This week, the following Quick Tips were posted at HowTo-Outlook’s Q&A blog MSOutlook.info;
Using Instant Search with Public Folders
Colorful emoticons and smiley faces in Outlook
Quick Tip Highlights;
Opening the archive
Background picture repeating itself
Delete Junk Email from mail server too when deleting from Outlook
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The following hotfixes have been released for Outlook 2010;
Hotfix KB2584053 for Outlook 2010
This hotfix contains 22 fixes for specific issues. Most notable fixes are;
OverwriteExistingService=NoView: Full list of fixes and download information for KB2584053
Hotfix KB2584054 for Outlook 2010
This hotfix solves an issue with Outlook only suggesting rooms and times for one Exchange account when multiple Exchange accounts from different domains or forests have been configured in your mail profile.
View: Full list of fixes and download information for KB2584054
Hotfix KB2553034 for Outlook 2010
This hotfix solves an issue with Outlook displaying the sender’s name as an incorrect x500 address on the contact card after the mailbox has been migrated to an Office365 environment.
View: Full list of fixes and download information for KB2553034
Hotfix KB2553043 for Outlook 2010
This hotfix solves an issue with Outlook where a pasted image disappears from the message body when you try to crop it.
View: Full list of fixes and download information for KB2553043
Obtaining the hotfixes
Since these are hotfixes and not regular updates, you won’t be offered this update via Microsoft Update but will have to request it. You can do this at the information page of each hotfix.
If you are not (seriously) effected by any of these issues, it is recommended to wait for the next Service Pack or regular Rollup Update which will most likely contain all these fixes as well.
For more information about hotfixes see; What are Hotfixes?
Hotfix KB2553028 for Outlook 2007
This hotfix contains 12 fixes. Most notable fixes are;
View: Full list of fixes and download information for KB2553028
(this page might not be live for some regions yet, if so click here instead for a list of fixes and here for the Hotfix request page)
Obtaining the hotfixes
Since these are hotfixes and not regular updates, you won’t be offered this update via Microsoft Update but will have to request it. You can do this at the information page of each hotfix.
If you are not (seriously) effected by any of these issues, it is recommended to wait for the next Service Pack or regular Rollup Update which will most likely contain all these fixes as well.
For more information about hotfixes see; What are Hotfixes?
Update Rollup 5 for Exchange 2010 Service Pack 1 is now available for direct download (see below for links). It will be made available via Microsoft Update in late September.
The Exchange Team would like to highlight the following fixes;
Note:
If you installed the interim update KB2581545 after the issues with Rollup 4, you must first uninstall this interim update before applying Rollup 5. You can upgrade directly from the v2 release of Rollup 4 or the original released version of Rollup 4 (or from any other Rollup update for Exchange 2010 SP1).
No issues with this Rollup update have been reported yet.
The next update rollup is scheduled for release in October 2011.
(Rollup 5 for Exchange 2007 SP3 will be released soon too.)
Download: Exchange 2010 SP1 Rollup 5
View: Description of Update Rollup 5 for Exchange Server 2010 Service Pack 1
This week, the following Quick Tips were posted at HowTo-Outlook’s Q&A blog MSOutlook.info;
Starting Outlook with all folders collapsed/expanded
More colors for Notes via Categorize
Quick Tip Highlights;
Changing business hours and days for a Work Week
Find all contacts older than…
Automatic spell check and Autocorrect not working
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This week, the following Quick Tips were posted at HowTo-Outlook’s Q&A blog MSOutlook.info;
Show if a Read Receipt is requested or not
Permanently delete from pst-file and Compact Now
Quick Tip Highlights;
Backing up the Address Book
Who has read the message in a shared mailbox?
Stop processing more rules and prevent duplicate messages
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This week, the following Quick Tips were posted at HowTo-Outlook’s Q&A blog MSOutlook.info;
Set pst-file as default delivery for Exchange account
Options tab for old add-ins in Outlook 2010
Quick Tip Highlights;
Don’t download Junk Emails
Suggested Contacts folder is getting full
Fixing Instant Search
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Outlook’s Search function integrates with the Windows Search Indexer of Windows. As this is an indexed search, it allows for faster search query results than with the traditional built-in Search function in Outlook.
With this integration, you also have access to a lot of special search commands and index fields to refine your search.
While many of the commands and fields can also be found and selected directly within Outlook, not all of them are exposed. Additionally, you’ll have to type these commands or field names manually when searching for Outlook content via the Windows Search box outside of Outlook.
This is a reference guide to the available search operators and search fields and how to use them.
This week, the following Quick Tips were posted at HowTo-Outlook’s Q&A blog MSOutlook.info;
Out of Office Assistant not replying
Change language of calendar (days and months)
Quick Tip Highlights;
Client-side and server-side rules
Windows 7 and Hide When Minimized
Using AND and OR operators with filtering and searching
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When an end-user starts Outlook for the first time in a managed environment, he or she usually expects that Outlook is fully configured already and simply opens to the Inbox. Being a good administrator, you obviously want to create this experience for your users as well.
AutoDiscover in Exchange 2007 and later together with Auto Account Setup (or AutoConfigure) in Outlook 2007 and later alleviates some of this pain already by presenting the user with dialogs for which they only have to click Next and Finish or prompt them to supply commonly known information such as their email address and password. Outlook then figures out the technical configuration itself and has the user quickly up and running.
As this still requires end-user interaction, which could lead to confusion or errors, you can take this a step further by deploying Outlook mail profile settings. The Office installation offers various options for this.
Continue reading: Deploy Outlook mail profile settings via GPO or script
