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Recover Deleted Items in Outlook

I often tell people that deleting email, especially large emails, is the best way to keep their mailbox under its size limit. But occasionally, people (myself included) delete an email or other Outlook item, then realize it was important. If you haven’t emptied your Deleted Items folder yet, then getting the item back is a breeze– just find it in the [...]

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Out of Office Message Tips

This week Ben came across a great article about best practices for using the Out of Office messages. I recommend it for any of you who use Out of Office messages or who are considering it. 8 Tips for Using Outlook’s Out of Office Assistant When Ben sent me this article, I was shocked to [...]

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Use the Notes Feature in Outlook

If you’re like me, your desk, monitor, and the rest of your office are covered in sticky notes. They remind me of things I need to do, processes, phone calls I need to respond to, and who does what in which office. They’re generally too short to warrant their own Word document, and anyway, they’d clutter up my Documents library. [...]

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The McCombs Trainers are on YouTube

Love the Microsoft Office tips you find on the MOST? Then check us out on YouTube, where we’ve posted all of our video tutorials. http://www.youtube.com/mccombstrainers And if you like learning through video tutorial, there are thousands more technology tutorials on YouTube. One of our favorites is Excel is Fun.

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Create a Distribution List/Contact Group in Outlook

    A distribution list is one contact that contains email addresses for multiple people. In Outlook 2010, distribution lists have been re-named contact groups, but they’ve been called distribution lists for so long, I don’t expect that to change. Whatever you call them, they are great for tons of different reasons.  Do you work on a [...]

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