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Showing posts with label Outlook Help. Show all posts

Thursday, July 10, 2008

How to Talk With Internet Telephony

You can make talk with cheap with internet Telephony. Now I am discussing some thing about Email Support and further continuing with latest update about Email .With the deregulation of the U.S. telecommunications industry, the price of phone calls has plummeted in recent years. But even at reduced rates, monthly charges can added up for chatty folks. A new technology, Internet telephony, also known as VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol) virtually eliminates long distances charges, allowing you to call almost anywhere in the world for the price of a local call. If you have broadband Internet access, you can't beat the price--it's practically free.
Digital Dialing
With Internet telephony or VoIP, you place a voice call either from your computer to another person's computer or to a landline or mobile phone. When calling from computer-to-computer, both parties must have compatible telephony software and be online at the same time. At the moment, there are no universal standards, so be sure to determine which software the person you want to call uses. Calling from computer-to-telephone is simpler, because only you need the software. You can download telephony software and it's free. In either case, you'll also need some hardware: a sound card (most computers already have one installed), a microphone and speakers (or a headset).

Friday, July 4, 2008

To save a vCard file to a convenient location

Business cards are a great way to share information about yourself and your company when you want to network with others-potential clients, employees, employers, businesses whose services you want to use, friends, and so on. However, relying on printed business cards alone can be risky: You and the people you give them to can lose them, misplace them, or run out just when encountering a valuable contact. A handy solution is electronic business cards, called vCards (virtual business cards), which you can send in e-mail using Outlook.

Think how much handier it'll be for recipients when your business card is stored on their computers. No more digging through briefcases or wallets for a little piece of paper! And think how much easier it'll be for them to share your information with others when they can send your electronic business card to anyone they exchange e-mail with Outlook Support.

Before you can send a vCard, you must enter in Contacts the information for the person whose business card you're going to send. This includes adding an entry for yourself if you're going to send your own business card.

Follow the steps to save a vCard file…

  1. Click Contacts, and then select the contact you want to open.
  2. On the File menu, point to Open, and then click Selected Items.
  3. In the contact, on the File menu, click Export to vCard. Specify the location where you want to save the file, and then click Save. When you want to insert the file in an item that you have opened, on the Insert menu in the item, click File, and then select the .vcf file.

When you receive a vCard file from someone else, you can transfer the information to Contacts to automatically create a contact for that person. Once the information is in Contacts, you can forward it at any time as a vCard.

Thursday, June 5, 2008

Get e-mail on your mobile device

I am continue with Microsoft Outlook related mail tips for all outlook users. I want to share My experience with Microsoft Outlook Support and Computer Help.

A previously available download, the Microsoft Outlook® Mobile Manager, has been discontinued. We apologize for any inconvenience. However, you can find other downloads and information from Microsoft Office Online and Microsoft to make mobile computing easier. Find out how to receive e-mail, calendar information, or reminders while working remotely and/or on your mobile device:

  • See downloads for mobile devices from Microsoft.
  • Learn how to access your work e-mail and schedule from home with Outlook 2002.
  • For businesses, find out about Microsoft Mobile Information Server, which helps protect access to Microsoft Exchange Server and enterprise data for mobile users.

Tuesday, May 27, 2008

Easy ways to customize your Outlook toolbar

Here are some easy ways you can get your Outlook toolbar to look and function the way you want it.

  1. Right-click the toolbar you want to change, and then click Customize.
    This puts your toolbar in customize mode.
  2. You can now do one or more of the following:
    • To move a button to another location on the same toolbar or to another toolbar, click a button, and then drag it to where you want it.
    • To create a button for a command, click any menu, click the command on the menu, and then drag the command to the toolbar.
    • To resize the width of the Find a Contact and Current View boxes, click the box, and then rest the mouse pointer on the left or right border until the resize icon appears. Now drag the border to stretch the box to the width you want.

I want share my experience with Microsoft Outlook 2002 Support and Computer Help

Tuesday, May 20, 2008

Sort your e-mail twice in Outlook

So your Outlook Inbox is a mess. You have 150 pieces of unread messages from six months ago that are still not hidden away in folders. And you know you received an invitation to a meeting, but you don't remember when you received it. Good news: It's easy to find it. You can sort and then sort again.

