How AutoRecover and AutoSave work

Posted by Jonh on Tuesday, July 29, 2008

The AutoRecover option (in these Microsoft Office programs: Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Publisher, and Visio) and AutoSave option (in Microsoft Office Outlook) can help you avoid losing work in two ways:
• Your data is automatically saved If you enable Auto Recover or AutoSave, your file (such as a Microsoft Office Word document) or item (such as an Outlook Support and Outlook e-mail message) is automatically saved as often as you want. Therefore, if you have been working for a long time but forget to save a file or if your power goes out, the file you have been working on contains all or at least some of the work you have done since you last saved it.
• Your program state is automatically saved In Microsoft Office Excel, Microsoft Office Outlook, Microsoft Office PowerPoint, and Microsoft Office Word, there is an additional benefit to enabling AutoRecover or AutoSave. In these programs, if you enable this option, some aspects of the state of the program are recovered when the program is restarted after it closed abnormally.
For example, you are working on several Excel workbooks at the same time. Each file is open in a different window, with specific data visible in each window. In one of the workbooks, a cell is selected to help you keep track of which rows you already reviewed, and then Excel crashes. When you restart Excel, it opens the workbooks again and restores the windows to the way they were before Excel crashed.
Although not every aspect of your program's state can be recovered, in many cases, the Recovery feature can help you recover more quickly.

Microsoft Outlook 2000 Web Feature

Posted by Jonh on Wednesday, July 23, 2008

Managing Communications on Your Intranet

Microsoft Outlook 2000 provides the following ways to manage information from the Internet or your intranet. It provides best Outlook Support to Handle Email services on outlook. Users can use the Contacts folder to do the following:

  • Keep track of contacts’ Web sites.
  • Open the Web history folder from within Outlook 2000.
  • Share a catalog of Web sites in a public folder.

Browse Web pages in Outlook

In Outlook 2000, you can select a Web page from the Favorites menu or use the Web toolbar to enter a URL and display a Web page in Outlook. Or you can send the Web page that you are currently viewing in Outlook as the body of an e-mail message by clicking Send Web Page by E-Mail on the Actions menu

System Policy Tip If you do not want your users browsing the Web from Outlook 2000, you can disable commands on the Web toolbar by using a system policy. In the System Policy Editor, disable the commands in the Microsoft Outlook 2000\ Disable items in user interface\Predefined category that you do not want available to your users. For more information, see Using the System Policy Editor.

Create home pages for folders

Because you can view Web pages in Outlook 2000, it is easy to create a home page for a public folder. A folder home page can be used to provide the following:

  • Information about the purpose and use of a public folder.
  • A primary or secondary customizable view of the folder contents.

To add a folder home page in Outlook 2000

  1. In the Outlook Folder list, right-click the folder, and then click Properties.
  2. In the Properties dialog box, click the Home Page tab.
  3. Select all the options that you want to set up the home page.

System Policy Tip You can specify folder home pages for your users by setting a system policy. You can also disable folder home pages through a system policy. In the System Policy Editor, set the policies in the Microsoft Outlook 2000\Miscellaneous\Folder Home Pages for Outlook special folders category to specify folder home pages options for your users. For more information, see Using the System Policy Editor.

How to Show or hide ScreenTips

Posted by Jonh on Thursday, July 17, 2008

ScreenTips are small windows that display descriptive text when you rest the pointer on a command or control.

Enhanced ScreenTips are larger windows that display more descriptive text than a ScreenTip and can have a link to a Help topic. Enhanced ScreenTips are available in the following 2007 Microsoft Office system programs: Access, Excel, PowerPoint, and Word.

In the following 2007 Microsoft Office system programs: Access, Excel, PowerPoint, or Word

  1. Click the Microsoft Office Button, and then click Access Options, Excel Options, PowerPoint Options, or Word Options.
  2. Click Popular.
  3. Under Top options for working with Access, Top options for working with Excel, Top options for working with PowerPoint, or Top options for working with Word in the ScreenTip style list, click the option that you want:
    • Show feature descriptions in ScreenTips This option turns on ScreenTips and Enhanced ScreenTips. This is the default setting.
    • Don't show feature descriptions in ScreenTips This option turns off Enhanced ScreenTips. You still see ScreenTips.
    • Don't show ScreenTips This option turns off ScreenTips and Enhanced ScreenTips.

