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Disable permanently delete items warning message in Outlook

November 22, 2015 by Admin 18 Comments

Outlook displays a warning message when deleting outlook emails. It displays a dialog box with message “Are you sure that you want permanently delete the selected items” as shown below

Are you sure that you want to permanently delee the selected items in Outlook

This is very useful warning option for the users before deleting the mail items permanently. But If you do not want to see the permanently deleted warning message then turn off or disable this warning message.

Disable warning message in Outlook 2016, Outlook 2013 and Outlook 2010

Click on the File menu –> Options and navigate to Advanced tab.

Prompt for confirmation before permanently deleting items in Outlook 2013 and Outlook 2010

Scroll down to Other section and clear the checkbox with label as Prompt for confirmation before permanently deleting items. Click OK to save the changes.

 

Turn off permanently delete warning message in Outlook 2007

This warning message can be disabled in Outlook 2007 by using Tools –> Options.

Go to Tools –> Options and select Other tab.

Outlook 2007 Advanced Optons

Click on the Advanced Options button. The following Advanced Options window would be displayed.

Outlook 2007 Warn before permanenly deleting items

Uncheck the “Warn before permanently deleting items” to disable the warning message.

Also See: How to turn off send without attachments warning message in Outlook

Filed Under: MS Office, Outlook 2007, Outlook 2010, Outlook 2013, Outlook 2016 Tagged With: delete mail items, Deleted Items, Disable, Outlook, Turn Off, Warning Message

Turn off display search as you type in Microsoft Outlook

November 22, 2015 by Admin 3 Comments

Microsoft Outlook provides option to display search results as we type the text in search box. This is a useful feature but if you think the real-time search result is a distraction then you can disable “display search as you type” feature using Search options. Listed below are steps to turn off this feature in Outlook 2016, Outlook 2013, Outlook 2010 and Outlook 2007

display search as you type in Outlook 2013

Outlook 2016, Outlook 2013 and Outlook 2010

Click File menu, select Options from the list.

Options in Outlook 2013

In the Options window, click Search Options and navigate to Results section.

Search options in Outlook 2013

Un mark the check box with caption as “When possible, display results as the query is typed”

turn off display results as the query is typed in Outlook 2013

Outlook 2007

display search results as you type in Outlook 2007

 

And to disable this feature, click on the drop down arrow available in the search box. This would display the following menus

Search Options in Outlook 2007

 

Navigate to Search Options and click it open the Search Option dialog box.

display search results as I type

 

The search section has an option for enabling or disabling the display search results as I type. By un ticking the checkbox this feature can be disabled.

Also See: 15 tips to use Google search effectively

Filed Under: MS Office, Outlook 2007, Outlook 2010, Outlook 2013, Outlook 2016 Tagged With: disable search, Microsoft Outlook, search as you type, Turn off search

Repeat action keyboard shortcut in Microsoft Office

November 18, 2015 by Admin 2 Comments

Microsoft Office Applications such as Word and Excel, last action can be repeated using keyboard shortcuts. For example if you have formatted a word with specific style and you want to repeat/apply the same format for other words then you can press F4 or Ctrl + Y or Alt + Enter. This can be used for copying drawings or formatting excel cells thus reducing the steps and saves time.

Change the keyboard shortcut for Repeat Action

Microsoft Office users can change the keyboard shortcut associated for Repeat action using Settings. Let us see these steps in Word 2016 & 2013

Step 1: Click File menu then Options and navigate to Customize Ribbon

Customize Keyboard Shortcuts in Microsoft Office

Step 2: In the Customize Ribbon screen, click Customize button available next to Keyboard shortcuts.

Change keyboard shortcut for Repeat Action

Step 3: In the Customize Keyboard window, select All Commands under Categories and pick EditRedoOrRepeat under Commands. You should be able to see the keys that are currently associated with Repeat action.

Step 4: Navigate to Press new shortcut key option and enter the keyboard shortcut.

Step 5: Click Assign to confirm and apply your changes.

