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The End: this blog leaps over to Windows Live Spaces

Posted Thursday, November 16, 2006 8:00 AM by Allister_Frost
I've decided to move my blog to a new home on Windows Live Spaces. I hope you'll move with me. My new blog URL is http://usefultechnologyblog.spaces.live.com/ . To subscribe to the new RSS feed, simply click this link: http://usefultechnologyblog.spaces.live.com/feed.rss Read More...
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My Blogcasts on Soapbox

Posted Friday, October 27, 2006 3:36 PM by Allister_Frost
I've been playing with the new Soapbox on MSN Video service. It's pretty cool. I never really got into YouTube but I can see how useful it will be to be able to restrict access to my videos on Soapbox based on my existing Windows Live Messenger contact Read More...
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The Joy of Finding Big Things (in Outlook 2007)

Posted Sunday, October 22, 2006 8:42 PM by Allister_Frost
My former boss, Bruce Lynn , asked me this weekend how he could locate all the large (>200kb) entries in his Outlook calendar so he could delete them to free up some space in his mailstore. He couldn't figure out how to do this but knew it must be Read More...
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Add some hyperlink action to your emails

Posted Friday, October 13, 2006 12:14 AM by Allister_Frost
Bloggers know how important it is to include relevant hyperlinks in their posts ;-) They can come in pretty handy in emails too. Instead of pasting a lengthy and ugly URL into an email you can add a hyperlink to any part of your email text. So, instead Read More...
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Append a post to an email in Outlook

Posted Tuesday, September 19, 2006 12:19 PM by Allister_Frost
Sometimes even the most disciplined time management gurus cannot cope with sheer volume of emails flooding into their Outlook Inbox. And while it's good practice to keep your Inbox as empty as possible ( converting all those 'things to do' into tasks Read More...
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Achieving your career goals with Outlook

Posted Monday, September 18, 2006 9:00 AM by Allister_Frost
Here at Microsoft, all full time employees have to sign up to personal commitments for their job. At the end of each financial year these are reviewed in a Performance Review on which all sorts of things depend including bonuses and promotion prospects. Read More...
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To flag or not to flag in Outlook

Posted Friday, September 15, 2006 1:02 PM by Allister_Frost
Outlook has always provided an amazing amount of customisation, and it's never been better than in Outlook 2007. One area that I've personally chosen to customise is the default Inbox view. The default view now shows both the new colour category and the Read More...
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Instant search in Outlook 2007

Posted Thursday, September 14, 2006 11:34 AM by Allister_Frost
[POST UPDATED - SEE COMMENTS FOR THE LATEST!] Those with ageing memories have long enjoyed the powerful search capabilities in Outlook using add-ons like Lookout or Windows Desktop Search. I'm loving the latest beta of Outlook 2007 (I'm running the Beta Read More...
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Office 2007 - new look icons

Posted Monday, September 11, 2006 9:47 PM by Allister_Frost
While I sit waiting for the 2007 Office system Beta 2 Technical Refresh to finish installing, I thought I'd share this blog posting of some of the new icon sets included in Build 4228 of the Beta. Of course, there's no guarantee that these icons will Read More...
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Understanding Outlook Icons

Posted Tuesday, August 29, 2006 9:17 PM by Allister_Frost
This isn't a new webpage, but a question from a colleague reminded me that I really should mention this on the UsefulTechnology blog. For the definitive view of every icon in Outlook 2003 check out this page . Now, what's the betting on Blake being the Read More...
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You Need to Get Out More

Posted Friday, August 18, 2006 5:22 PM by Allister_Frost
It's Friday. And Steve Clayton writes today about how his Out of Office message has taken on a personality all of its own. Mine has too. We all get so many "OOFs" that the very least you can do is inject a little life into your own message. In the spirit Read More...
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From Zero to Hero with Outlook

Posted Tuesday, August 01, 2006 8:30 AM by Allister_Frost
I have my annual performance review in half an hour. This reminds me of a great little non-technical tip that may help you get even more value out of Microsoft Outlook. Every time you receive an email thanking or praising you for some work that you have Read More...
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Known Issues in Outlook 2007 Beta 2

Posted Thursday, July 27, 2006 8:01 AM by Allister_Frost
Slipstick features a comprehensive article detailing the latest known issues that people encounter while testing Outlook 2007 Beta 2. The most common problems I hear about are caused by incompatible add-ins which can be disabled in the new Tools > Read More...
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Start RSSing Around

Posted Tuesday, July 25, 2006 7:55 AM by Allister_Frost
If you still don't know your RSS from your elbow it's about time you made use of this very useful techno gizmo. Eileen Brown tells all in this blog posting from many moons ago. And life's even simpler if you're using the shiny new Internet Explorer 7 Read More...
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The Mysterious World of Extend Mode in Word and Outlook

Posted Monday, July 24, 2006 2:11 PM by Allister_Frost
The Extend Mode in Microsoft Word is an artefact of the early computing era before the mouse was invented (and the natural evolution of that gunky stuff that builds up on your mouse's bottom ). Few computer users make use of this feature today because Read More...
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