Questions tagged [microsoft-outlook]
Email client, calendar/appointment manager and address book/contacts list software. Not to be confused with outlook.com, the new name/interface for Hotmail.
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What is the best way to handle multiple logins for MS Outlook and MS Teams?
As a freelancer, I have multiple login for both Outlook and Teams. I have my own account, plus corporate logins with a few different clients.
Switching accounts, either on desktop or mobile phone, is ...
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Enable xml files in outlook OWA 365 or New Outlook
I tried to follow the answer here: Enable xml files in outlook owa, however it seems to be obsolete these days.
We are using a common mailbox which receives only .xml files, and we have to keep using ...
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What does Plain text e-mail document checkbox in Microsoft Word refer to? [duplicate]
Screenshot of AutoFormat DiagWhat does the Plain text e-mail documents refer to in Microsoft Word 2021? What does it do, and what is it used for?
I also notice that Outlook has the exact same setting....
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Outlook Search Command for Searching in Folder and Subfolders
Is there a command you can type in the search bar at top in the Outlook Window App to search email within a folder and its subfolders? I use "folder:FOLDERX" or "folderpath:FOLDERX&...
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Drag to edit Outlook calendar item
If I create a multi-day Outlook (version 16.0) calendar item it appears at the top of the calendar in the weekly view. If I hover over the edge a "drag to resize" icon appears as seen in the ...
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Outlook calendar conditional formatting based on attendees' email addresses
I am trying to create a conditional formatting rule to color all meetings that include at least one person from a particular company. I thought I could put that company's name in the 'Required ...
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What is Outlook 2021 MSO exactly?
A customer is having issues with an application sending emails through Outlook via MAPI. The Outlook version displays as 'Microsoft Outlook 2021 MSO (Version 16.0.15731.20822) 32-Bit'
What Office SKU ...
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Disable New Outlook AutoInstallation
I am aware about Microsoft will to replace the old good mail application with new "new Outlook".
However i would like to stay behind and keep this old mail and callendar aplications active. ...
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How to manage dozens of outlook rules?
really, I have 50 or so rule, it's impossible to manage them in the small outlook rules popup window.
I would like at least to download them automatically so I can understand how to clean them up. It'...
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How to troubleshoot strange cursor behavior in Office 365 apps?
Just recently, the typing cursor in Office 365 apps started behaving strangely. I am using Win10-64bit-19045.5131 and O365-2412-18314.2.
In Outlook, the typing cursor keeps jumping backwards, even ...
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Cursor moves back several words while composing messages in Outlook 365 desktop app
Just recently, the Outlook message compose interface started behaving strangely for me. As I'm typing, the visible cursor is constantly jumping back several words. When I type, the words still appear ...
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Ordering MS Outlook Tasks
In MS Outlook emails can be assigned as tasks to team members. But suppose there is too much work coming in through emails, is it possible that after assigning tasks we can set priorities as numbers ...
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Has anyone succeeded in getting a third party email client to use a public facing email address/Microsoft alias?
Has anyone succeeded in getting a third party email client to use a public facing email address?
For years I had used standard email such as
[email protected] we'll call variable X
But my email has ...
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Strange encoding when forwarding plain text email within the organisation
I have an issue,
When I get a plain text format email (or sending one to myself) and then forwarding it within my organisation. Strange things happens with Swedish Characters ÅÖÄ and special ...
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Mail merge in Microsoft Word finishes successfully, but no email was sent out?
I am trying to send several emails via mail merge and I am using Microsoft Word and Outlook.
I set up my mail account in Outlook, and I can send and receive emails without any problems.
Now, I am ...
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Metadata Indicating Scheduled Sends Vs Actual Time Sent
Is there any metadata in Microsoft Outlook emails that indicates when an email was scheduled versus when it was actually sent?
For example, if I draft an email at 3:00 PM, schedule it to send at 5:00 ...
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How to easily search in the recipient list in the Message window
Not in the main message list, but when a message is opened in its own window (in the desktop application), if there are many people in the recipient list, it's difficult to see if some particular ...
