Change the Background Color on your Calendar

Posted by Dan St. Hilaire  /  July 29, 2010  /  Outlook   —   No Comments ↓

Change the Appearance of Your Calendar: Change the Background Color in Microsoft Outlook 2007

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Previewing Attachments in Microsoft Outlook

Posted by Dan St. Hilaire  /  May 27, 2010  /  Outlook   —   No Comments ↓

Microsoft Outlook 2007: Preview attachments

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Outlook Thinks I Work Monday through Friday...But It's Wrong

Posted by Dan St. Hilaire  /  February 26, 2010  /  Outlook   —   No Comments ↓

Microsoft Outlook 2007: Change your Calendar Work Days

By default in Microsoft Office Outlook 2007, the work week is set from Monday through Friday with a work day extending from 8 A.M. to 5 P.M.. The first day of the week in Calendar is Sunday.

You can choose the days of the week that are a part of your work week, the time when your work day starts and ends, and the day of the week that you want to be the start of your week.

Change your Calendar work days

1. On the Tools menu, click Options.
2. Click Calendar Options.
3. Under Calendar work week, select the check boxes for the days that are a part of your work week. Clear the check boxes for the days that are not a part of the work week.

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Add Holidays to My Outlook Calendar

Posted by Dan St. Hilaire  /  February 19, 2010  /  Outlook   —   No Comments ↓

Microsoft Outlook 2007: Add Holidays to Calendar

1. On the Tools menu, click Options, and then click Calendar Options.
2. Under Calendar options, click Add Holidays.
3. Select the check box next to each country/region whose holidays you want to add to your calendar, and then click OK.

Note Your own country/region is automatically selected.

If you already added a country's or region's holidays to your calendar, the check box for that country/region is selected in the Add Holidays to Calendar dialog box. If you try to add the same items again, you receive the following message:

Holidays for country/region are already installed. Do you want to install them again?

If you click Yes, the holidays and events are installed a second time, and you see duplicate holiday and event entries.

Note The holiday information that is provided with Outlook includes items during calendar years 2006 through 2012. If you are using a non-Gregorian calendar, items that occur during the same time period are included.

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But I Don't Want a Bajillion Meeting Replies!

Posted by Dan St. Hilaire  /  February 12, 2010  /  Outlook   —   No Comments ↓

Microsoft Outlook 2007: Prevent meeting request replies

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Customize Outlook Reminder Sound

Posted by Dan St. Hilaire  /  February 5, 2010  /  Outlook   —   No Comments ↓

Microsoft Office Outlook 2007: Change the sound played for reminders

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Use Outlook with Comcast E-mail

Posted by Dan St. Hilaire  /  January 25, 2010  /  Outlook   —   2 Comments ↓

Use Outlook with Comcast e-mail
(applies to Microsoft Office Outlook 2002 and 2003)

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Private Meetings and Appointments in Outlook

Posted by Dan St. Hilaire  /  November 11, 2009  /  Outlook   —   No Comments ↓

Make an Appointment or Meeting Private

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Linking Tasks and Contacts in Outlook

Posted by Dan St. Hilaire  /  October 28, 2009  /  Outlook   —   No Comments ↓

Outlook 2007: Link a Task to a Contact

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Create an Electronic Business Card for Your Signature

Posted by Dan St. Hilaire  /  October 8, 2009  /  Outlook   —   1 Comments ↓

Create an Electronic Business Card for Your Signature

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Where Did the BCC Field Go?

Posted by Dan St. Hilaire  /  April 1, 2009  /  Outlook   —   No Comments ↓

How to show the BCC field in Outlook 2007 Messages

Did your BCC field go away when you upgraded to Microsoft Office Outlook 2007? Want it back?

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Tip: Migrate Outlook Autocomplete to a New PC

Posted by Dan St. Hilaire  /  March 30, 2009  /  Outlook   —   No Comments ↓

Microsoft Outlook offers a great feature with the Autocomplete. Everytime a new email address is used for the first time, it gets cached and Outlook will highlight the email address the next time you start to type the address. Outlook holds this in a cache file under your user profile on your computer.

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Tip: Create an Electronic Business Card for Your Signature

Posted by Dan St. Hilaire  /  January 30, 2009  /  Outlook   —   No Comments ↓

In Microsoft Office Outlook 2007, you can create and share customized electronic business cards, giving you a personalized way to communicate your information. You can customize your contact information by using electronic business cards that include logos and photos, making contacts more personally relevant and easier to locate.

Here's How:

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