I've enabled my Automatic Replies (Out of Office) and have sent myself a message from my private account to see how it would arrive. Sadly, I never received this automatic reply.
Why isn't it working and how can I make it work reliably?
Before upgrading my PC to Windows 10, I’d like to make a backup of my Outlook pst-file.
I searched on my disk and I already found a few but I want to make sure I’ve got them all or at least the correct current ones.
Where can I find my pst-file?
I've created a couple Quick Part text templates in Outlook which I use to quickly answer some common questions.
As I have spent quite some time creating them, I'd hate to lose them either when something goes wrong or when I get a new computer.
How can I make a backup of these Quick Parts?
I'm keeping my emails sorted by contacts where each contact has its own dedicated folder so I later can quickly find back any conversation with that person.
Your "Today’s Unread Mail folder" tip helped me a lot to easily find back any new items.
I still like my sorting method but it's really hard to find back any rules (sometimes my contacts change address) as I really have over a hundred of them now. Also, I feel that Outlook gets slower with each rule that I add. I also tried to mimic my sorting method at work but then I hit the rules limit quite quickly.
Is there any way to overcome these issues without me changing my sorting method?
When saving an email message to a network drive, I get the following error;
"The message interface has returned an unknown error."
Instead of saving the message, a tmp-file is created on the network location. When I rename the tmp-file to .msg, then it appears to be the message that I tried to save.
How can I get rid of the error and have the message save directly as an msg-file?
When I start Outlook, suddenly my monitor switches to a lower resolution, pretty much all the color is gone and gives the window a "classic" look. Closing Outlook returns everything back to normal again.
What's happening and how can I prevent this from happening?
I'm using Outlook 2016 with Office 2013 and noticed that the automatic spell check and AutoCorrect isn't working. I can check the spelling manually but mistyped words do not get those squirly red underlines.
How can I enable these features?
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I already own a version of Office with Outlook and want to upgrade to Office 2010. I cannot find any information about upgrade licenses.
Do I have to buy the full version again?
On occasion, I use the web mail offered by my ISP to sent my email when away from home or use my phone to send an email which also places its sent items in web mail on the server.
How do I get these sent messages in web mail to become available in Outlook as well?
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