Ravi Shankar

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Auto launch Outlook at Windows Startup

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Lot of office users would like to start their day by reading their emails. Configuring Outlook 2013 and Outlook 2010 to automatically launch at Windows startup would definitely benefit these users. This can be done by adding Outlook to the Startup option available as part of the Start Menu.

This requires the following two steps

  • Creating a Outlook application shortcut. For creating Outlook 2013 and Outlook 2010 shortcut check out the article on Windows Desktop shortcut for Office 2010 application.
  • Copying Outlook shortcut to Windows startup folder.

    • Right click on the Start button and select Explore from the menu list.

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    Expand the Start Menu folder in the explorer window then navigate to the Startup folder and copy Outlook 2010 shortcut file to Startup folder.

    Windows StartupWindows Startup Outlook Shortcut

    Now this would start Outlook 2010 during Windows Startup.Demo Video – Auto launch Outlook 2010 on Windows Shortcut

    Turn off auto replace of hyphens with dashes in Word 2010

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    AutoCorrect in Word 2010 has a feature which automatically converts two consecutive hyphens in em dash (__). For example when you have words connected with hyphens like June—December (with two hyphens) will be changed to June—December (with em dashes). This feature is by default enabled on Microsoft Word 2010.

    Turn off hyphens with dash feature

    Users can turn off the auto replacement of hyphens with dashes using the option available as part of AutoCorrect settings. Click the File menu –> Options link and navigate to Proofing Option screen then click the AutoCorrect Options button in the Proofing screen.

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    In the AutoCorrect window, click the AuoFormat As You Type tab and navigate to Replace as you type section.

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    Now unmark the check box with label as Hyphens (–) with dash (—) and click OK button to confirm and save the changes.