Nifty Outlook Calendar Shortcuts for Setting Appointments Does this sound familiar? You: Let’s touch base six weeks after Christmas and go from there. Client: Sounds great. What date is that? You: Uhhh…let me look at my calendar. You then scroll to the reference point (Christmas) and count six weeks out to find the date. All the while, your client is waiting for a response so they can move on to[…]
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Outlook 2013 Tip: Email Templates
Streamline Repetitive Messages by Creating Custom Email Templates in Outlook Are there any emails you send on a regular basis? These might include responding to the same types of questions, delivering purchase requests, or sending out notifications for a weekly meeting. There are several ways to manage commonly sent email messages such as copying and pasting text from a Word document or referencing a previous email you sent. You might even[…]
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Scheduling meetings can be tricky, especially when one or more of the attendees has a jam-packed schedule. Sending several emails back and forth suggesting meeting options is a waste of valuable time. Here’s how to ease the process of communicating schedule details. Ease scheduling woes: Share your calendar via email One way to simplify your scheduling process is to share your calendar information with an Outlook Calendar Snapshot. Because this sends a copy of your schedule as[…]
READ MORE about Outlook 2013: Share Your Calendar by Email with Calendar SnapshotsOutlook 2013 Tip: How to View Your Mailbox and Calendar Side by Side
In the Microsoft Office 2013 version of Outlook, you can view your mailbox and calendar at the same time with just a few simple steps, saving yourself the trouble of clicking back and forth between your schedule and your email. To do this, you’ll open two windows in Outlook and then tile them side-by-side for simultaneous access and viewing. You can even save these settings so that this is your default display. Get free[…]
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Inevitably, there will be times you need to be away from your office. Sometimes these are planned events like vacations; other times they are unexpected such as medical or family emergencies. In either case, it may be necessary that one or more people have access to various functions in your Outlook account to ensure timely responses to internal and external clients as well as schedule management. Microsoft Outlook allows you[…]
READ MORE about Outlook Tip – Delegate Email and Calendar AccessOutlook 2010/2013 Tip: Insert a Screenshot in a Message
A picture is worth a thousand words, so why not save yourself from typing a thousand words by inserting a screenshot instead? No need for extra programs to capture and crop your screenshots. You can easily e-mail a picture of a dialog box, browser screen, or anything else that appears on your desktop by following these simple instructions in Outlook 2010 or Outlook 2013. Begin by creating a new e-mail,[…]
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Go to the Sent Items folder and open the mail which you want to recall or resend. Click on the Office Button located on the top left-hand corner of the Ribbon. Select the Info command, then click the Message Resend and Recall command. The Recall setting works similarly to previous versions of Outlook. When you click the recall command, the Recall This Message dialog opens. You are prompted whether you[…]
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