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1. I installed the trial version and [Feature] is greyed out!: Did you activate the product? (Help menu)

1. How can I share a firm calendar between multiple users?: If you have an Exchange Server or a SharePoint Server you can create a Public Folder or a SharePoint list. If not you may be able to find something helpful here: http://www.slipstick.com/outlook/share.htm

1. How can I STOP Outlook 2007 from automatically checking RSS?: Go into Send/Receive Groups (CTRL+ALT+S) and edit the default Send/Receive group. Select RSS from the left side and uncheck the box at the top that tells Outlook to check the RSS feeds as a member of that Send/Receive Group.

1. Where do I find SCANPST in Outlook 2007?: Click Start, Run and type: %ProgramFiles%\Microsoft Office\Office12\ in the box, and then press ENTER. Find and double-click Scanpst. NOTE: If you're using 64-bit Vista it may be under the Program Files (x86) folder.
2. How do I start Outlook with the Reading Pane turned off?: Start Outlook with the /Nopreview switch. For more information see: http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/outlook/HP010031101033.aspx
3. I have e-mail messages stuck in my Outbox - HELP!: See if this helps: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/195922
4. I had a list of categories in my Outlook 2003 but I don't see that list on my new machine in Outlook 2007! Can I move it over somehow?: Outlook 2003 saves Categories as registry entries while Outlook 2007 saves them in the default message store. To move your categories over from 2003 to 2007 you could try exporting the registry key and importing it on your 2007 machine. Outlook 2007 may try to convert them for you. OR you could create a test item - a task perhaps - and assign EVERY category you want to bring over to it. Then transfer that item (as an e-mail attachment or in a PST file perhaps) to your 2007 machine and manually use the "Add to Master Category List" feature for each category. See here for more info: http://www.slipstick.com/outlook/olcat.asp

1. Can I do a "While You Were Out" telephone message e-mail form in Outlook? I'd like my secretary to be able to e-mail my phone messages to me in that manner.: Sure. You don't really NEED a special form for it; she could just send you an e-mail message that says "Call Joe Smith at 555-1212 regarding the Jones matter" but if you really want a special form for it check out this template.
2. How do I stop Outlook 2007 from suggesting e-mail addresses when I'm creating e-mail?: Tools | Options | E-mail Options | Advanced E-mail Options and uncheck the "Suggest names while completing To, Cc and Bcc fields."
3. What if I want to delete all of those cached addresses?: Find and delete the .NK2 file for your profile.
4. What if I just want to delete a single one of those cached addresses?: Start to type an address that would suggest the bad address, when the bad address shows up on the suggestion list use your arrow keys (NOT YOUR MOUSE) to highlight it and then press the Delete key.
5. How can I get new mail notifications for messages received in subfolders?: You can't do it natively with Outlook, but perhaps you can find a suitable third-party utility here: http://www.slipstick.com/addins/notify.asp.

1. How do I get the Contacts field to appear at the bottom of my items in Outlook 2007?: Go to Tools | Options | Contact Options and check the box "Show Contact Linking on All Forms".
2. I need to be able to separate my contacts into groups, what's the best way?: There are two basic ways to do it.