You can run multiple tasks in Outlook with just one click on an email once you have set up your Quick Step recipe. So with one click you can mark it as read, move it to a folder, set a retention policy on how long to keep it, automatically send a reply and an array… Continue reading #737 Multiple tasks in Outlook with Quick Steps
If you’re sending out lots of meeting requests and you don’t need an email response to your invite, this is a tip for you. This shows you how to switch off ‘Request Responses’ in Outlook.
Creating a calendar group in Outlook is a top time saving tip that I recently discovered through talking to a colleague. If you share a lot of calendars, you can organise them by group instead of having them listed alphabetically. This is great if you have a massive long list of shared calendars, but even… Continue reading #464 Create a Calendar Group in Outlook
I don’t file my emails in Outlook, instead I use Search Folders. A Search Folder is a virtual folder that provides a view of all email items that match specific search criteria. For example, I use a Search Folder for anyone I correspond with regularly (i.e. I can find that person’s emails without searching through my… Continue reading #426 Search Folders in Outlook
Fed up of emailing back and forth to find a time to meet? Do you need to find a time when a colleague is free to meet you? Try Outlook schedule. Featured image: “Schedule” by Mike Blackburn is licenced under CC BY-NC-SA 2.0
It is easy to create multiple personal calendars in Outlook. You might want to create a calendar which includes your personal appointments, university wide events or perhaps assessment hand-ins. These calendars can then be easily overlaid with your main calendar to view any potential clashes, without cluttering up your main view. Featured image: “Calendar” by Hana… Continue reading #314 Outlook Calendar getting cluttered? Create a new one!
Have you been sent an email that is bogged down with attachments? If so, never fear! There is a really quick way to save all the attachments you have been sent. Featured Image: “overload.” by groucho licenced under CC BY-NC-ND 2.0
I suspect that many of you already know how to set up an automated out of office response to emails, but did you also know that you can schedule this to turn itself on and off? This is very useful if you are like me and forget to turn your out of office reply off… Continue reading #302 Going on holiday? Schedule an automated email reply
The Draw Table function in Office 2013 is really useful, particularly if you use tables to help create design layouts. With the draw table function it is quick and easy to add in extra columns and rows adhoc, that do not need to span across the entire table, making the layout much easier to adjust,… Continue reading #278 Tables in Outlook and Word driving you mad? Just draw them instead!
As you know, OneNote is a firm favourite at #1minuteCPD HQ. In this post, we look at how you can tag your notes across Pages, Sections and Notebooks and then how to use the ‘Find Tags’ function to search through your notebooks. Watch this 1 minute video to show you how… Featured image: ‘Tags‘ by soycamo… Continue reading #261 OneNote: Tagging your notes
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