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Print Company and Client Telephone Directories in MS Outlook

Thursday, May 26th, 2011

MS Outlook is such a robust piece of software!  Did you know that you could print your company telephone directory or a client directory using Outlook?

The good news is that it is very easy to do and looks very professional.  The better news is that you can do it quickly using your Contacts list.

Follow the steps below to learn how:

  • Launch MS Outlook.
  • Click on Contacts, but if you have multiple e-mail accounts, be certain you go to the correct account unless you want to print a directory of all your contacts, in which case you can go to the section below.  But if you want to print only certain contacts in your directory, you will have to select them by clicking CTRL + those that you would to include.
  • In version 2003, click on File. In version 2007 click on the Office button or in version 2010, click on the File tab and click Print. As all of you know, I prefer using the quicker shortcut of CTRL + P.
  • In the Print Style list which is called Settings in version 2010, select Phone Director.
  • If you selected only certain contacts you want included, be certain that you go to Print Options and select the Only Selected Items radio button.

You can always choose to print a certain page or range of pages as well as more than one copy of your directory.

MS Outlook will create and print a very nice directory for you in alphabetic order. Each of your contacts will be listed in the order of last name, first name and phone number.  If your contact has multiple phone numbers, each will be listed with a description such as Office, Mobile or Home.

I think you are going to find this a real life save – quick and easy.  You will look like the office genius!  Let them think you figured it out all by yourself!  I won’t tell!

Display From and BCC Fields in MS Outlook

Wednesday, May 25th, 2011

When I open MS Outlook and click on CTRL + N to open a new e-mail, a new blank e-mail message opens complete with a From and BCC (Blind Carbon Copy) fields displayed and ready for me to fill in.

I can use the From drop-down arrow to change e-mail accounts because I have more than one. The BCC field allows me to hide one or more recipients from the other recipients.

However, I get lots of mail from subscribers and readers who tell me that the From field is not visible in their new, blank e-mails. This simply means that you do not have more than one e-mail account and let’s face it, why would you need a From field if aren’t going to use it to change accounts?

In versions 2007 and 2010 it is fairly easy to display these two fields. As a matter of fact, it is a simple as clicking a button!

Follow the steps below to learn how:

  1. Open a new, blank e-mail.
  2. Click the Options tab and click the BCC and From options in the Show Fields group.

They are toggle options, meaning click to display and click to hide.

In version 2003, follow these steps:

  1. Using Outlook as the e-mail editor, click on View and select BCC Field and From Field.
  2. If MS Word is your e-mail editor, click the Options drop-down and select BCC and From.

Print your Recurring MS Outlook Appointments

Friday, December 11th, 2009

Wouldn’t it be nice to have a handy list of appointments that you have scheduled for recurring events? One might think that would be available in MS Outlook but alas, it is not. There is, however,  a way to get around MS Outlook’s limitation and print out a list of those recurring appointments.

You can export your calendar to MS Excel!   Once you have done that, you can then sort and filter the list and then print it.

Follow the steps below to learn how:

To export your calendar to Excel:

  1. In Outlook, click on File | Import And Export.
  2. Select Export To A File from the Choose An Action To Perform list.
  3. Click Next.
  4. Select Microsoft Excel 97 – 2003 from the Create A File Of Type list.
  5. Click Next.
  6. Click Calendar in the Select Folder To Export From list.
  7. Click Next.
  8. Click Browse and navigate to the folder where you would like to save the workbook.
  9. Name your workbook.
  10. Click OK.
  11. Click Finish.

Specify the appropriate date range for your export.

Once MS Outlook completes the export, ope the workbook and click the Calendar tab.

If there is no tab visible named Calendar, you may have to click around some to find your Calendar items.

You can use a filter to exclude all but the recurring items and then sort the filtered results to arrange them as necessary.

You can now print your filtered list!