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    <guid isPermaLink="true">http://outlook-center.com/Changed-title-properly-visible-on-the-messages-list-in-Outlook-2010/50/</guid>
    <title>Changed title properly visible on the messages list in Outlook 2010</title>
    <link>http://outlook-center.com/Changed-title-properly-visible-on-the-messages-list-in-Outlook-2010/50/</link>
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      <![CDATA[ <p>When you have an extensive correspondence with various people, it is sometimes hard to track the ongoing conversations. When a lot of new e-mails arrive, a lot of replies and forwards wait for you to read, you can edit the title of the messages so you get a better view on the current progress in the conversation or correspondence. Unfortunately, when you do that in new Outlook 2010, the title will be changed (in this example &quot;Edited subject line&quot;) but only inside the message. On the list, it will still remain unchanged (in this example &quot;Microsoft Outlook&quot;) as if nothing happened to it (<strong>Fig. 1</strong>).</p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;<img alt="Fig.1" src="http://outlook-center.com/article/upload/219.JPG" /><br />
<strong><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102); ">&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;Fig. 1</span></strong><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102); "> Changed title only visible inside the message, but not on the list</span></p><p>The problem occurs when your messages are arranged in the conversation groups. However, you can change the options and the title will be displayed properly.</p> <br/><br/> <a target="_blank" href="http://outlook-center.com/Changed-title-properly-visible-on-the-messages-list-in-Outlook-2010/50/">More...</a> ]]>
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    <pubDate>Sun,  5 Sep 2010 16:17:00 GMT</pubDate>
    <author>kamilb</author>
        <category>Microsoft Outlook</category>
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    <title>Deleting a message stuck in Outbox using MFCMAPI</title>
    <link>http://outlook-center.com/Deleting-a-message-stuck in-Outbox-using-MFCMAPI/49/</link>
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      <![CDATA[ <p>If you have a message in your Outlook that got stuck in Outbox, the problem usually stems from an antivirus add-in scanning outgoing e-mails. The scanning of outgoing and incoming messages is unnecessary, since in many cases it ends up with your messages being corrupted. Even if you try to open an infected message, your antivirus will still pick it up and alarm you.</p><p>If a message is still being sent even after antivirus scanning is disabled, and it is not visible in Sent Items folder, it can be deleted from data store applying the following method:</p><p>- Download and start <a target="_blank" href="http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=55FDFFD7-1878-4637-9808-1E21ABB3AE37&amp;displaylang=en">MFCMAPI</a>. For MS Outlook 2007 and earlier versions, you can use a 32-bit version, for MS Outlook 2010 it is possible to choose between the 32-bit and 64-bit versions, depending on your Outlook.</p> <br/><br/> <a target="_blank" href="http://outlook-center.com/Deleting-a-message-stuck in-Outbox-using-MFCMAPI/49/">More...</a> ]]>
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    <pubDate>Thu,  2 Sep 2010 14:52:00 GMT</pubDate>
    <author>przemeks</author>
        <category>Microsoft Outlook</category>
        <category>Tools</category>
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    <title>How to change the default Address Book in Outlook</title>
    <link>http://outlook-center.com/How-to-change-the-default-address-book-in-Outlook/47/</link>
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      <![CDATA[ <p>If a user needs to change the default Outlook Address Book, there are a few simple steps to achieve that.</p><p>In <strong>Outlook 2010</strong>:<br />
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Go to the <strong>Find</strong> group on the <strong>Home</strong> tab, select <strong>Address Book</strong>;<br />
In the <strong>Address Book</strong> window choose <strong>Tools</strong> menu, then <strong>Options...</strong>;<br />
Under <strong>&quot;When opening the address book, show this address list first:&quot;</strong> select the Address Book of your choice;<br />
Save the changes by clicking <strong>OK</strong>.<br />
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In <strong>Outlook 2007</strong> and <strong>2003:</strong><br />
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In the <strong>Tools</strong> menu, select <strong>Address Book...;</strong> <br />
In the new window choose <strong>Tools</strong> menu, select <strong>Options...</strong>;<br />
Under <strong>&quot;Show this address list first:&quot;</strong> select the Address Book of your choice;<br />
To save changes, click <strong>Apply</strong>.</p> <br/><br/> <a target="_blank" href="http://outlook-center.com/How-to-change-the-default-address-book-in-Outlook/47/">More...</a> ]]>
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    <pubDate>Fri, 27 Aug 2010 14:45:00 GMT</pubDate>
    <author>tmajocha</author>
        <category>Microsoft Outlook</category>
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    <title>Changing  PDA&#039;s category from &quot;Other&quot; to &quot;Main&quot; in MS Outlook contacts</title>
    <link>http://outlook-center.com/Changing-a-PDAs-category-from-Other-to-Main-in-MS-Outlook-contacts/48/</link>
