Top Tips to Speed Up Out

 While Outlook 2007 offers many new features that do indeed offer real benefits it can come at a price - performance. On my Core 2 Duo with 2GB of RAM Outlook 2007 originally took a good 20 seconds to fire up from a fully booted PC and appeared to be constantly sluggish. So what can be done about it?

Tip 1: Delete attachments

A little-known feature in Outlook is the ability to keep an email but delete one or several attachment. Firstly, sort your inbox by file size (descending) and open a message (by double clicking so it opens in a new window) where you no longer wish to keep the attachment. Right click over the attachment and select Remove. Now save the email, repeat with all relevant emails in this mailbox and then repeat in any other mailboxes (including your sent items).

Tip 2: Split emails into Archives

Maybe you disabled the autoarchive facility when you first saw it because you didn't understand it? Archiving old emails into a separate file still allows you to access less frequently used material when required but keeps your system running faster as it does not have to trawl through all of this rendundant content regularly. Click File | New | Outlook Data File. Enter a name for the file - a new folder will now appear in the folder list on the left. You can add sub-folders to this by right clicking, which is useful if you want to create a similar hierarchy to your current inbox. Once done simply select multiple files in your main inbox and drag/drop them to the same inbox in your new archive folder. Repeat for all other folders (e.g. Sent Items and any others that you may have created). Close the new data file by right clicking over the title and selecting Close [Folder Name]. Now when Outlook loads it only loads you nice lightweight folder! Outlook 2007 is known to be far less tolerant of large PST data files than Outlook 2003. Aim to keep your main PST file under 500MB - the smaller the better.

Tip 3: Disable unessential Add-ins in Outlook 2007

Click on Tools, Trust Center and Add-Ins. Now select one of the various options from the dropdown menu at the bottom and uncheck any add-ins that you don't use (which for me was an Adobe Acrobat one and Gotomeeting.com). Restart Outlook and see if this makes a difference.

Tip 4: No need for fax? Ditch it!

If you do not send or receive faxes on your PC then uninstall the facility as this has been known to cause issues with Outlook 2007.From Control Panel select Add/Remove Programs, select Add/remove windows components and uncheck Fax Service.

Tip 5: Enable Outlook 2007 logging to see if anything is going wrong

Outlook has an error logging capability, which could be useful if something is going wrong. Click Tools, Options, Other, Advanced Options and then tick Enable Logging. Logs will be stored in C:\Documents and Settings\[Username]\Local Settings\Temp\Outlook Logging\. Look for any errors, especially in OPMLog.log - perhaps relating to the checking of email on one or more of your POP3 accounts.

Tip 6: Compact your PST data files often

Use Outlook's compact facility to compress your folders, especially your main PST file. Click on top folder name (e.g. Personal Folders), right-click and select Properties. Now select Advanced and then click on Compact Now.

Tip 7: Optimise your Exchange settings

If you are connecting to an Exchange server then the synchronisation (cacheing) process will add a further overhead to your system. You can switch off cacheing so that your PC always looks to the server for its mail, however be warned - this can cause a number of issues, such as massively increased network traffic, problems with junk mail filtering and the inability to read mail when you are not connected to the server. Check the Microsoft knowledge base for Exchange optimisation techniques here, as this is a constantly evolving issue and there may be more solutions by the time you read this.

Tip 8: Stop Outlook 2007 storing RSS information from IE7

If you are using IE7 and RSS feeds Outlook will also store all feed threads by default. Click Tools, Options, other, Advanced Options and then uncheck Sync RSS feeds to common feed list, followed by Any RSS feed that is updated appears as a new item. Close these screens and then click Tools, Accounts, RSS Feeds and delete the feeds. Now you have to delete the RSS threads from the RSS threads folder in your mail folders.

Tip 9: Run the Outlook 2007 Diagnostics check

Outlook has its own self-repair mechanism. Click on Help and Office Diagnostics, and then let Outlook run its diagnostic tests, which can take 15 minutes or so.

