Quick Tips for week 17This week, the following Quick Tips were posted at HowTo-Outlook’s Q&A blog MSOutlook.info;
Launching Outlook at startup (in a smarter way)
Mileage calculations from Tasks and Calendar
Accidentally moved a folder and cannot find it
Quick Tip Highlights;
Duplicate folders with same content
Change default address list
Select next unread message automatically
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April Hotfixes for Outlook 2007A new Hotfix has been released for Outlook 2007 that solves 16 issues in total.
The most notable fix is for people that sync with a Windows Mobile device. Here it could happen that a yearly recurring event created on your Windows Mobile device turned into a recurring event of once every 12 years (instead of once every 12 months).
For the full list of issues solved see KB981048
In addition to this language generic hotfix, 2 language specific hotfixes have been released;
KB982337 : Update for the Spanish version of Outlook (es-es).
KB981980 : Update for the English and Hebrew version of Outlook (en-us) (he-il)
Since these are hotfixes and not regular updates, you won’t be offered this update via Microsoft Update but will have to request it. You can do this at the information page of each hotfix.
If you are not (seriously) effected by any of these issues, it is recommended to wait for the next Service Pack or regular Rollup Update which will most likely contain all these fixes as well.
Use the new Notes Add-in for Outlook to add notes to messages and appointments in Outlook. The add-in uses Outlook note items, so all notes are stored in the “Notes” folder within Outlook. This keeps your notes private and away from messages and appointments your colleagues can see.
When adding a note to a message or appointment a link between the two is created. When opening the message or appointment at a later time, the note will be opened as well.
Adding a note is easy. Open a message or appointment and press the “View Notes” button in the command bar. The note will be displayed right next to the window and will stay there if you move the window.
Do you have out-of-office appointments in your Outlook calendar? Do you want to block the travel time to get to the appointment’s location?
The Travel Add-in for Outlook allows you to schedule travel and return times directly when creating or editing appointments.
Enter a location to use the automatic travel time estimation feature for driving, walking or bicycling to your appointment, including driving directions. Create expense reports for one or more appointments using customizable Excel template files.
The add-in is available in English, German and Dutch languages.
Instyler Software is a software company owned and run by Sebastian Brand and located in Ingolstadt in Germany.
Quick Tips for week 16This week, the following Quick Tips were posted at HowTo-Outlook’s Q&A blog MSOutlook.info;
Printing combined Calendars
Multiple Signatures as message templates
Scrolling not working in Outlook
Quick Tip Highlights;
Do not send via CTRL+ENTER or ALT+S
Favorite Folders empty upon restart
Print partial message
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Outlook Hotmail Connector 14.0 RTMThe Outlook Hotmail Connector 14 has come out of the BETA stages as well. The Outlook Hotmail Connector can be used to sync your Live Hotmail emails, contacts and calendar items with Outlook 2003, Outlook 2007 and Outlook 2010.
Download: Outlook Hotmail Connector 32-bit
Download: Outlook Hotmail Connector 64-bit
Note 1: You will only need to install the 64-bit version when you are using the 64-bit version of Outlook 2010.
Note 2: If you are using an earlier version of Outlook, you can still connect to your Live Hotmail account via POP3.
Office 2010 Professional Plus now available on MSDN and TechNetIf you are an MSDN or TechNet subscriber, you can now download the RTM release of Office 2010 Professional Plus in both the 64-bit and 32-bit edition. The version number is; 14.0.4763.1000
Besides English, the following languages can be downloaded as well;
Fresh, German, Spanish, Dutch, Italian, Portuguese-Brazil, Russian, Chinese (Simplified and Traditional), Korean and Japanese.
I’m sure I’ve overlooked a couple of languages (it’s a long list) so take a look for yourself if you’ve got a subscription. If you don’t have a subscription, see this post including all the release dates to determine when it will become available to you.
Download Office 2010 Product GuidesLooking forward to Office 2010? You can already download the Office 2010 Product guides to see what’s new in the Office 2010 applications including Office Web Apps and Office Mobile. The Outlook 2010 Product Guide alone counts 65 pages.
Download: Office 2010: Product Guides
New Poll: When will you upgrade to Outlook 2010?With over 16.000 votes on the printing poll, I thought it was about time (actually way overdue) to start a new poll.
So, now that Office 2010 has reached the RTM status, when will you upgrade?
You can cast your vote on the front page or view the results of the current and past polls on the poll archive page.
