the right-click button--can lead you to the best keyboard shortcuts so you don't have to remember them. Let me be your guide in this short video. --Doug Thomas
• Office Casual at CES: How to see important stuff in Outlook 2010 (Video)

  8 Jan 2010

  You know how in Outlook when you get an attachment and you'd like to see it but to see it you'd have to open it so you don't open it? Problem solved. You have to see Outlook's preview feature to believe it, and believe me, it's worth seeing - every time you have an attachment. Download the Office 2010...
• Office Casual at CES: Why Video Rocks in PowerPoint 2010 (Video)

  8 Jan 2010

  On the road at CES and the buzz on Office 2010 is remarkable - download the free beta right now . Need more? Read the how-to's for video in PowerPoint 2010 at the Office Beta site: Embed a video from a file Change the appearance of a video And see how the the PowerPoint product team uses video feature...
• Office Casual: How to Twitter in Outlook (with TwInbox)

  4 Jun 2009

  There are more than a dozen ways to follow Twitter, but TwInbox (formally known as OutTwit in its beta stages) places some powerful Outlook capabilities in the hands of us Twitters. Here's a short video on TwInbox . You can find the free download (and more instructions) here . Need more reasons to see...
• Office Casual: How to use Outlook on your phone (with Jott)

  16 Apr 2009

  How would like to make a quick call and do things in Outlook like send email, schedule meetings, and create notes? I made this Office Causal video about a service called Jott and a nifty free add-in from Office Online. You can learn more about Jott here and Outlook add-in here . And yes, besides the...