  1. Click the Icon column heading in your Inbox. This organizes everything by type of e-mail — responses, invitations, and so on, each of which appear with a different icon in your Inbox.
  2. Highlight all of the messages that belong to the type you are looking for — in this case, meeting invitations.
  3. Click the Received column heading in the Inbox to sort again, this time by date. The items you highlighted remain highlighted, and you can spot the invitation you are looking for easily.

You can sort on any of the column headings in your Inbox. Each sort will become more refined as you select items.

I will continue with more information after few day, Now I want to share my Experience with Microsoft Outlook, Computer Help and Technical Support

Tuesday, April 1, 2008

Repairing a Personal Folders file (.pst)

You may need to use the Inbox Repair Tool if you open your Outlook .pst file and receive this message:

Unable to expand the folder. The set of folders could not be opened. Errors could have been detected in the file drive:\Documents and Settings\user\Local Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\Outlook\Outlook.pst. Quit all mail-enabled applications, and then use the Inbox Repair Tool.

Note The path to the file specified in the message may vary depending upon the operating system you are using on your computer.

To repair the .pst file

  1. On the Start menu, click Run.
  2. In the Open box, type

drive:\Program Files\Common Files\System\Mapi\LocaleID\scanpst.exe

where LocaleID is the locale identifier (LCID) for your installation of Microsoft Office. For example, the LCID for English (United States) is 1033. For a list of LCIDs, see Microsoft Office Help.

  1. Click OK.
  2. In the Enter the name of the file you want to scan box, type the path and file name given in the error message above.

Note You may not be able to use the Browse button to locate this file because it is located in a hidden folder.

  1. To change the options for logging errors during the scan, click Options. If you choose Replace log or Append to log, the log file is saved to the same directory as the .pst file.
  2. Click Start.
  3. When the file scan is completed, select the Make a backup of scanned file before repairing check box.
  4. Click Repair.

If the file is successfully repaired, you will see a Repair complete message. If the Inbox Repair Tool was unable to repair the file, you will need to use a backup of your file.

To begin using your backup file as your new primary file

  1. Start Outlook.
  2. On the File menu, click Data File Management.
  3. Select the .pst that is damaged, and then click Remove.
  4. Click Add, select Personal Folders File (.pst), click OK, and then select the .pst file you want to use as the new primary file.
  5. Click OK.

You should not rely solely on the Inbox Repair Tool for disaster recovery. A system of regular backups of your .pst file is an important part of preventing data loss. You can back up the file in several ways, including copying it to another location, backing up all of the files on your computer, or by using the Personal Folders Backup utility, available on the Microsoft Office Online site.

source office.microsoft.com

Tuesday, March 25, 2008

Explore public folders

If you use Microsoft Exchange Server, Outlook 2002 has a feature called public folders that allows groups to share information easily. Imagine you're a teacher interested in sharing tools such as lesson plans with other teachers in your school district. You may make calls and write e-mails to set up the project or to schedule meetings. You wait for responses from the other teachers and then share updates with the group. As problems come up, you send more updates and wonder if your messages have become confusing.

In the end you have to contact everyone again to make sure that they have the right information. All this before you even start sharing the lesson plans, which requires more arranging. You sure could use a way to share information in a timely, efficient manner. Public folders may be the answer.

What are public folders?

Public folders provide an effective way to collect, organize, and share information with others in your organization. They are central, shared folders that anyone can view to share information and ideas. Public folders can contain any Outlook item type, such as messages, appointments, contacts, tasks, journal entries, notes, forms, files, and posts. Once you are connected to your Exchange Server, Public Folders appear on your Outlook Folder List.

How do I set up public folders?

Public folders must be set up on a Microsoft Exchange Server. Your Exchange Server administrator must grant you owner permissions to create the public folder. Once you've created the public folder, you can set options, such as user permissions, rules, and default views. For more information, see the following Outlook 2002 Help topics:

  • Create a public folder
  • Change the default view for a public folder
  • Create or modify a rule for a public folder

How do I use public folders?

For detailed procedures for working with public folders, see the following Outlook 2002 Help topics:

  • Open a public folder
  • Post information in a public folder
  • Reply to information posted in a public folder
  • Add an e-mail address for a public folder to your Contacts folder
  • Add a public folder shortcut to Favorites
  • Permit others to access a folder
  • Search for a public folder