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May 2005 - Posts

(Part 1) More than just Mail Folders in Outlook

posted Thursday, May 19, 2005 8:27 AM by Allister_Frost
Most Outlook users create new folders to store emails. But not everyone realises that you can add much more than just email folders. There are six different new folders types in Outlook as follows: (1) Calendar items, (2) Contact items, (3) Journal Read More
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MSN Desktop Search final release

posted Tuesday, May 17, 2005 8:29 AM by Allister_Frost
The full MSN Desktop Search tool was released yesterday. If you've been running the Beta version or haven't yet discovered this amazing personal productivity tool get it for free at http://toolbar.msn.com/. I've been using it for a few months now and Read More
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The Monday before the first Wednesday of every month

posted Friday, May 13, 2005 12:51 PM by Allister_Frost
Today I received a series of 12 new calendar appointments for 'the Monday before the first Wednesday of every month' from a colleague. It turns out they are just reminders to make sure I complete a task by a certain date. My first thought was "Whoah! Read More
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The phaonmneal pweor of the hmuan mnid

posted Thursday, May 12, 2005 1:03 PM by Allister_Frost
A friend sent me the following text recently. It highlights a few things for me. Firstly, it's definitely a good idea to have spell check turned on at all times and secondly, I can now see why it's so easy for spammers to side-step unsophisticated anti-spam Read More
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Importing stuff into your Outlook Calendar (or Tasks) from Excel

posted Wednesday, May 11, 2005 3:35 PM by Allister_Frost
Another handy way to add appointments to your calendar is by importing from Excel. To do this you first need to create an Excel file containing the appointment information Outlook needs. Your first row should contain columns titles which match Outlook's Read More
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Sensible names for Quick Flags in Outlook

posted Tuesday, May 10, 2005 3:32 PM by Allister_Frost
Eileen recently blogged about an excellent resource for Outlook Users at www.outlooktips.net. Sign up for email updates or add their RSS feed to your aggregator and they'll send you regular Outlook tips. I had a weird attack of déjà vu though when reading Read More
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Adding really important dates to your Outlook holiday file

posted Thursday, May 05, 2005 8:21 AM by Allister_Frost
I stumbled across this helpful explanation of how to customise the Microsoft Office Outlook® 2003 holiday file (Outlook.hol) to include dates that are important to you. This is really easy to do and a great way to make sure you (and possibly everyone Read More
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