Microsoft Office 2010 Guides: Product, Deployment, Operations and Planning

The Office 2010 product guides provide an overview of what’s new in various Microsoft Office programs and a deeper look at benefits across all Office 2010 programs, as well as Office Web Apps and Office Mobile 2010.

Microsoft Office 2010 offers powerful new ways to deliver your best work—at the office, at home, or at school. Designed to deliver the best productivity experience across the PC, phone, and browser, Office 2010 helps you capture your ideas more creatively, work more easily with others, and gives you the flexibility to get work done when and where you choose.

Whether you are a Microsoft Office user or you’re evaluating Office 2010 for your business, the product guides are a great place to start. Explore the Office 2010 product guides for an overview of what’s new and improved in your favorite Microsoft Office programs or for a deeper look at benefits across all Office 2010 programs.

Each guide provides an at-a-glance overview, a closer look at many new and improved features, and instructions to help you find the features you want quickly and easily. You’ll also find additional information and resources in some of the guides for power users, IT pros, and developers.

Download Page: Microsoft Office 2010 Product Guides

You may also want to check out Getting started with Microsoft Office 2010 eBook from Microsoft. This book provides an overview of the Microsoft Office 2010 suites and information about how to get started with Office 2010. The audience for this book includes IT generalists, IT operations, help desk and deployment staff, IT messaging administrators, and consultants.

The Deployment guide for Office 2010 from Microsoft provides how-to information: the recommended steps to execute specific deployment tasks, such as customizing the installation, installing Microsoft Office 2010 system on users’ computers, implementing the deployment in many languages, and migrating to the new file format.

The audiences for this book are IT professionals who plan, implement, and maintain Office installations in their organizations.

Download Page: Microsoft Office 2010 Deployment Guides

The Operations Guide for Microsoft Office 2010 provides information about how to maintain and manage an installation of Microsoft Office 2010. The audience for this book includes IT generalists, IT operations, help desk and deployment staff, IT messaging administrators, and consultants.

The Planning Guide for Microsoft Office 2010 provides information about how to plan a deployment Microsoft Office 2010, including how to plan for virtualization and Remote Desktop Services. The audiences for this book are IT professionals who plan, implement, and maintain Office installations in their organizations.

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Show sender’s e-mail address as a column in message view

Outlook only shows the Display Name of the person who has sent you the email. There is no built-in support for displaying e-mail address in Outlook. Using a custom form configuration file, you can display the sender’s e-mail address as a column in the message list.

1. First, download the viewsenderaddress.zip and extract viewsenderaddress.cfg file.

2. Place viewsenderaddress.cfg file in the the Forms’ language folder of the Office installation folder. The default location is similar to;
C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office<version>\FORMS\<locale ID>

You’ll need to replace <version> and <locale ID> with the numbers matching your version and language of Outlook.

Examples;

• English version of Outlook 2007 on 32-bit Windows
  C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office12\FORMS\1033
• English version of Outlook 2007 on 64-bit Windows
  C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office12\FORMS\1033
• Korean version of Outlook 2007 on 64-bit Windows
  C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office12\FORMS\1042
• Korean version of Outlook 2010 on 64-bit Windows
  C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\FORMS\1042

3. After placing the cfg-file in its correct location, you still need to install it into Outlook. You can do this in the following way;

1. Open the Forms Manager dialog;
   • Outlook 2007 and previous
     Tools → Options… → Other → Advanced Options… → Custom Forms… → Manage Forms…
   • Outlook 2010
     File → Options → Advanced → Developers → Custom Forms… → Manage Forms…
2. In the “Forms Manager” dialog, press the “Install…” button.
3. Browse to the location where you’ve placed viewsenderaddress.cfg in the previous section of this guide.
4. Select the file and press “Open”.
5. A property window will open and press “OK” to confirm and close the dialog.
6. Press “Close” to close the Forms Manager dialog.

4. Now that the custom form configuration file has been installed, you can finally add the address column to your view;

1. Open the View Settings dialog;
   • Outlook 2003 and Outlook 2007
     View → Arrange By → Custom…
   • Outlook 2010
     View → Change View
2. Press the button called “Fields…” (Outlook 2007 and previous) or “Columns…” (Outlook 2010).
3. From the dropdown list called “Select available columns from” select “Forms…”
4. Here select “Sender’s Email Address” and press “Add →”
5. From the dropdown list called “Select available columns from” select “Sender’s Email Address”
6. Select “From E-mail Address” and press “Add →”
7. Use the Move Up and Move Down buttons to place it in the location you want.

