When you are the one managing multiple calendars, this feature is a time-saver! Can you imagine looking at 10 calendars all at once trying to determine the best place to enter an appointment? I personally know people who have to do this daily and they just rave about this feature. It gives you the "big picture" which makes it easier to know who's available, what spots are open, etc.

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How to import a list of contacts from an Excel spreadsheet into Outlook. There are a few gotchas you need to watch out for during this process, so I'm giving you the lowdown and best practices for a successful importing experience. Plus, I share with you my little hidden secret trick for better contact management near the end. Keep an eye out!

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Ever wonder how to create an "Add This Event" link to your website for your own events? It's easy to do using Outlook!

You've seen them on other websites, right? When you sign up for something there's either a little icon or a link that lets you add the event directly to your own calendar. Now, you can do the same. It's so easy, you'll wonder why you didn't think of it before.

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It's that time of year again!

Getting ready to do your holiday card mailings? Preparing to send invitations to your next big event? I show you how to do a label mail merge with Outlook and Word by using your Outlook Categories.

This same process is good for any reason you want to do a letter or label mail merge for any specified group of contacts, and categories is the key. Any contact folders in Outlook will work, including SharePoint contact lists and Exchange Server public folder contacts.

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This happens to just about everyone out there - You are collaborating on something with a group of people. There is a lot of information flying about and emails are shooting through the air like juggling pins. This little-known feature in Outlook 2007 provides a way to quickly find the beginning of each of those emails being sent and recieved. It's hard to explain, that's why I like video demos!

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What do RSS feeds, shopping on EBay and Craigslist, and Outlook have in common? -- A shopping experience that lets you be first to respond on a new item.

Yes, it's true. If you're an online shopper, I'll just bet that the shopping site you use has RSS feeds on your search list based on keywords you enter. The video included in this post shows you how to use them in EBay and Craigslist.

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This tip is targeted to users of corporate Outlook in a network.

Oftentimes you'll want to send a co-worker an email and include a link to a file that is located in a network location. It's very easy to do in Outlook, but it's not very clear on how to do it.

I'm here to clear that up for you with the video demo I'm including in this post.

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If you're thinking to move to a new employer, switch to a different email program, or you just want to share your contacts with others, you can export your contact list(s) simply and easily with the import/export wizard built into Microsoft Outlook. MS Outlook stores large part of emails, contacts, journals, tasks, notes etc in Personal Storage File (PST File). Exporting your contacts in format that can be read by all popular email programs.

Outlook's import/export wizard gives you a choice to select either a comma separated values (.csv) file or (.txt). Save the file and you're ready to import the file into the new program. There is another method of sharing contacts is with Vcard (.vcf) files. First we proceed we should know the actual meaning of Vcard – “What vCard is?”

What is vCard?

It is a standard file format to store contact information, usually business contact information such as company name, telephone and fax numbers, email and much more. Since this is a standard file format it can be read by several programs and applications like mobile phones, email clients (Outlook Express) etc.

The vCard format is an electronic business card that you can attach to any email message. vCard format can be used with a wide variety of digital devices (PDA, iPhone, iPod, Mobile Phones, Palm) and operating systems. You can only move one contact at a time from within Outlook, but with commercial software like “Systools vCard Export” you have the option to import or export your vCard contacts as multiple entries to Address Book of Novell, Linux, Macintosh operating systems with a few clicks.

Overview of Systools vCard Export

Systools Vcard Export v1.0 is easy to use Outlook Contact Conversion Tool with most attractive user interface that helps to export outlook contacts to vCard file easily and quickly. It allows you to export all your contacts within a folder, or you can choose to export just the ones you select. In addition, you can import multiple contacts from a single (vcf) file. This article will throw light on how to manually you can export your contacts from Microsoft Outlook.

To save your contacts from Outlook to vcf files you need to

• Select file, Choose default Outlook Contact and then click on scan Outlook Contacts.
• Software will start scanning the PST files or Microsoft Outlook contacts
• After scanning PST files , SysTools Vcard export displays all the contacts from Microsoft Outlook
• Systools Vcard export allows you to view all the contact information before saving it to VCF files.

Users can download SysTools Vcard Export software from the following link:
Vcard Export
By Downloading SysTools Vcard Export, users can eventually Convert Outlook Contacts to Vcard or Export Outlook Contacts to Vcard quickly.

Systools Vcard Export is available which is very easy to use with most attractive user interface and helps to export Outlook contacts in the easiest and sophisticated way.

Some users like to keep the email they send and receive for a fairly long time, and most of the time they just keep them in Outlook. Not the best practice, but hey, it's not the worst either. For those of you that do keep your emails in Outlook for a very long time, you may be faced with a storage issue at some point.

In Outlook 2007, you have the ability to quickly and easily save the attachment to your computer, remove the attachment from the email, then create a little note for yourself telling you what you did with the attachment.

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While I LOVE Outlook and all it can do for managing your daily business information, one area that has always been lacking for me is in calendar printing options.

Never Fear - the Calendar Printing Assistant is here!

A free download from Microsoft, the Calendar Printing Assistant for Office Outlook 2007 is an application for people who need an easy way to print and customize their Outlook 2007 calendar information. It puts you in control of the tools you need and helps you plan and create designer-quality output.

A very cool feature is the ability to print multiple calendars in either side-by-side view or overlay mode. Awesome!

There are plenty of calendar templates to choose from, including a way to print your own yearly calendar with your custom picture. S-W-E-E-T!

They are authored in a documented, open XML file format, which makes them easily extensible to third parties.

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