Tag Archives: Outlook
Outlook: Search folders 101
Something that you may find extremely useful (source: HowToGeek): OUTLOOK SEARCH FOLDERS This feature is incredibly powerful, and once you get used to it you won’t ever go back. Here’s some examples of search folders you can create: For email … Continue reading
Outlook: setting keyboard shortcuts for categories
If you are an Outlook user, you must use Categories to tag or classify your emails, tasks, etc. Something that will help you categorize at light speed is setting up keyboard shortcuts to assign the most frequently used categories. The … Continue reading
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Outlook: keyboard shortcut to turn an email into an appointment or meeting invite
Select or open the email, and press CTRL SHIFT Y That will open the “Copy Item To” dialog Select “Calendar”. A new Appointment with the original email will pop up, that you can easily turn into a meeting invitation by … Continue reading
Word, Powerpoint, Outlook: keyboard shortcuts to copy and paste line and paragraph formatting
I find these shortcuts extremely useful when working with Word, Powerpoint and Outlook. Select a character, line, or paragraph. Press CTRL SHIFT C (copy) Select another character, line, or paragraph. Press CTRL SHIFT V (paste format) This is a huge … Continue reading
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MS Office: customize the Quick Access Toolbar
This is one basic thing you will benefit from in any MS Office product. Customizing the Quick Access Toolbar. It is very easy and you will have one click access to any of your frequently used menu functions. Hopefully the … Continue reading
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Outlook : create a “Recent” search folder in your Favorites
My Inbox is very large. I’m reluctant to delete emails because I frequently go back and retrieve information from them. An Inbox with 1000’s of emails is bad, especially when starting Outlook or when searching if it’s done on a monster … Continue reading
Outlook: keyboard shortcut to start a new email
In Outlook regardless of the view you are using, e.g. Calendar, Notes, Tasks, … Start a new email with [CTRL] [SHIFT] m
Outlook, Word (and also Powerpoint) : easily move table rows, bullets and paragraphs up and down
This tip is probably most useful when you’re working in a table, although you can use it to reorder paragraphs outside a table, too. It also works with bullet and numbered lists. Let’s say you decide you want the third … Continue reading
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