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3 Methods to report time spent on Meetings, Tasks and Journal items

Report Time Spent buttonCalculating time spent on and creating reports of Meeting, Tasks and Journal items is quite a common request of people who plan and record everything in Outlook.

Sadly, the reporting features within Outlook are quite limited. While there is a duration field, Outlook cannot directly make calculations with that.

To make calculations within Outlook, you’ll need to create a custom macro. In this guide you’ll find the VBA-code needed to create such a macro. The macro calculates the total amount of time spent on the selected items and returns the answer in a message box.

If you need to create an actual report with more details, then you can make such reports with help of an export to Excel or by using a reporting add-in.

Continue reading: 3 Methods to report time spent on Meetings, Tasks and Journal items


Keyboard shortcuts

Keyboard Shortcuts buttonOutlook has many keyboard shortcuts which allows you to execute commands
without using your mouse or touchpad. By using keyboard shortcuts, you can achieve repetitive tasks more quickly.

As there are a lot of keyboard shortcuts available in Outlook, they have been divided into the following sections.

Continue reading: Keyboard shortcuts


Update KB2412171 for Office 2007 rereleased

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The update that caused so many issues last month has been rereleased.

This rereleased version will not have any of the side effect that were experienced before;

  • Archive and AutoArchive feature going missing under File menu and on the “Other” tab in Options.
  • Poor performance when switching folders.
  • Error during send/receive with SSL and SPA enabled accounts.

If you are still experiencing any of the above symptoms, download the rereleased update below and apply it manually if you haven’t installed or been offered the update via Microsoft Update already.

View: Full list of fixes and download information for KB2412171


Happy New Year!

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I’m wishing everybody a great 2011!