Outlook is showing that it is working Offline. Strangely enough, sometimes messages still do come in.

Why is this and how can I properly set it back Online and reconnect to the server again?

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When I receive a .doc or .docx attachment in Outlook and double click on it, Word opens it in Reading Layout (two pages side by side) instead of normal mode.

Opening a document outside of Outlook opens it normally inside Word.

Is this a Word issue or a Outlook issue, and how do I fix it?

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In my Out of Office settings I've created a rule to forward my mail to another e-mail address whenever I enable the OOF.

However, this doesn't seem to function. When I tested it, I did get the OOF notification, but the message never got forwarded.

What am I doing wrong and how can I get this to work?

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Outlook currently checks for new emails with intervals of 30 minutes which doesn't really work for me.

I'd like to increase this frequency to every 5 minutes but I can't find out how to do it. I've check about everywhere in my Account Settings and went through many options as well.

Where can I set how often Outlook should look for new messages?

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I’ve just installed Office 2010 but I seem to be missing some new features or they are not working correctly.

How can I enable these features?

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I've got several POP3 accounts configured in Outlook. One account I only use for sending (someone else monitors the incoming messages and forwards it to the correct person and we reply with the general company account).

How can I tell Outlook not to include this account when receiving?

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There is an email in my mailbox and each time the message gets selected it crashes Outlook. The message is junk anyway but now I can't even delete it.

How do I get rid of it?

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I sometimes accidentally close Outlook.

How can I configure Outlook to prompt me whether I really want to close the application or have it minimized instead?

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Now that the New Outlook is available in the various Office Channels and also is replacing Windows Mail and Calendar soon, I really want to try it out but don’t want to use it as my daily driver just yet.

Is there any way that I can install and run the New Outlook and the current Outlook at the same time?

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I'm storing a lot of contacts in Outlook and I synchronize my mobile phone with Outlook. Because of all those contacts, it is hard to find the correct one on my mobile phone and is making my mobile quite slow. Most of them I'll never use on my phone anyway.

Is there a way that I can sync only the contacts that I use the most?

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