How to import a calendar file into your Outlook custom folder
http://bacgroupinc.com/blog/import-calendar-file-outlook-custom-folder/ Prerequisites: The following applies to Outlook 2003 although this method will work for Outlook 2007 as well. This method also assumes that you have Microsoft Excel installed and you have created a custom calendar in Outlook. Problem: Suppose you’ve gone to your favorite teams website and downloaded the season schedule as a vcs file. [...]
Harness the Power of Outlook Search Folders
http://bacgroupinc.com/blog/harness-the-power-of-outlook-search-folders/ One of the aspects of Outlook that I like is the ability to customize it’s interface to suit my own tastes. And one way I do that is by using Search Folders extensively. You may or may not have noticed that Outlook creates a few search folders by default: For Follow up Large Mail [...]
Microsoft Outlook Personal Folders Backup tool
http://bacgroupinc.com/blog/microsoft-outlook-personal-folders-backup-tool/ When using Microsoft Outlook without an Exchange server your data is stored in a local file on your computer. This file is called a personal folders file and the filename has the extension pst. Unfortunately pst files are subject to corruption so it’s always a good policy to have a backup, just in case. [...]
Lookout for my favorite Outlook plugin
http://bacgroupinc.com/blog/lookout-for-my-favorite-outlook-plugin/ Before being subsumed by Microsoft and turned into the overbearing Windows Desktop search this tiny plugin provided super fast searches for your Outlook items. I still use Lookout to this day and fortunately this freeware is still available (although no longer updated) for download here: http://majorgeeks.com/Lookout_d4808.html I have also used Lookout successfully with Outlook [...]
Customizing Outlook
http://bacgroupinc.com/blog/customizing-outlook/ Add a custom hyperlink to Outlook’s toolbar: Outlook>view>toolbars>customize Drag one of the icons to the toolbar until you see the solid black vertical bar appear and then let off to place the icon. Since we’re going to assign a custom action to the icon, it doesn’t matter what the default function of the icon [...]
