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How-to articles - Outlook 2003

• Performance Counter Objects That Are Included in Outlook 2003
  This article describes the performance counter objects that are included in Microsoft Office Outlook 2003.
• How to import and export text data by using Outlook
  This article describes how to use the Import and Export Wizard to import text data in Microsoft Outlook, and to export Outlook data to a text file. Using a text file is helpful when the converters provided with Outlook do not directly match the...
• Services that do not coexist with Outlook
  Describes that cc:email, NetFolders, Fax and Winfax Starter Edition (SE) services that are no longer supported in Outlook 2002 and later. You need to remove these services. Otherwise Outlook will be disabled during installation.
• How to troubleshoot Business Contact Manager Setup issues
  Explains how to troubleshoot Business Contact Manager Setup issues. Lists common Setup issues that you may encounter and provides resolutions to these issues.
• How to use Telnet to test an Internet Mail Connection
  This article describes how to use the Telnet terminal program to test a connection to a POP3 server. The following topics are covered: Establishing a Telnet session to the POP serverUsing POP commands in a Telnet session Some Internet Service...
• How e-mail message formats affect Internet e-mail messages in Outlook
  Provides an overview of Transport Neutral Encapsulation Format (TNEF) that is used by Outlook to package information.
• Description and use of the Save My Settings Wizard
  In Office 2003 when you run the Save My Settings Wizard to save your profiles or restore previously saved profiles, your only option is to save them to a file locally or on your network. Beginning with Office 2003 there is no option to save your...
• Description of the guidelines for selecting the appropriate picture format in an Office program
  Lists different picture file formats, including advantages and disadvantages, that you can insert into Office programs. Explains how to select the appropriate format, resolution, and color depth for your pictures.
• Cannot click to display next off-screen appointment in Outlook 2002 or in Outlook 2003
  In the Calendar view, clicking the additional appointment symbol does not move you to the next off-screen appointment. In Outlook, the additional appointment symbol is not a navigational control. The symbol is designed to let you know that...
• Delivery receipts and read receipts in Outlook
  Describes two features in Outlook that allow you to specify how you want to respond to requests for read receipts and delivery receipts.
• How to make the Design Form feature unavailable in Outlook
  This article describes how you can use the Windows Registry alone or with the Office 2003 Custom Installation Wizard (CIW) to disable the Design Form feature from Microsoft Outlook 2000, from Microsoft Outlook 2002, and from Microsoft Office...
• Individual AutoArchive settings not stored in registry
  In Microsoft Outlook, the setting for AutoArchive is configurable through the registry.
• You receive a warning message when you insert two Message or Notes controls in a form in Outlook
  When you design a form and insert one or more Message or Notes fields in Microsoft Outlook, you will receive the following warning message: This form has more than one Message or Notes control. If more than one control is visible at run time, only...
• Items that are deleted from a shared mailbox go to the wrong folder in Outlook
  When using one of the Microsoft Outlook products listed at the beginning of this article, you delete items from a Mailbox folder of another user where you have deletion privileges, and the deleted items go into your Deleted Items folder rather than...
• How to create an appointment that links to a contact in Outlook
  When you create an appointment with one of your contacts, you may want to refer to information stored about that contact. This article describes a quick way to access that information by adding a shortcut to the appointment. To create an...
• How to configure default free/busy options
  In Microsoft Outlook, you can configure how much and how often Calendar Free/Busy information is published to a Microsoft Exchange Server computer. This article explains how to deploy these settings to client computers.
• You cannot show more than 12 all-day events in Day view in Outlook 2003 and in Outlook 2002
  The Day portion of the Day/Week/Month view of the Calendar does not display more than twelve all-day events in the same day. The design of the Day/Week/Month view of Outlook provides a fixed amount of screen display space for all-day events....
• How to copy Outlook Calendar items from one folder to another
  In Microsoft Office Outlook 2007, Outlook 2003, Outlook 2002, and Outlook 2000, you cannot copy all the items in a Calendar folder when you right-click the folder, you click Copy Calendar , and then you paste in another top-level folder. Instead,...
• How to send a Web page by e-mail
  When you use Microsoft Outlook 2000, Microsoft Outlook 2002, or Microsoft Office Outlook 2003 with Microsoft Internet Explorer, you can send a viewable Web page with active links to others who use Outlook, Microsoft Outlook Express, or other...
• XCLN: How to Work with Public Folders Offline
  When you use Microsoft Exchange clients, you may have to work with Microsoft Exchange Public Folders in offline mode. This article describes the steps to set up this functionality. Confirm that you have Offline Folders enabled in the Microsoft...
• How to modify the default look of Word email messages in Outlook
  This article describes how you can change the default look of Word e-mail messages when using Microsoft Word as your Microsoft Outlook e-mail editor. Word includes several themes, such as Sandstone, Artsy, or Blueprint, that you can use when Word...
• How to change the font for sending or reading e-mail
  When a user receives e-mail in plain text format, the font may be difficult to read. This article describes how to set your fonts for reading and replying, regardless of what font was used to create the original message. Depending upon factors...
• How to export e-mail messages from Windows Mail & Outlook Express into Outlook.
  Provides a step-by-step guideline about how to export the e-mail messages from Windows Mail for Vista & Outlook Express into Outlook.
• OL2000: Deleting Appointments in Outlook Today Deletes Entire Series
  When you delete a recurring appointment from Outlook Today, the entire series is deleted.
• Some countries or regions are not listed in the contact address list in Outlook
  In the Contact form of Microsoft Outlook, the country that you want to use may not be listed in the Country/Region field list. The list contains the most frequently used countries. To add an unlisted country to a contact, follow these steps: Click...