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Outlook 2010: How to Disable the Favorites Panel in the Navigation Pane

contributed by Rob Rogers on August 26, 2010 under Microsoft Outlook

If you don’t use the Favorites panel and want more room to view your mail folder list, you can disable the Favorites panel. This change won’t remove anything located in the panel, so you can easily go back to it if you change your mind.

Outlook 2010: Easily Find Unsaved Contacts

contributed by Rob Rogers on August 24, 2010 under Microsoft Outlook

Outlook 2010 does you a huge favor, even if you’re unaware of it. Everytime you email someone that isn’t one of your saved contacts, Outlook saves them just in case you need to use them again someday. This is a much better way to find an address of someone that you emailed months ago but neglected to save them as a contact.

How to Shutdown a Computer Remotely from a Mobile Phone using Email

contributed by Lê Hoàng on August 12, 2010 under Microsoft Outlook, Windows

Just imagine you have to leave your computer running at home to perform some tasks. Now, you will be able to turn your computer off from anywhere you have access to email– even from your mobile phone!

Outlook 2010: How to Send Someone a Contact Group (Distribution List)

contributed by Rob Rogers on July 15, 2010 under Microsoft Outlook

If you have a large number of contacts, you have probably created your share of distribution lists for simplifying your email creation. If you want to get a copy of your list to a friend or co-worker, Outlook 2010 makes it easy.

Outlook 2010: How To Prevent the New Mail Desktop Alert from Appearing

contributed by Rob Rogers on December 13, 2009 under Microsoft Outlook

By default, Outlook 2010 automatically pops up a Desktop Alert to show part of a new message that has just been received. To prevent others from viewing your incoming e-mail, you can disable it.

Outlook 2010: Change the Screen Location that the Desktop Alert Appears

contributed by Rob Rogers on December 12, 2009 under Microsoft Outlook

By default, Outlook displays the Desktop Alert above the system tray on the desktop. Since I run a multiple monitor setup, I found myself rarely noticing the Desktop Alert because I was focused on applications on the other monitor. by changing the location that the Desktop Alert appears, it was more easily noticed and better served its purpose.

Outlook 2010: Turn Off Attachment Preview

contributed by Rob Rogers on December 10, 2009 under Microsoft Outlook

Outlook 2010 has a feature that allows you to preview attachments and documents if the handler is available for that filetype. However, some users do not use (or like) this functionality.

Outlook 2010: Clean Up Using Command-line Switches

contributed by Rob Rogers on November 29, 2009 under Microsoft Outlook

There are times when maintaining Outlook can be an overwhelming experience. Not only do you have to manage the massive amounts of email that can accumulate in your inbox, you also have to manage Search Folders, reminders, subscriptions, outdated rules etc. You can utilize Outlook’s command-line switches to help clean things up and get things running the way you want them to.

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