Quick Tips for week 4 (29 January, 2010)

This week, the following Quick Tips were posted at HowTo-Outlook’s Q&A blog MSOutlook.info;

Outlook could not create the work file
Office Help Assistant in Windows 7
Searching for or excluding empty fields

Quick Tip Highlights;
Adding hyperlinks to files in bulk
Cannot open the Outlook window error
Do not always ask before opening

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     Update Rollup 2 for Exchange 2007 SP2 (29 January, 2010)

Update Rollup 2 for Exchange 2007 SP2 has been released.
For a list of changes that are included in this update rollup, see KB972076.

Download: Update Rollup 2 for Exchange Server 2007 Service Pack 2 (KB972076)
It’s also offered via Microsoft Update on the Exchange server itself.

     Quick Tips for week 3 (22 January, 2010)

This week, the following Quick Tips were posted at HowTo-Outlook’s Q&A blog MSOutlook.info;

Breaking the blue line in replies and forwards
Quoting copied text
Filter applied (and missing items)

Quick Tip Highlights;
Adding Search Folders to Outlook Today
Backup Outlook settings
This operation has been cancelled due to restrictions in effect on this computer

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     Outlook and the Internet Explorer security leak (22 January, 2010)

The Internet Explorer security leak, for which a patch is now available, could also affect your Outlook security. This is only the case when you are working with Outlook 2003 and previous and have your Internet Security Zone for Outlook set to the Internet Zone. Outlook 2007 and Outlook 2010 Beta are not affected.

Currently there are no known exploits of this security leak that work via Outlook 2003 or previous. However, in order to protect yourself, make sure you have your Security Zone for Outlook 2003 or previous set to “Restricted sites”. This zone is also the secure default and the recommended setting. You can verify this setting by going to;
Tools-> Options…-> tab Security

This exploit could also surface via other parts of Windows (such as via Gadgets, Outlook Express, Windows (Live) Mail and the Help system (chm-files)) since they all rely on Internet Explorer components. So even when you are not using Internet Explorer as your Internet browser, it is still highly recommended to install this update as soon as possible.

You can get this update via Windows Update as well.

     Message size issue in Outlook 2010 Beta (22 January, 2010)

The Outlook Team has put out a warning about large message sizes when sending out a message with Outlook 2010. While working with a Beta version of software could always lead to unexpected results, this bug can also affect the recipient of the message.

The issue is related to using bullet lists. When you use bullet lists in your message, the CSS of the message (which controls the formatting of the message) does not get properly truncated and a small message could become quite big. This could even result in that the message may no longer be displayed correctly at the recipients end.

The current fix is to simply restart Outlook 2010 Beta (at least once every day). This issue will be fixed of course once Outlook 2010 gets released.

     Quick Tips for week 2 (15 January, 2010)

This week, the following Quick Tips were posted at HowTo-Outlook’s Q&A blog MSOutlook.info;

Clear recent searches
New mail envelope and Windows 7
Blue line in replies and forwards

Quick Tip highlights;
Adding, modifying and deleting Quick Parts
Named ranges error when importing
Link instead of attachment?

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     Quick Tips for week 1 (8 January, 2010)

This week, the following Quick Tips were posted at HowTo-Outlook’s Q&A blog MSOutlook.info;

Cannot turn off Out of Office Assistant
Week numbers are wrong
Follow Up Flags and reminders

Quick Tip highlights;
Corrupt email crashes Outlook
Add your own locations to Save and Open dialogs
Migrate from ANSI to UNICODE

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     Quick Tips for week 53 (1 January, 2010)

As promised last week, here are the 5 most popular Quick Tips of 2009 that were posted at HowTo-Outlook’s Q&A blog MSOutlook.info;

5. Enlarge font in Reading Pane
4. Don’t send too large messages
3. No Mail icon in Control Panel
2. Attaching folders
1. Inbox Repair Tool

I hope that in the new year, you won’t be needing the Inbox Repair Tool that often anymore

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     Happy New Year! (1 January, 2010)

Happy New Year!