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Move email from one account to another account's folder in new outlook
I have two accounts configured in Outlook New Windows app - my_name@org_one.com & [email protected].
I would like to Move (not copy), an email from the 2nd inbox, to a folder inside the first ...
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Outlook data file cannot be accessed after migration to new computer
I am transferring all my files from a Windows 10 PC to a new Windows 11 PC and am having issues moving my Outlook .PST files for POP accounts.
On Windows 10, the Outlook version is:
Microsoft® Outlook®...
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AutoCorrect Entry for Microsoft Outlook Not Being Removed Upon Deletion
I am running into this issue where there is an AutoCorrect Entry that I made through Microsoft Outlook and is only specific to Outlook that I do not want. I have deleted it multiple times, but for ...
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Add Outlook.com email account to Outlook Desktop without linking device
I am trying to add an Outlook email address (standard free Microsoft account, @outlook.com, etc) to the Outlook 365 desktop program on Windows 10. However, with a catch - This is a shared account for ...
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How to Convert Mac Outlook .olm file to PST
I am using outlook on mac and trying to export .OLM file and convert it to PST file(windows) for analysis purpose. Any idea how to transform outlook .OLM file into PST?
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Unable to Find "App Password" Option in Microsoft 365 Email Through GoDaddy
I am managing a Microsoft 365 email account through GoDaddy for my company, and I'm trying to set up App Passwords for use with our email verification system. However, when I go to the Security Info ...
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Word Documents with Broken Links Taking Too Long to Save
We frequently receive Word documents (.doc or .docx format) in emails via Outlook, and some of these documents contain broken links. The issue arises when we make changes to these documents and try to ...
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Pin Email workaround in Classic outlook without disabling conversation groups?
I want to emulate New Outlook email pinning. In Old Outlook, I added a category !Pinned and sorted Z->A and it brings that category to the top and keeps the emails in date order.
However it does ...
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Can't enable 'Allow sign-in requests' in outlook mobile
We are enabling MFA for all users. For some users, Outlook mobile acts as an authenticator eliminating the need to install Microsoft Authenticator. And for some users, they have to install Microsoft ...
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How do I stop Windows 10 from downloading and installing Outlook (new)?
Windows 10's task bar calendar is not synchronous with Outlook, it is with old Calendar app. Only way to continue to use old Calendar app is to uninstall Outlook (new). However, it immediately ...
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VBA Formatted Text But Remove Hyperlinks first
I have a VBA macro that will format the text the way I like it. However, whenever there are hyperlinks, emails or mentions (i.e., @Tom), the Regex validations will include strings that are not within ...
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Outlook: Online Meeting Provider not found (MS Teams Integration does not work in Outlook although Addin installed successfully)
I want to use Teams within Outlook. So I want to add a Teams-Link in new appointments.
My Environment:
Windows 10 Pro
Microsoft 365 Subscripton (Familiy).
Microsoft Teams (Version: 24243.1309.3132....
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Why am I seeing mixed font sizes being display emails from Apple Mail in Outlook?
I have an exchange account set up in Apple Mail. After sending a message to one or more recipients, the message displays unprofessionally. If the recipient also has Apple Mail, everything is OK. But ...
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Outlook message truncated after first line
We've got an interesting and strange issue.
The company uses mostly Microsoft Office 2019 version, and there's a globally used third-party ERP.
Some employees (according to their position) receiving ...
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Workarounds for Microsoft Outlook Calendar "This calendar can't be shared"
I'm want to share my Outlook work calendar to my personal calendar (Google) so I can view overlaps and schedule more easily... but due to an IT constraint I am not allowed to do that:
"This ...
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Insert horizontal line in the new Outlook
For various reasons, I often want to have a horizontal line in my emails, like this:
In "Old" Outlook, I could insert various types of horizontal lines using autocorrects such as "---&...