Filed Under: Excel, MS Office, Office 2007, Office 2010, Office 2013, Office 2016 Tagged With: Microsoft Office, Office 2007, Office 2010, Office 2013

How to recall email message in Outlook

November 17, 2015 by Admin 7 Comments

Recall message in Outlook 2016, 2013 and Outlook 2010

Outlook has a feature that lets users to recall a sent message. This can be done by accessing the Recall This Message option available as part of Actions drop down. This feature is quite useful If you had sent an e-mail message to a user with incorrect information and you want to recall that message or resend the e-mail message with correct information.

Step 1: Open the email message which needs to be recalled from the Sent Mail items folder.

Step 2: Navigate to Move section and click Actions dropdown and select Recall This Message… from the menu list

Recall This Message in Outlook 2013 and Outlook 2010

Step 3: In the Recall This Message dialog, select whether you want to Delete unread copies of this message or Delete unread copies and replace with a new message.

Deleate unread copies of this message

If you want to receive any acknowledgement then you can tick the check box with caption as Tell me if recall succeeds or fails for each recipient

Demo Video – Recall message in Outlook 2010

Recall email message in Outlook 2007

In Outlook 2007, Recall This Message option is available as part of Other options. Open the email message that needs to be recalled. Click Other Options and select Recall This Message from the drop down menu list.

Recall this message in Outlook 2007

On selecting Recall This Message the following dialog box would be displayed

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You can select the the following options depending on your requirement

  • Delete unread copies of this message
  • Delete unread copies and replace with a new message

And if you want to receive any acknowledge for deleting the unread copies then you select the checkbox Tell me if recall succeeds or fails for each recipient.

Also See: How to recall  a message in Gmail

Filed Under: MS Office, Outlook 2007, Outlook 2010, Outlook 2013, Outlook 2016 Tagged With: email message, Outlook 2007, Outlook 2010, Outlook 2013, Recall Message

How to import text file in Excel

November 17, 2015 by Admin Leave a Comment

This tutorial is provided step by step instruction to import a text file in to Worksheet in Excel 2016 and 2013. For this demo, let us take the following sample data with the columns separated from tabs and spaces.

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Step 1: Launch Excel Workbook and click the Data menu. Then navigate to Get External Data section.

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Step 2: Click the From Text option under Get External Data section.

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Step 3: In the Import Text File window, select Text file and click Import button. This should display the following Text Import Wizard.

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Step 4: The columns in the text file have been separated using the tabs. Hence we have selected Delimited option for “Choose the file type that best describes your data”.

Step 5: After selecting an appropriate value for Start import at row and File Origin, click the Next button.

Step 6: In Step 2 of Text Import Wizard, choose appropriate delimiter under Delimiters section. You can preview the selection using Data preview section.

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I have selected “Treat consecutive delimiters as one” as the text file used for import has more than one consecutive delimiters. Now you can see the Data preview section display the of data as 2 columns.

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Step 7: Click the Next button to access the data format screen in Text import Wizard.

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Here you can set the data format for the columns to either General, Text or Date. Similarly if you do not want to import any column then highlight it under Data preview select and select Do not import.

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Step 8: Click Finish button on Text Import Wizard for completion.

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Step 9: Now you will be show the above dialog box to choose “Where do you want to put the data”. You can either specify range on existing worksheet or New worksheet.

Step 10: After selecting the appropriate option under Import Data screen, click OK button to insert data from the text file.

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Filed Under: Excel, Excel 2013, Excel 2016, MS Office Tagged With: Delimited file, Excel 2013, Get External Data, Import text file, Office 2013

Disable sending a read receipt in Outlook

November 9, 2015 by Admin 5 Comments

Microsoft Outlook will send a read receipt when a new message requests for read receipt. Sending read receipt option is by default enabled in Outlook. And if you do not want to send a read receipt request then you can disable using the options available as part of Outlook settings. Listed below are the steps to disable sending read receipt in Outlook 2016, 2013 and Outlook 2010

Step 1: Click File menu and select Options from the menu list.

Step 2: In the Options window, click to Mail tab and screen down to Tracking section.

Step 3: Select the radio option “Never send a read receipt” under “For any message received that includes a read receipt request”

Step 4: Click OK to confirm and save the changes.

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Demo Video – Disable sending read receipt in Outlook 2010

 

Also See: Request for delivery message and receipt message in Outlook

Filed Under: MS Office, Outlook 2010, Outlook 2013, Outlook 2016 Tagged With: Disable, Outlook, read receipt, Sending Receipts

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