Configuring

Outlook names your email account and mailbox folder set after your email address. Find out how you can change them into something shorter.

When configuring your Gmail account in Outlook (or other mail clients such as Thunderbird and Mail apps on (older) smartphones), you may run into continuous password prompts or sync errors. This is because Google has turned off Basic Authentication for all accounts and only lets you authenticate via the OAuth 2.0 standard.

There is no point denying it; Outlook 2013 is white, VERY white and for some, this can lead to problems. This guide goes through the available options of making the interface less white and also give it a more “classic” look and feel.

Macros are often used to achieve a goal in Outlook more quickly. However, the option to execute a macro isn’t always easily accessible. Learn how to create a button for your macro to make the macro even more productive.

If you don’t like the way Outlook looks like by default, you might want to find out how you can change the fonts types, sizes and colors in Outlook to suit your taste better.

When you are in an Active Directory network environment you can set Outlook policies to enforce settings on your users. If you are a home user you might want to set policies on what your children can and cannot do in Outlook.

The Folder Pane contains a couple of options and other “secrets” to fit it to your style and work with it more efficiently.

Do you like the New Mail Desktop Alert but hate the fact that it only stays for up to 30 seconds or only for the Inbox folder? With a small modification, you can make it stay up to 50 days or make it display for when mail is being delivered to another folder as well.

Place all your favourite options on a Toolbar and sort them the way you want it for easy access.

Check or change the status of Cached Exchange Mode by changing a registry key.