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I have used Outlook Express as my E-mail program for years, right up to the
current version.
I have used Outlook (2002) for a PIM in the last few months, but kept using
OE for my e-mail.
I decided to try e-mail with Outlook 2002 yesterday, to see how it compares
with
OE for e-mail.
There seem to be some advantages to it, such as auto-save, etc.
One question:
In OE, while writing an HTML-formatted message, if one clicked on "Format",
then "Background", one would have the choice of adding a background, color,
image, or sound.
In Outlook, however, I don't see the sound option. Does it not exist in
Outlook? If so, how do you do it? If not, why?
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Stationery--I have discovered how to start a new message using stationery
(not as simple as in OE), or one can set a default stationery. (I don't do
the latter, as I only use stationery once in a while.)
However-what if one starts a message without stationery, and then wants to
apply stationery to the message? Or, if one starts the message with
stationery, but then wants to change to a different stationery? In OE one
could easily do that in "Format--Apply Stationery", or something like that.
I cannot find such a command in the Outlook menus. How does one do that?
...............................
In OE, when writing an HTML-formatted message, one could click a tab to
"View Source", or "View HTML", and see the actual HTML code. From there one
can edit the code, go back to the regular tab, and see the changes applied
to the message. Is there no way to view the HTML code in Outlook e-mail
HTML-formatted messages?
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Regarding Send and Receive--
I have found how to set the default for this in Outlook, as one can also do
in OE, to "disconnect after "S+R", or not to do so.
In OE, however, when one has initiated an S+R, one can change from that
default for that particular instance, by selecting or de-selecting a check
box on the S+R dialogue.
In Outlook, I see no way to do that, other than setting the default. Isn't
there a way to do that?
There should be. For instance, one might have the default set to disconnect
after a S+R. One (a dial-up user like me, at least) might often use it that
way to check e-mail, without doing anything else online, and have it
disconnect at the end.
However, sometimes one might want to check e-mail, then do other things
online. One should be able to de-select the disconnect option for that
particular instance. Any way to do it in Outlook?
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Now for a couple of features that don't exist in OE, but look like they
exist in Outlook, yet don't work for me--
It appears that auto-correct exists in Outlook, such as exists in Word,
which will change THe to The, etc. I have that option enabled in Outlook,
yet it doesn't work. How can I get such options to function in Outlook. I
thought it could also spell and grammar-correct while writing, as Word can,
but for me so far that doesn't happen, only spell checking at the end. I
think insert autotext is also supposed to work in Outlook, but doesn't for
me. How do I get these to work?
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Is there a way to toggle back and forth between the spell-check dictionaries
of two different languages, to quickly change the language for a particular
document of selection, and quickly change it back again after that document,
without going through all the nested menus to get to that command?
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Macros--happy to see that there was macro support in Outlook, as there is in
Word. (Never existed in OE.) I thought I would record a macro to to change
the spell-check dictionary language quickly, with a hot key combination.
Alas--I found out that although Outlook can play back macros, you cannot
record them in Outlook. The only way (or so it seems) that one can create a
macro in Outlook is to write the VBA code yourself. I am not a programmer,
and don't know how to do that. Any suggestions?
Is there a utility availabe for download with which one can record a macro
for Outlook, which later can be played back directly from Outlook,
Sorry for so many questions. If you feel you can contribute some insight,
suggestions, etc. for any one of the questions, or more if possible, please
do so.
Thank you in advance for your help!
current version.
I have used Outlook (2002) for a PIM in the last few months, but kept using
OE for my e-mail.
I decided to try e-mail with Outlook 2002 yesterday, to see how it compares
with
OE for e-mail.
There seem to be some advantages to it, such as auto-save, etc.
One question:
In OE, while writing an HTML-formatted message, if one clicked on "Format",
then "Background", one would have the choice of adding a background, color,
image, or sound.
In Outlook, however, I don't see the sound option. Does it not exist in
Outlook? If so, how do you do it? If not, why?
---------------
Stationery--I have discovered how to start a new message using stationery
(not as simple as in OE), or one can set a default stationery. (I don't do
the latter, as I only use stationery once in a while.)
However-what if one starts a message without stationery, and then wants to
apply stationery to the message? Or, if one starts the message with
stationery, but then wants to change to a different stationery? In OE one
could easily do that in "Format--Apply Stationery", or something like that.
I cannot find such a command in the Outlook menus. How does one do that?
...............................
In OE, when writing an HTML-formatted message, one could click a tab to
"View Source", or "View HTML", and see the actual HTML code. From there one
can edit the code, go back to the regular tab, and see the changes applied
to the message. Is there no way to view the HTML code in Outlook e-mail
HTML-formatted messages?
--------------------------
Regarding Send and Receive--
I have found how to set the default for this in Outlook, as one can also do
in OE, to "disconnect after "S+R", or not to do so.
In OE, however, when one has initiated an S+R, one can change from that
default for that particular instance, by selecting or de-selecting a check
box on the S+R dialogue.
In Outlook, I see no way to do that, other than setting the default. Isn't
there a way to do that?
There should be. For instance, one might have the default set to disconnect
after a S+R. One (a dial-up user like me, at least) might often use it that
way to check e-mail, without doing anything else online, and have it
disconnect at the end.
However, sometimes one might want to check e-mail, then do other things
online. One should be able to de-select the disconnect option for that
particular instance. Any way to do it in Outlook?
----------------------------------
Now for a couple of features that don't exist in OE, but look like they
exist in Outlook, yet don't work for me--
It appears that auto-correct exists in Outlook, such as exists in Word,
which will change THe to The, etc. I have that option enabled in Outlook,
yet it doesn't work. How can I get such options to function in Outlook. I
thought it could also spell and grammar-correct while writing, as Word can,
but for me so far that doesn't happen, only spell checking at the end. I
think insert autotext is also supposed to work in Outlook, but doesn't for
me. How do I get these to work?
---------------------------------------
Is there a way to toggle back and forth between the spell-check dictionaries
of two different languages, to quickly change the language for a particular
document of selection, and quickly change it back again after that document,
without going through all the nested menus to get to that command?
-----------------------------------------
Macros--happy to see that there was macro support in Outlook, as there is in
Word. (Never existed in OE.) I thought I would record a macro to to change
the spell-check dictionary language quickly, with a hot key combination.
Alas--I found out that although Outlook can play back macros, you cannot
record them in Outlook. The only way (or so it seems) that one can create a
macro in Outlook is to write the VBA code yourself. I am not a programmer,
and don't know how to do that. Any suggestions?
Is there a utility availabe for download with which one can record a macro
for Outlook, which later can be played back directly from Outlook,
Sorry for so many questions. If you feel you can contribute some insight,
suggestions, etc. for any one of the questions, or more if possible, please
do so.
Thank you in advance for your help!