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Outlook 2010: Automatically Spell Check Composed Email Before Sending

Contributed by shamanstears on July 24, 2009 under Microsoft Outlook

You can make Outlook 2003 automatically spell check all outgoing e-mails before sending. The following option will force this to occur before you send out composed messages.

Outlook 2010: How to Recall a Sent Message

Contributed by shamanstears on July 23, 2009 under Microsoft Outlook

Have you ever clicked send on a message and then remembered that you forgot to attach that important file, or realized you put the wrong time down for a meeting? Outlook allows you the option of recalling a sent message.

Outlook 2010: Automatically Close Original Message After You Reply or Foward

Contributed by shamanstears on July 14, 2009 under Microsoft Outlook

If you forward or reply to lots of messages, then this can be a real timesaver. By changing the configuration of Outlook, you can make it automatically close the original message after you have forwarded or replied to it.

Outlook 2007: The Easy Way to Insert Attachments or Copied Text into a New Message

Contributed by shamanstears on April 17, 2009 under Microsoft Outlook

Everyone who uses email has found themselves attaching files to email, or needing to send a copied blurb of text to friends or colleagues. Outlook makes this ultra simple to send these in no time flat.

Outlook 2007: Configure How Messages Are Marked as Read When Viewed in Reading Pane

Contributed by shamanstears on April 13, 2009 under Microsoft Outlook

By default, Outlook marks items as read when viewed in the Reading Pane whenever the selection changes. You can turn this functionality off, or have Outlook wait a certain amount of time before marking the item as read. I use the latter method, setting Outlook to wait 60 seconds. That way, if I view a message that is going to take too long to read, I can move on to other messages without having the item marked as read. I will then go back to it later when I have more time to view it.

Outlook 2007: Create and Use Canned Messages for Repetitive Emailing

Contributed by shamanstears on March 26, 2009 under Microsoft Outlook

If you find yourself sending the same messages out periodically (such as directions to your house, monthly reminders to employees, etc.), then you could save a great deal of time by using (and re-using) premade messages.

Outlook 2007: Use Drag and Drop to Create Tasks, Appointments and Contacts from Existing Emails

Contributed by shamanstears on March 15, 2009 under Microsoft Outlook

By using drag and drop, you can easily create new tasks, appointments and contacts from the emails in your Inbox. This can be a huge time saver and a very simple method for organizing the various to-do’s in your emails.

Outlook 2007: How to View Nonconsecutive Dates on the Calendar

Contributed by shamanstears on January 7, 2009 under Microsoft Outlook

Outlook’s calendar displays normally displays dates in a consecutive manner. Sometimes, however, it is useful to view several nonconsecutive dates on your Calendar.

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