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      <![CDATA[ <p>After importing your contacts from a PDA or other importing tools, you will most probably encounter a problem of assigning phone numbers to category &quot;Other&quot; rather than &quot;Mobile&quot; or &quot;Main (seen as work)&quot;.</p><p>One way of solving this issue is importing the contacts to Excel using internal Outlook mechanism and moving the data from one column to another. The fun starts when the target column is filled with data and simple overwriting the data is troublesome. As a result we are facing manual data overwriting.</p><p>I'd like to suggest a simple solution that consists of starting a procedure in VisualBAsic4App, which will move a phone number&nbsp; to category &quot;Other&quot; and overwrite the data that exists there.</p> <br/><br/> <a target="_blank" href="http://outlook-center.com/Changing-a-PDAs-category-from-Other-to-Main-in-MS-Outlook-contacts/48/">More...</a> ]]>
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    <pubDate>Fri, 27 Aug 2010 13:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
    <author>OShon</author>
        <category>Macro</category>
        <category>Microsoft Outlook</category>
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    <title>Message encryption in MS Outlook 2010</title>
    <link>http://outlook-center.com/Message -encryption-in-MS-Outlook-2010/46/</link>
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      <![CDATA[ <p>Sometimes there is a need for additional protection of your private messages from other people. There may be plenty of reasons for that. Starting with private ones, like writing a personal letter to a close friend, or telling your family where you usually keep your keys. Also in more formal and serious situations, like mailing a check to pay a bill, encrypted e-mails are like sealed envelopes, as opposed to postcard-like availability of unencrypted e-mails.</p><p>MS Outlook 2010 message encryption protects the privacy of the message by converting it from a readable plaintext to scrambled ciphertext. Only recipients who have a private key - the key stored on a sender's computer, used by the sender to digitally signing a message, and to decrypting a message from a recipient, - matching a public key - the key that the sender gives to the recipient, who, in turn, can verify the sender's signature, and confirm that no changes have been made to the message; the recipient also uses this key to encrypt a message to the sender - used for decoding the message, can decrypt a message. Any other recipient without the proper key will only see a garbled text.</p><p>In order to send and review encrypted messages, both the sender as well as the recipient must share the digital ID - it contains the private key stored on the sender's computer and a certificate with a public key. The certificate is sent with a digitally signed message. The recipient saves the certificate and uses the public key to encrypt the sender's messages. It means that both the sender and recipient must send a <a target="_blank" href="http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/outlook-help/secure-messages-with-a-digital-signature-HP001230539.aspx">digitally signed message</a>, which allows adding the certificate to Contacts. From then on it is possible to send encrypted messages similarly to sending not encrypted ones. You can learn more about it <a target="_blank" href="http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/outlook-help/secure-messages-with-a-digital-signature-HP001230539.aspx?CTT=5&amp;origin=HP001230536">here</a>.</p> <br/><br/> <a target="_blank" href="http://outlook-center.com/Message -encryption-in-MS-Outlook-2010/46/">More...</a> ]]>
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    <pubDate>Sat, 21 Aug 2010 21:25:00 GMT</pubDate>
    <author>przemeks</author>
        <category>Microsoft Outlook</category>
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    <title>Blocking the &quot;Reply to All&quot; option</title>
    <link>http://outlook-center.com/Blocking-the-Reply-to-All-option/45/</link>
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      <![CDATA[ <p>Sometimes, when you send messages to a group of people, you do not want the recipients to reply to everybody that was on the list (&quot;Reply to all&quot; option). It is very useful when you send newsletters, advertisements or important updates, and you wish your recipients not to reply and block the mail flow. Especially, when your message has attachments or is rich in graphic elements like pictures and logos. When users reply or forward to a group they fill the mailbox unnecessarily or slow down the mail servers. By default, Microsoft Outlook doesn&rsquo;t have any settings to let you block the &quot;Reply to all&quot; option. However, you can create your own form that you will use when sending group messages. This article explains how to do it<br />
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In your Microsoft Outlook:<br />
1. Choose <strong>Tools</strong>, <strong>Forms</strong>, <strong>Design a Form.</strong><br />
2. On the <strong>Standard Form Library</strong> choose <strong>Message</strong> and then <strong>Open (Fig.1).</strong></p><p><img alt="Fig.1" width="400" height="295" src="http://outlook-center.com/article/upload/193.jpg" /><br />
<strong><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102); ">Fig.1</span></strong><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102); "> Window with available forms to edit.&nbsp;</span></p><p><br />
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3. In the new window go to <strong>Actions</strong> tab. Here, choose the row <strong>Reply to all</strong> and highlight it (<strong>Fig.2</strong>).</p> <br/><br/> <a target="_blank" href="http://outlook-center.com/Blocking-the-Reply-to-All-option/45/">More...</a> ]]>
