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Email Tips

Some tips on how to write better e-mail. Not only is it polite to follow these guidelines, it also makes it more likely that you'll get a response in a timely manner. Write better subjects . If you want your e-mail to get answered, you should write a subject that is meaningful to the recipient, not the...

Posted to Tim Marman's Loosely Coupled (Weblog) by Tim on 03-04-2007
Tips and tricks for Outlook 12

Melissa MacBeth, who designed task and time management features in Outlook 12, discusses how she uses those features . It's a great read for anyone doing GTD or something similar, and shows how Outlook 2007 can help you be more productive. (As I've said in the past, I'm definitely a big fan. If you haven...

Posted to Tim Marman's Loosely Coupled (Weblog) by Tim on 06-18-2006
Office 2007 allows you to paste unformatted text

Using Word as your e-mail editor in Outlook 2003 is nearly impossible... it's just SOOOO much slower. Of course, in Outlook 2007 you don't have a choice, but it's much faster than in the past. One of the best new features though - something which may exist now, but I certainly can't find it - is the...

Posted to Tim Marman's Loosely Coupled (Weblog) by Tim on 06-07-2006
Windows Desktop Search 3.0 beta released for Office 2007

Microsoft has released a beta of Windows Desktop Search 3.0 intended for use by those in Office 2007. This version is just a preview of the engine and doesn't include the desktop search application. Searching is now integrated into the Office 2007 search tools - no more additional toolbar. It is very...

Posted to Tim Marman's Loosely Coupled (Weblog) by Tim on 05-10-2006
Office 2007 Themes

I really like the new Office 2007 themes introduced in Beta 1 Technical Refresh compared to previous versions using the temporary gray skin. It took me awhile to find where to change the theme in Outlook - it's under Editor Options. The theme looks a little different in Outlook, though it's possible...

Posted to Tim Marman's Loosely Coupled (Weblog) by Tim on 04-03-2006
Some tips on getting your inbox to zero - and keeping it there

Some very good tips for those of us obsessed with a clean inbox. Merlin has a series of posts at 43 Folders entitled " Inbox Zero ". Articles of Faith (the philosophy behind an empty inbox) Five sneaky e-mail cheats Where filters will and won't help Delete, delete, delete I also second Scott's new rule...

Posted to Tim Marman's Loosely Coupled (Weblog) by Tim on 03-23-2006
Back to Windows Desktop Search

I've gone back and forth in the past between MSN Desktop Search and Copernic. One of the reasons I ended up sticking with MSN was the shortcut keys . Ever since I discovered ActiveWords , though, this hasn't been as important and I found myself once again gravitating towards the cleaner Copernic interface...

Posted to Tim Marman's Loosely Coupled (Weblog) by Tim on 03-22-2006
Outlook Tip: Show incomplete tasks and tasks completed today

If you're a heavy user of Outlook tasks, you're probably filtering incomplete tasks in the current view. Unfortunately, this also means that as soon as you mark a task complete, it disappears. If you decide later in the day that it wasn't actually done, you have to go dig through all of your previous...

Posted to Tim Marman's Loosely Coupled (Weblog) by Tim on 03-15-2006
The Inkosphere is buzzing about TEO3

I used the term Inkosphere recently and even though I'm sure I heard it somewhere it's never been used before - or since - at least according to Google. Until now . I just noticed that Marc and James put out On the Run with Tablet PCs #14 . For some reason, iTunes stopped getting new episodes right after...

Posted to Tim Marman's Loosely Coupled (Weblog) by Tim on 02-27-2006
Using Exchange and FolderShare for ubiquitous access to your information

I've mentioned in the past that I have an effective way to consume information , and also alluded to my use of FolderShare , but I never really discussed the system in its entirety. The problem I want to keep my desktop and tablet synchronized, including e-mail, contacts, documents, etc. I want it done...

Posted to Tim Marman's Loosely Coupled (Weblog) by Tim on 02-22-2006

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