Understanding Outlook
Understanding Outlook User-Defined Fields (part 1)
This will be presented in three parts with the objective being to outline how to minimize potential problems when sharing information between Outlook and other programs, particularly when it comes to user-defined fields. If you do not plan on sharing information between Outlook and another program, then this article will be of little interest. However, […]
Understanding Valid vs Invalid Outlook Contact User-Defined Field Names
If you create user-defined fields and only use these fields within Outlook itself, then this article will be of little or no interest. If, however, you need to (or at some point, think you will need to) share information between Outlook and an external data source, this article will cover some points that can potentially […]
Understanding Multi-line Outlook Street Addresses
A complaint seen frequently is that when street address fields are exported from Outlook, the field is either not exported correctly and/or the field contains strange characters. This would particularly be the case if the data was exported to either a Microsoft Excel or Access file in Outlook ‘2010 or earlier or to a CSV […]
Understanding Outlook FullName Parsing, FileAs and Sync’ing
This further expands the impact of the Outlook FullName and FileAs settings on how a contact’s individual “name” fields would get populated when entering a contact’s complete name into the FullName field instead of into the individual component parts (see FullName pitfalls to avoid). It can also have an impact on how this information is […]
Understanding when to use Outlook Import/Export
The primary purpose of this article is to review the most common reasons that people opt to use the Outlook import/export process and highlighting better and more reliable options. There is certainly no single one-size fits all blanket answer as to whether or not you should import/export Outlook data. Certainly, if the purpose is to […]
