Reader Question: How to double indent faster
Ever wanted one-click access to double-indent a paragraph (like for a lengthy quote)? One reader did, and here are the three methods I recommended.
Reader Question: Cannot custom flag emails
Occasionally, my tutorial instructions don’t work for some users. Sometimes, it’s because I left something out. But at other times, it turns out there’s a wrinkle somewhere that I’ve never run across. Like, for this one reader, who can’t get my instructions on how to flag emails for follow-up to work right. Fortunately, there’s (1) a logical explanation and (2) a pretty good workaround. Click the link below to find out the why and the how.
Don’t miss that important Microsoft Outlook email!
If you want special alerts for important emails – messages from a particular sender or with certain text in the subject, for example – then you’ll want to know how to set up Rules in Outlook. The Rules feature can examine your incoming mail and alert you to anything that you’ve told it is important, either with a special sound, a flag, or a pop-up box. Click through for the full illustrated tutorial.
Customizing the Quick Access Toolbar
If you want one-click access to the Microsoft Office commands, you need to use the Quick Access Toolbar. Here’s a video showing you two easy ways to add commands so you have quick and easy access to them as you work.
Instantly access boilerplate text with Quick Parts
Don’t keep copying commonly-used blocks of text from old documents – that cut-and-paste routine will inevitably get you into trouble when you forget to edit out client-specific info. Instead, use Quick Parts to store generic text blocks like Certificates of Service, Signature Blocks, etc. Here’s a video to show you how.
Sending blind copies in Microsoft Outlook 2007/2010
If you want to send your clients blind copies of your Microsoft Outlook 2007 or 2010 emails, here’s how to enable the BCC field.
Make your Outlook email messages un-ignorable
If you use email to send or receive assignments, requests, etc., you need an easy way to track what’s due from whom. Here’s how to use Outlook’s flag for follow-up feature for a one-click-easy way to organize those requests.
The Ballad of OMG Dave (or, how to start Outlook in a different folder)
Outlook, by default, starts up in your Inbox. For some folks, that’s a problem. Here’s how to solve it, courtesy of Vivian Manning at Attorney at Work.
How to permanently delete a problem email in Microsoft Outlook
If you ever want to make SURE a potentially dangerous email is deleted from your Microsoft Outlook Inbox, here’s a quick keyboard trick that enables you to skip the Deleted Items folder and permanently delete an email.
How Out of Office can keep the judge off your case
In the Age of the Crackberry, when everybody expects you to be always available, it’s important to let people known when you aren’t. Here’s how to use Microsoft Outlook’s Out of Office feature.
How to redirect a reply in Outlook
If you send an email to a large list, the last thing you want is someone hitting “Reply to All.” Prevent a disaster with these two tricks in Microsoft Outlook.
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