Tip 10: Update your Rules and Alerts

Under Tools, Rules & Alerts, Options select Upgrade Rules (only if you don't use these PST files with an older version of Outlook). This updates the rules to Outlook 2007.

Tip 11: Scan and repair your PST file

Outlook ships with a scanning utility called SCANPST.EXE, located in drive:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\OFFICE12. Run this, locate your PST file and let it scan and repair any errors for you. Full details can be found here: http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/outlook/HA100758311033.aspx?pid=CH100788841033

Tip 12: Run Outlook 2007 in safe mode

You can start Outlook in safe mode, which stops Add-ins and certain other files from loading. This often loads Outlook with a startling speed boost! If you experience a big difference then try the following:




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Inbox Repair Utility for Microsoft Outlook

The Inbox Recovery Utility (also known as scan PST, which is the name of the executable data file) is used to recover data from the damage to corrupted Outlook PST data files. Many people look for a free copy of the scanpst.exe file to download, but that isn't very safe as you never know what kind of data file you might be getting from the internet. And it isn't even necessary because every variation of Outlook, including XP, 2000, 2003, 2007, etc. (even the latest Microsoft Outlook 2010) includes a written matter of the Inbox Recovery Application.

The issue is that the Microsoft Outlook installer puts the mending programme in hard-to-find regions. It also often makes it an obscure data file. So make sure you seek all your scheme files and you should be able to find it.

Inbox Fixing Tool Errors

Another advantage is that this tool does find the faults and recuperating all the information from an Outlook.pst or Personal Folders File. Because of that, there are several third-party PST fixture tools available that do a much better task at PST retrieval and fix.

Some programmer that can cause things like a 0X80040600 fault or you might misplace files and have your PC shut down. Or your data file might have turned larger than the 2 GB file size limit some older editions weren't able to handle.

The guide for this is available on the internet, download the guide the follow the steps for fixing errors.

Contact to the support team of software provider if you are still facing problems.


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How to Make Brochures on Microsoft Word

Way One

So, an easy way to effortless brochure printing is to go to the official site of Microsoft Office on the web, and download a brochure template. There would be text written on the template, and so, you just need to replace it with your own text and images. Simple as that. However, if you subscribe for zero plagiarism, create your own template on Microsoft Word and get started. Here's how:

    * If you see brochures, you'll notice that most brochures are either bi-fold or tri-fold. Let's consider a bi-fold brochure, as it's comparatively simpler.
    * Go to File, and click on Page Setup. The reason for this is that you need to set adequate margin space in order to create a clean look of your brochure.
    * When you've set margin for the page, add columns to the page as required. For that, click on Table, and select Columns. As per the required number of columns, create brochure panels.
    * When you've created columns, click on the first column, and go to Insert. Select Break, and click on Column Break. This will allow you to add paragraphs for information purposes. It's upon you how many breaks you want to put.
    * Type relevant information, add images that you can download from the Internet, and when all's done, go to Insert, click on Break, and this time, select Page Break. This will take you to the next page of the brochure.
    * Repeat the steps mentioned above, in accordance with what kind of data you want to put, and what images are necessary for your brochure.
    * Lastly, when you think you've done a great job, save the copy, and get a print out of it. That's how you make brochures on Microsoft Word.

How to Make Brochures on Microsoft Word: Way Two

Those marveling over how to make brochures on Microsoft Word 2007 version, have all the reasons to smile. You see, there's yet another way of creating brochures, if you aren't in a mood to slog much. Follow the steps given below:

    * Go to File, and click on New. A list of templates will open up, wherein, you have to click on Brochures.
    * This will direct you to the online page of Microsoft Office Brochure templates. Select the one you prefer, and download it.
    * Save the template, and start working on it. Remember, the template already has text and images scribbled over it, and so, you just have to select it and delete it, and replace it with your own information.
    * Insert pictures by clicking on Insert, and browsing through your computer, add the image you want on the brochure.
    * When all is done, take a print-out of your brochure, and get started with marketing.

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