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Archive for the ‘Outlook’ Category

May 5th, 2008

Xobni Goes Public and New Design

I’ve been using Xobni for awhile now ever since I found it and downloaded it initially. I wrote about my experiences with the application. I’ve found that it’s really helpful in a variety of instances when looking for information in e-mail that’s in context with the task you’re trying to accomplish at the […]

By Jason Bean -- 1 comment

April 21st, 2008

What’s In Your Start Menu?

The b5 Tech Channel is having a little them post series and I thought of something that might be pretty interesting to share with everyone and we’ll get some responses back in the comments as well.
What’s in your Start Menu?
You’ve got the ability to pin a program you use frequently to your Start Menu […]

By Jason Bean -- 3 comments

April 14th, 2008

Outlook Contact Photos

Since I’ve been playing with Xobni more one question I’ve come across is why doesn’t Xobni use Outlook’s own contact photo information?
That was somewhat of a rhetorical question because I didn’t really need an answer and it wasn’t worth completely pursuing for an answer.
What it did do though was make me wonder where Outlook […]

By Jason Bean -- 4 comments

April 14th, 2008

Outlook Very Unstable This Morning

For some reason Outlook continues to crash on me this morning. Not sure what it is that’s causing it, trying to pay attention now to what actions I’m taking each time leading up to the crash.
I also can’t get my Printers folder to open up and display my printers today. Wondering if the two items […]

By Jason Bean -- 0 comments

April 7th, 2008

Possibly the Best 3rd Party Office App on the Planet - Xobni Review

It’s been a few weeks now since I got the invite to download, install and begin using Xobni. I’ve got to tell you folks, this very well may be one of the most ingenious applications ever added into a member of the Microsoft Office family.
In a quick summary; Xobni incorporates itself into Outlook […]

By Jason Bean -- 2 comments

March 19th, 2008

Xobni: E-mail Information Management in Outlook

I just received a beta invite to Xobni (which is “Inbox” backwards if you didn’t notice), which is a e-mail management add-on for Microsoft Outlook.
Xobni is the Outlook plug-in that saves you time finding email conversations, contacts and attachments.
After a quick install, you’ll see the new Xobni toolbar appear in Outlook - […]

By Jason Bean -- 16 comments

January 30th, 2008

I couldn’t live without….

The question was presented to me by my channel editor at b5 for an upcoming theme across the channel.
My immediate thought was that I couldn’t live without Windows Live Writer now. I’ve become so used to the application that my productivity around blogging and expressing my thoughts and creativity are enmeshed through-out the app. As […]

By Jason Bean -- 0 comments

January 15th, 2008

Why Aren’t Contacts Related in Outlook?

I am reminded again that Outlook is missing something obvious in my opinion. When I’m adding additional details to a contact, why can’t I link one contact to another one in my address book for things like:

Manager’s Name
Assistant’s Name
Spouse / Partner

Isn’t this obvious? Anyone else figured out something that would […]

By Jason Bean -- 0 comments

January 11th, 2008

Auto-Correct for "HSA" Ignoring Me

I’ve set Microsoft Word 2007 to ignore words in UPPERCASE, but when I type “HSA” as in Healthcare Savings Account, it keeps telling me I’ve spelled “has” wrong.
What else do I need to do to stop telling it to ignore words in UPPERCASE or specifically “HSA”. I don’t want it to ignore me if […]

By Jason Bean -- 1 comment

January 3rd, 2008

Two Years Ago Today - January 3rd, 2006

I’m sure that date doesn’t mean much to anyone else but for me it marks the two year anniversary of my first post on the Microsoft Weblog site.
Meeting of the E-mail Guru’s talked about the heads of Microsoft’s Hotmail, Yahoo Mail and Gmail getting together and talking about the development of each of […]

By Jason Bean -- 0 comments