Ask the Admin: Making Tasks Private
I got this e-mail from Marcie: I am trying, for the first time to set a task in Outlook 2010. I would like the task to recur hourly, starting at 8:am and ending at 5:pm, every weekday. This reminder is to remind me to drink 8 oz. of water. My calendar is viewable by my [...]
How to Share a Distribution List in Outlook
How to share a private distribution list in Microsoft Outlook.
Ask the Admin: Advice on Calendar and Travel
Ask the Admin: Where to learn travel arrangements and calendaring.
Ask the Admin: Outlook Appointment Properties
We have another question today, this one from Sheila. Hi Jodith Is there a way in Microsoft outlook if you right click on properties for an appointment that you can see who created the appointment and when it was last edited and by whom? If there is a way to do that I would create [...]
Ask the Admin: Recurring Hourly Tasks in Outlook
I had a request from a reader about setting up recurring tasks in Outlook on an hourly basis. I know of only two options, both of which are workarounds. After doing some Google searches, I haven’t found anything else better, though. Use the Snooze Button The first option is to set a daily recurring task [...]
Learn Office 2007 with Ribbon Hero
One of the biggest problems with Office 2007 is that the interface of the programs is very different from previous versions of Office. Tasks you can usually do with your eyes closed have become absurdly hard in 2007 simply because we have to relearn the interface. Once you figure out the interface, you’ll find that [...]
How to Organize the Boss’s E-mail
Often as an administrative assistant (and very frequently as an executive assistant), you’ll have the job of monitoring and organizing your boss’s e-mail. This essentially entails reading through his new mail and either replying on his behalf, delegating the e-mail to one of her direct reports, or organizing e-mail that needs a response directly from [...]
“You’re over your limit”
No, no, not your credit card. You’re e-mail account! We’ve all gotten the dreaded “You’re Over Your Limit” messages in our e-mail. There’s no better way to ruin a good day than to realize you must suddenly drastically reduce the size of your e-mail (or worse yet, your boss’s). You really only have two choices: [...]
Ask the Admin: Scheduling Tasks for Others
And we have another question about Microsoft Outlook, this time about scheduling e-mails. Json asked in his e-mail: Hi I read your article about setting up recurring tasks and wonder if there is any way to do automatic email reminders to my staff. My staff members have tasks with different due dates. For example, staff [...]
Ask the Admin: Set up Recurring Tasks at 8 Month Intervals
I had a question stemming from my post on setting up recurring tasks in Microsoft Outlook. Pierre wants to know how to set up a task to recur at 8 month intervals. This is actually quite easy. If you look at the Task Recurrence Window: If you choose Monthly as the recurrence period, you’ll see [...]
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