Arrow-Tip #28 Using Outlook to Help Achieve Your Personal & Business Goals Part III
Last week I promised to talk about how I use the Tasks folder to help me achieve my goals. So here is my Outlook Task strategy… Read More
Arrow-Tip #27 Using Outlook to Help Achieve Your Personal & Business Goals Part II
In this Arrow-Tip I will be discussing how I’ve used the Outlook Calendar to help me achieve my goals and I’ll give you a quick update on progress toward my May goals discussed in Arrow-Tip #26
This week, the Outlook Calendar was definitely my friend. Because I’ve over booked myself, getting all of my hours in was a real challenge and I had to dip into a few evenings and then my weekend for an emergency non billable issue that came up. Read More
HuntressRealtor Sneak Preview – Coming Soon
Just wanted to make a short post to let all my real estate followers know that I didn’t forget you! Look for a post on describing our upcoming product HuntressRealtor in the next day or two including some screen prints to tease you. We’re hoping to have the beta some time in July.
My Twitter Strategy
There have been a plethora of blog posts regarding Twitter.com that have come to my attention over the past few months – I’ve even written a couple. Everyone seems to be feeling their way around the Twitter world and wondering how to get the most value without being sucked into the time wasting vortex. Do I think Twitter can be a time waster – absolutely, but do I think it has to be – absolutely not. More importantly, I think twitter can add a lot of value with the application of a little discipline. So here is my strategy for getting the most value out of Twitter…
Arrow-Tip #26 Using Outlook to Help Achieve Your Personal & Business Goals Part I
Every year my family travels with our best friends to the beach for a week. We always have a wonderful and very relaxing time and I want to make sure this year is no different. But there are some goals I want to achieve before our trip at the end of May so that I can relax and feel I’ve really earned my vacation. Some of these goals are personal and some are professional. But one thing I know from experience is that it can be hard to achieve your goals without a regular reality check. So in the month of May I’m going to be blogging and twittering about how I use Microsoft Outlook to help me stay on top of my goals and achieve them – read on to find out how.
Arrow-Tip #25 Want Instantaneous Email, Calendar, Contact and Task Updates on Your Blackberry or TREO
If your answer to this Arrow-Tip title question is “yes” then you may want to consider a mail server solution – even if you are just a one person business. Your next question is most likely “how can you afford a mail server if you are just one person?” The answer is that hosted mail server solutions have become very affordable and reliable. Read on to see if you are a good candidate for a hosted email server solution. Read More
More on Outlook Plug-Ins
I have gotten such great comments from Arrow-Tip #23 Could a Plug In Increase Your Outlook Efficiency that I thought they would make a nice post of their own. Also, one juicy piece of news has been circulating since Arrow-Tip #23 was posted – Microsoft has supposedly signed a letter of intent to acquire Xobni. If its true then congrats to the Xobni guys! Read More
How to Get Back a Lost Outlook Plug-in
From time to time Outlook plug-ins can some times get disabled if Outlook crashes or they may still be enabled, but may not load if Outlook is not completely leaving Windows memory upon exiting. Here are two potential ways to get your plug-in back in these scenarios.
1. Check to see if your plug-in has been disabled by Outlook
On your Microsoft Outlook menu bar go to Help/About Microsoft Outlook and the About Microsoft Outlook Window will open. Click the Disabled Items button in the lower right hand corner (see thumbnail below).
The Disabled Items window will now open. Check for your plug-in in the Disabled Items window – in the example below the Google Calendar sync plug-in is shown.
Select your plug-in in the list box on the Disabled Items window and then click the Enable button. Click the Close button on the Disabled Items window and then the OK button on the About Microsoft Office Outlook window. If your plug-in does not load immediately, try restarting Outlook. If your plug-in still does not load, take a look at scenario #2 below.
2. Your plug-in is not loaded
On the Microsoft Outlook menu bar select Tools/Options and the Options window will open. Select the Other tab on the Options window and then click the Advanced Options window (see thumbnail below).
The Advanced Options window will open. Select the COM Add-Ins… button in the bottom right hand corner (see screen print below).
The Com Add-Ins window will now open. Make sure the check box for your plug-in in the Add-Ins available list box is checked and then click the OK button (see thumbnail below).
Click the OK button the Advanced Options window and the OK button on the Options window and your plug-in should now load.
How to Check Your Mailbox/Personal Folders Size
Even if you don’t have an Exchange Server Administrator sending you notices when your mailbox gets too big, it is still a good idea to keep an eye on how big your local Outlook files are so that you can keep them below the corruption danger zone (see Reducing Attachment Size to Speed Up Outlook and Why Archive Your Outlook Mailbox). To see how big your mailbox or personal folders (for non Exchange users) are read on. Read More
How to Email a Screen Print
Often when I’m working with clients that are having difficulties with Outlook functionality or getting an error message that needs to be diagnosed, it is helpful if I can see what they are seeing. The easiest way to resolve this situation is for a client to send me a screen print of a particular error message, view or item that is showing unexpected data. Read More