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    <pubDate>Fri, 20 Aug 2010 15:10:00 GMT</pubDate>
    <author>kamilb</author>
        <category>Microsoft Outlook</category>
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    <title>How to set permanently the default formatting for the text pasted from the clipboard</title>
    <link>http://outlook-center.com/How-to-set-permanently-the-default-formatting-for-the-text-pasted-from-the-clipboard/44/</link>
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      <![CDATA[ <p>Quite often when copying text inside Outlook or between Outlook and another application, the text is formatted in the destination not the way we wish. Although when copying and pasting the text you are given the option in a dropdown menu to select the formatting for the pasted text in the destination, doing so everytime the text is pasted to Outlook is a bit confusing. Here is the tip how to change it permanently.</p><p>Go to <strong>Tools/Options/Mail Format</strong> tab, click&nbsp;<strong>Editor options/Advanced</strong> tab. Scroll down to <strong>Cut, copy and paste </strong>section. (<strong>Fig. 1</strong>).</p><p><img src="http://outlook-center.com/article/upload/192.png" alt="" /><br />
<strong><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">Fig. 1.</span></strong><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);"> Setting the formatting for the text pasted from the clipboard.</span></p> <br/><br/> <a target="_blank" href="http://outlook-center.com/How-to-set-permanently-the-default-formatting-for-the-text-pasted-from-the-clipboard/44/">More...</a> ]]>
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    <pubDate>Sun, 15 Aug 2010 17:53:00 GMT</pubDate>
    <author>mbuczkowski</author>
        <category>Microsoft Outlook</category>
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    <title>Creating Distribution Lists from multiple e-mail addresses</title>
    <link>http://outlook-center.com/Creating-Distribution-Lists-from-multiple-e-mail-addresses/43/</link>
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      <![CDATA[ <p>Microsoft Outlook does not have a feature that allows you to paste multiple e-mail addresses from the clipboard and make a distribution list. Usually, this process is done by manually writing one address after another in the distribution list editor or by choosing the individual recipients.&nbsp;</p> <br/><br/> <a target="_blank" href="http://outlook-center.com/Creating-Distribution-Lists-from-multiple-e-mail-addresses/43/">More...</a> ]]>
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    <pubDate>Fri, 13 Aug 2010 14:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
    <author>OShon</author>
        <category>Macro</category>
        <category>Microsoft Outlook</category>
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    <title>Deleting Outlook temporary files</title>
    <link>http://outlook-center.com/Deleting-Outlook-temporary-files-/40/</link>
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      <![CDATA[ <p>MS Outlook is capable of displaying files attached to messages quite well. But what happens when the attachment file is saved in Outlook, and then sent to a recipient? What happens if one file is being processed?</p><p>Although it is better to first save a file on disk in a specified folder before processing it, and then modify it outside a mail client - as this gives us control over the file - users frequently behave in the way described in this article. When opening and modifying a file, Outlook doesn't save it directly in Outlook.pst, but in a temporary folder. This is a collision-free process if a user applies it occasionally. If there are many files in a folder, Outlook creates a new folder.</p><p>Disk cleaning doesn't empty these folders, although copies of these files have been placed in the &quot;Sent Items&quot; folder, which makes our disk and system overloaded. Deleting the file from the message should also delete the file from the folder on our disk, but sometimes it is not true. Removing the file from the directory, on the other hand, doesn't delete the copy of the file from the Outlook message.</p> <br/><br/> <a target="_blank" href="http://outlook-center.com/Deleting-Outlook-temporary-files-/40/">More...</a> ]]>
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    <pubDate>Fri,  6 Aug 2010 16:25:00 GMT</pubDate>
    <author>OShon</author>
        <category>Microsoft Outlook</category>
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    <title>Batch change of domain names in e-mail addresses</title>
    <link>http://outlook-center.com/Batch-change-of-domain-names-in-e-mail-addresses/42/</link>
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      <![CDATA[ <p>Sometimes you need to change domain names in contacts in Outlook because the employees move to a different company or company migrates to a different e-mail provider. Searching and editing all addresses manually (e.g. from receipient@abc.com to receipient@new_name.com) may be tiresome. If we fail to modify the addresses our mail will stop delivering once forwarding service from the old to new domain expires.&nbsp;</p> <br/><br/> <a target="_blank" href="http://outlook-center.com/Batch-change-of-domain-names-in-e-mail-addresses/42/">More...</a> ]]>
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    <pubDate>Fri,  6 Aug 2010 14:48:00 GMT</pubDate>
    <author>OShon</author>
        <category>Macro</category>
        <category>Microsoft Outlook</category>
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