In the following 2007 Microsoft Office system programs: Visio, InfoPath, OneNote, Publisher, SharePoint Designer, or Outlook Support

  1. On the Tools menu, click Customize.
  2. Click the Options tab.
  3. Under Other, select or clear the Show ScreenTips on toolbars check box.

In Microsoft Office Project 2007

  1. On the Tools menu, point to Customize, and click Toolbars.
  2. On the Options tab, under Other, select or clear the Show ScreenTips on toolbars check box.

How to Change the order of folders in the Navigation Pane

Posted by Jonh on Tuesday, July 8, 2008

Folders in the Mail Folders section of the Navigation Pane are listed alphabetically, which cannot be changed. But in Favorite Folders you can add as many folders as you like and arrange them in any order. The high visibility position at the top of the Navigation Pane makes Favorite Folders a great place for high priority folders. You can duplicate any of the mail folders in the Navigation Pane and, if you add enough folders to Favorite Folders, it can expand and become your main entry point to your mail folders.

If your other Microsoft Office Outlook folders, such as Calendar or Contacts, become less visible, you can always rely on the folder buttons at the bottom of the Navigation Pane to access your items in those folders

Try customizing Favorite Folders and find out if its flexibility enables you to arrange your mail folders the way that you want. For more options, see Customize the Navigation Pane. I hope that it is helpful for Outlook Support and given some steps to add or remove folder in favorite folder and rearrange favorite folder…

How to locate missing .msi files

Posted by Jonh on Wednesday, July 2, 2008

An .msi file is a database of all the files, settings, and configuration information for the associated application. When you install Office on your computer, the .msi file is saved in a hidden folder. Without this file, Windows Installer cannot update your configuration, install optional features, or apply software updates. Office cannot be installed, repaired, or updated if the .msi file is not found.
Why is the .msi file missing?
The most likely reason for Windows Installer to require the installation CD is because the saved version of the .msi file for Office has been inadvertently or deliberately deleted from your computer. It is also possible that the file is damaged or corrupted.
Occasionally, changing the drive letters associated with partitions on your hard disk can cause this problem to occur — such as changing drive C: to a different letter or moving the hard disk drive from one computer to another. Other possible causes are a damaged or corrupted hard disk or registry file.
What to do when prompted for a missing .msi file
If you are prompted for the location of a missing .msi file, you must provide the original installation CD used to install Office on your computer.
1. Make sure that you have inserted your Office installation CD into the CD drive of your computer.
If you installed Office from a network, browse to the network location from which you installed Office.
2. Click Retry.
In most cases, these steps should resolve the problem and Office can complete the installation and configuration of the needed component.
Office 2003, Office XP, and Office 2000 provide the Detect and Repair command. You can find the Detect and Repair command on the Help menu of almost all Office programs. Using this command corrects identifiable problems such as missing files, corrupt files, registry omissions, or damaged registry entries. It replaces the .msi file if it was deleted, damaged, or is the wrong version. Using the Detect and Repair command usually requires you to provide the installation CD for the version of Office currently installed on your computer.
How to prevent similar problems in the future
To help avoid this problem in the future, use the following guidelines:
• Do not delete hidden folders or files from any drives on your computer.
• Do not move drives or change their disk identifier (for example, C: to D:).
• Install all needed applications as Run from My Computer instead of using Install on Demand (available from custom installation within Setup).
• Occasionally run the Windows Disk Defragment program to repair cross-linked files, recover lost clusters, and remap bad sectors on your hard disk. Any data present in a bad portion of the hard disk is usually lost and commonly associated with physical damage to the disk. This is most likely the result of high-vibration environments, such as the computer being struck, dropped, or kicked.
If you have Microsoft Windows XP as your operating system, consider using the System Restore option to restore your system to a previous configuration. Consult the Help and Support option of Windows XP for more information on System Restore. You can go for Computer Help and Outlook Support