This week, the following Quick Tips were posted at HowTo-Outlook’s Q&A blog MSOutlook.info;
Creating a distribution list from an Excel document
Outlook and Two-Step Authentication for Outlook.com and Hotmail accounts
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Out of Office Assistant not replying
Convert from a POP3 account to IMAP
Single key reading; what is that?
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When you create a new Contact Group (also known as a Distribution List), Outlook doesn’t offer you much flexibility when it comes to finding and selecting contacts via the “Add Members” dialog.
For instance, there is no way to quickly add several people belonging to the same company or Category to your Contact Group.
The VBA macro from this article allows you to select your members directly from your Contacts folder. This enables you to first sort or filter your Contacts folder by a specific field such by Company or Category and/or do a search query and thus select your contact group members more conveniently.
Continue reading: Create a Contact Group from selected Contacts
This week, the following Quick Tips were posted at HowTo-Outlook’s Q&A blog MSOutlook.info;
Sorting and grouping mail by Contact
Auto Account Setup fails for Outlook.com accounts
Quick Tip Highlights;
Reduce picture attachment size
Quickly open folders via Quick Steps
Backup and restore signatures
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This week, the following Quick Tips were posted at HowTo-Outlook’s Q&A blog MSOutlook.info;
Increase the New Mail Desktop Alert duration for Outlook 2013 on Windows 8
Not all Outlook.com contacts synch with Outlook
Quick Tip Highlights;
Cancelling Exchange password prompt still shows my e-mail
Disable virus scanner integration with Outlook?
Keep a copy of a Draft as a message template
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Hotfix KB2760562 for Outlook 2013
This hotfix contains a fix for an issue where the “Show a room list” dialog box isn’t shown and the “Play on Phone” feature doesn’t work when Exchange 2013 has been set up without an external ECP (Enhanced Capability Port) URL.
View: More details and download information for KB2760562
Hotfix KB2768352 for Outlook 2013
This hotfix corrects an issue where the CTRL+ALT+Q shortcut doesn’t produce the @ sign in the German version of Outlook 2013 on a German version of Windows 7 or Windows 8 configured with a German keyboard layout.
View: More details and download information for KB2768352
Obtaining the hotfixes
These are a Hotfixes and not a regular update. You can request them via their KB article page.
Hotfix KB2791026 for Outlook 2010
This hotfix contains the following 2 fixes;
View: More details and download information for KB2791026
Obtaining the hotfixes
These are a Hotfixes and not a regular update. You can request them via their KB article page.
Hotfix KB2799874 for Outlook 2007
This hotfix contains a fix for when the JunkMailProtection policy is being ignored by Outlook 2007.
View: More details and download information for KB2799874
Obtaining the hotfixes
These are a Hotfixes and not a regular update. You can request them via their KB article page.
An update has been released for Outlook 2013 and can be downloaded and installed manually, but is also being offered via Microsoft Update.
Update KB2738013 for Outlook 2013
This is a non-security update which solves 3 issues all related to Outlook.com accounts.
View: Download information for KB2738013
View: Download information for KB2768007
If you have Microsoft Update configured to also update other Microsoft applications, then this update will also also be offered via Microsoft Update or has already been updated automatically for you.
This week, the following Quick Tips were posted at HowTo-Outlook’s Q&A blog MSOutlook.info;
Receiving meeting invitations for my manager
Contact picture synch for Outlook.com contacts
Quick Tip Highlights;
Schedule a meeting between multiple time zones
Archive based on Received instead of Modified date
Creating a Search Folder for actionable items
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Today, the Outlook.com Team started to roll-out the new “modern calendar experience” for Outlook.com. By the end of the week, all Outlook.com accounts should have been migrated over to this new design.
The new design fits right in with the new look of the already redesigned Mail section of Outlook.com (previously known as Hotmail), People (Contacts) and SkyDrive.
View: Calendar – Outlook.com
View: Blog post Outlook.com Team about the modern calendar experience