OutlookTools – Office Outlook tweaking utility

Need to block or unblock an attachment file type? Would you like to extend the time a new mail notification is displayed on your desktop?

OutlookTools is a support and advanced settings tool for Microsoft Office Outlook.

 

[Main Features]

Easy access to Outlook settings and data folders

Easy access to troubleshooting tools

Start Outlook with a startup switch

Clear the Most Recently Used lists

Make the New Mail Alert stay up for longer than 30 seconds

Unblock attachments

 

[Main Screenshots]

• General tab: The main tab allows you easy access to various folders and tools.

• Startup Switches tab: Start Outlook with a command line switch

• Clear MRU 탭: Clear the Most Recently Used (MRU) lists.

• New Mail Alert tab: Configure the New Mail Alert to stay visible on the desktop

• Blocked Attachments tab: Unblock attachment types that are blocked by default.

 

• OutlookTools Homepage
• Outlook Tools Download

Outlook Add-on: Forgotten Attachment Detector

Microsoft Office Labs have launched a very cool add-in for Outlook, called Forgotten Attachment Detector, which reminds you when you have forgotten to attach a file to your e-mail.

What To Download & Install

For such a little tool, Forgotten Attachment Detector has plenty of dependencies. Prior to installing it, you need to download and install the following:

• Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 Service Pack 1 - if you are on Windows 7 and Windows Vista, chances are you don't need to install this. However, if you are on Windows XP and in a corporate network, chances are very high that this is not already installed on your computer and you need to download and install it.
• Microsoft Visual Studio Tools for the Microsoft Office system (version 3.0 Runtime) - this is a must for all version of Windows.
• Download Forgotten Attachment Detector Add-on

When you install this tool, make sure your Microsoft Outlook 2007 is closed.

How To Use Forgotten Attachment Detector

After you install it, you will see a small button similar to the one below in the Microsoft Outlook 2007 toolbar. If this doesn't show up, it means the add-in was not installed or loaded properly. In case of issues, ask for help on the Forgotten Attachment Detector Discussions forum.

If you click on the button, you will see the configuration window. On the upper side you have the list of primary words which the tool will be looking for when checking if you forgot to attach a file or not. You can edit this list by using the Add, Edit and Delete button. The process is very easy.

Below it, you will have the list of secondary keywords and contexts.

By default, this plugin is configured to work for e-mails in English. To make it work for your own language, you can add the translation of the default keywords to the lists of primary and secondary keywords. By adding just a few words, I've made it work even for Korean.

When done configuring the plugin, click on OK.

Now you start typing e-mails as usual. When you forget to add an attachment, after you press the Send button, you will receive a warning like the one below.

Now you can go back to your e-mail and attach the forgotten file and send it again.

Microsoft Office Labs – Chart Advisor

Ever struggled to find just the right chart for your data? Chart Advisor was created as a concept test to explore new ways Excel users can create graphs quickly and effectively. Based on the data in your spreadsheet, it identifies, ranks, and displays an array of charts most relevant to you so you can make the most out of your presentation.

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Watch this video to see the step-by-step process by which Chart Advisor can help you find just the right chart to display your Excel 2007 data.

Download Chart Advisor to quickly find the most powerful way to display your data.

How to Manage AutoArchive in Outlook 2010

If you want to keep Outlook 2010 clean and run faster, one method is to set up the AutoArchive feature. Today we show you how to configure and manage the feature in Outlook 2010.

Using AutoArchive allows you to manage space in your mailbox or on the email server by moving older items to another location on your hard drive.

Enable and Configure Auto Archive

In Outlook 2010 Auto Archive is not enabled by default. To turn it on, click on the File tab to access Backstage View, then click on Options.

The Outlook Options window opens then click on Advanced then the AutoArchive Settings button.

The AutoArchive window opens and you’ll notice everything is grayed out. Check the box next to Run AutoArchive every…

Note: If you select the Permanently delete old items option, mails will not be archived.

Now you can choose the settings for how you want to manage the AutoArchive feature. Select how often you want it to run, prompt before the feature runs, where to move items, and other actions you want to happen during the process. After you’ve made your selections click OK.