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Sending e-mails from MS Word (via Outlook) stores sent mail within wrong account
My client has Office 2021, and within Outlook they have two IMAP accounts: A and B
When sending email from Outlook, everything works as intended (mail sent from A is saved into A/Inbox/Sent, same for ...
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Increasing search optimization speed may cause you computer to run slowly
When I entered a term into the search bar of my Outlook 2019 desktop app, I was told that not all items are in the results because some items are still being organized (or something to that effect). ...
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Outlook rules - see difference between meetings and appointments
When settings rules in Outlook for calendar events, how can I make a rule only apply to meetings and not appointments?
I am trying to make a rule that colors all meetings that are organized by me ...
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How do you ensure that calendar invites won't be moved out of your inbox when your rules are executed?
While I haven't had it happen yet, I worry about having a Calendar Invite sent to some other folder based on rules I've setup for emails. Is this something I don't have to worry about, or is there ...
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Is there a way to disable the contact card that pops up when you hover over a contact in Outlook (2024)?
There's this annoying feature in MS Office Outlook (v 1.2024.903.200) on Windows where when you hover your mouse cursor over somebody's email address it opens up this big contact card that expands and ...
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Outlook macro to run before email is being send
I have 3 QuickBooks files for 3 different companies, we are sending the sales orders and invoices from the same outlook application, I have 3 email accounts where I'm sending the emails from, each ...
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Why do Gmail IMAP servers seem out of sync with webmail servers?
I use both webmail and Outlook desktop client to access my Gmail. I am normally looking at the All Mail folder on Outlook. Whenever I drag messages from the All Mail folder to the Trash folder on ...
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Outlook not applying a rule to a Group mailbox (mailbox belongs to a MS Teams site)
I have a question on applying a rule to my own MS Teams site. According to Microsoft, you can right-click on an email and you'll see rule appear as an option. This works in my own forename.surname@...
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Deleted Items from Shared Mailbox Still Moving to users Deleted Items
I need to prefix this by stating that I have seen the previous question about this already and this was for much earlier versions of Outlook.
Outlook is running version 2407
I have carried out the ...
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What is the strange Microsoft Teams Add-on not loaded in Outlook for one user only?
I am using Office 2019 and Teams on Windows 10, the outlook can add new team meeting, I bought a new laptop which is Windows 11 Pro + Office 2021, then I download teams and installed, but found the ...
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Monitor IMAP traffic
I would like to monitor IMAP traffic that comes between my Outlook and IMAP server. I can monitor traffic with Wireshark listening on port 993. But how to decrypt traffic?
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Outlook Inquiry: When moving emails to sub-folders, have them be marked as read
Ideally, I would love it when I move emails into any of my created sub-folder, emails will automatically be marked as read.
I have no experience creating rules or doing any similar function in Outlook,...
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How can I compose a message as plain text instead of HTML in Outlook on macOS?
I am forced to use Outlook 16.88 for macOS (the "new Outlook") at work, with no other email client being allowed.
How can I compose a message as plain text instead of HTML?
How can I set ...
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Switch back to old Windows Calendar
How do I switch to the old Windows Calendar in August 2024?
I don't like the "New Outlook", I don't like Outlook in general. Previously, you could just opt out of the "New Outlook"....
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How to reduce number of notification banners/popups from Outlook?
I usually leave my laptop running over night, with the lid closed.
When I resume working on it the next day, there are typically a coupled dozen new emails.
For every single email, Outlook sends a ...
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Problems adding department accounts to the “new” Microsoft Outlook 365 on Windows 11
I am in the process of migrating to the "new" Microsoft Outlook 365 Client on Windows 11.
Microsoft Outlook Version 1.2024.725.400 (Production) Client Version is 20240802003.17.
I have my ...
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Is there a global keyboard shortcut to open the latest (incoming) email received by Microsoft Outlook?
When Microsoft Outlook downloads an incoming email, it displays a notification (bottom right) telling the user about the new message. Is there no global keyboard shortcut (usable even outside Outlook) ...
