I’m thinking about upgrading to Outlook 2019 but I know we are not using the latest version of Exchange.
In the To-Do List or Task List, I can see when a specific task is due. However, for planning purposes, I'd much rather want to know how many days I've got left before the task needs to be completed.
Is there any way to add a "Days Left" column?
In my previous tip I showed how you can quickly create a new task for any document or file that you are working on.
But did you know that if this happens to be a Word document, you can create an Outlook Task for this document directly from within Word as well?
When composing a message I always want to see the BCC and From field.
How can I do that?
When I try to set my Junk E-mail filter to "No Automatic Filtering", Outlook will switch it automatically back to Low.
How can I completely turn off the spam-filter?
When I use Outlook on the Web (OWA), and then hover with my mouse over a message, the following Quick Action icons become visible;
I sometimes have a bit of a “trigger finger” and worry that I might hit the Delete icon by mistake. Also, as Outlook on the Desktop doesn’t support the Pin feature, I don’t use that either.
Can I somehow disable some of these Quick Action icons and assign other commands to them like Archive or Move?
I sometimes use the “Follow Up” command in Outlook to flag my messages that I need to get back to later.
Is there any way to keep these flagged messages pinned at the top of my email list?
I’ve created Stationery for Outlook with the font we also use for our regular letters, advertising and website. This also includes font settings such as size and spacing. In addition to that, there is a logo and a background color.
This Stationery works great when we are creating a new email, but upon replying or forwarding a message, the Stationery is not being applied.
Is there a way to also have Outlook use our Stationery when replying or forwarding?
Opening the File Browser dialog to attach a file has now become a 2-click process in Outlook 2016 because of the Recent Items list and the option to also attach files from Web Locations like OneDrive.
Also, on occasion I used the “Insert as Text” option to insert boilerplate text from saved files instead of attaching the file itself. It seems that this option in gone now too.
Is there any way to get back the “Attach File” button that directly opened the File Browser and had the “Insert as Text” option?
Upon opening a message in Outlook, it opens with the File tab selected. It used to open with the Message tab selected.
How do I change it so that the Message tab is selected when the message is opened?
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