Other than my own mailbox, I’ve also got access to some additional shared mailboxes within our company.
We are using Exchange and I have been granted access to these mailboxes but when I create a message rule, to for instance move specific emails to another folder, it only seems to apply to messages that are address to me and not to the shared mailbox.
How can I set up a rule for a shared mailbox?
I’m using an Exchange account and upon opening Outlook it says “Updating this folder”. After a while it changes to “This folder is up to date” and then to “All folders are up to date”.
Sometimes it also indicates which folder it is working on but not always.
Is there any way to find out which folder Outlook is synchronizing right now?
I'm trying to set a reminder on a message but I only have the option to flag it or to clear the flag. There are no options such as Today, Tomorrow, This Week, Next Week, etc... which I'm supposed to get.
This might have something to do with the fact that I'm using a IMAP account.
Is there still a way to mark my messages for follow up or at least get them to show up as a Task in my To-Do Bar?
On occasion I save an attachment to a folder which I then decide to move to a better location. However, I then get the error that the folder is in use.
A similar thing happens when I save an attachment or message to a USB-drive; I cannot eject the drive and get the error that the device is currently in use. I then need to close Outlook for it to release the lock.
Is there any way to prevent Outlook for creating such a lock or to release it without restarting Outlook?
While I love the completeness of Outlook, it does make some small things in the real world rather cumbersome in the digital world.
For instance, I have a paper daily planner on my desk which only lists the days of the week in columns. For each day, I simply write down a few words or lines to remind me what I want to do today or what I should do that day; this process takes only a few minutes to clear my head of things to do without getting distracted.
If I were to do this with Outlook Tasks, I need a whole bunch of clicks and open new windows, carefully clicking the correct day and basically lose my train of thoughts.
Is there an easy way in Outlook to emulate the ease of use my beloved “Daily Task List Planner”?
When looking at my To-Do List, it always starts with the items that have no Due Date before it shows Today's items which I would like to focus on.
How can I configure Outlook to show items without a Due Date at the bottom and Today's tasks at the top?
In Outlook 2003 and previous, I could type my categories directly. With Outlook 2007, I can only select categories. I've got many categories and scrolling through the list is a rather cumbersome process.
Is there any way to assign categories again by typing them instead of selecting them?
On occasion, it could happen that message tracking is not working correctly and responses are not automatically recorded in Outlook. You could still process and track those responses manually then to still have an up-to-date reference on who is coming and who is not.
This method also works for when you got an answer to a meeting invitation via telephone, at the water cooler or via any other means besides Outlook.
I want to add a Macro to Outlook and the instructions told me to do this via the Developer tab on the Ribbon. I don’t seem to have this tab.
How do I add the Developer tab to Outlook?
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