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I'm a lifestyle journalist and I've been writing about office productivity software for a long time. Here you'll find handy hints, tips, tricks, techniques and tutorials on using software as diverse as Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Outlook, Access and Publisher from Microsoft and other applications that I love. My publishing credits include PC Magazine, Windows XP mag, CNet, PC User mag, SmallbusinessComputing.com, Winplanet and Sydney Morning Herald.

Monday, March 26, 2007

Change the color of unread Outlook messages



Outlook highlights all unread messages in your Inbox using bold type. If you'd like something more flashy or subtle, simply change the formatting option. To do this, click your Inbox and choose View, Arrange By, Current View, Customize Current View. Click Automatic Formatting, click Unread Messages and click Font and set the color, font and size to use for unread messages. When you're done, click OK - simple, and from now on, very colorful!

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Thursday, February 1, 2007

Save an Outlook message as a file

When you need to save a copy of an Outlook message simply hold the Control key as you drag it out of your Inbox and drop it into a folder in an open Windows Explorer window or onto the desktop.

The message is saved as a .msg format file that you can open again at any time by double clicking it in Windows Explorer. When you do this, the email itself opens and can be read, even if Outlook is not open.

To save a message as an .html file, open it and choose File, Save As and type a name for it and choose a location for it.

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