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How to change startup folder in Outlook

October 31, 2015 By Ravi Shankar Leave a Comment

When we launch Microsoft Outlook, the default startup folder will be Inbox.

Startup folder in Outlook

The startup folder can be changed to your preferred choice using outlook options menu. Listed below are the steps to change the startup folder in Outlook 2016, 2013, Outlook 2010 and Outlook 2007.

Change startup folder in Outlook 2016, 2013 and Outlook 2010

In Outlook 2016, 2013 and Outlook 2010 the startup folder can be using the settings available as part of Advanced Mail options.

Click on the File menu –> Options link and navigate to the Advanced options

Start outlook 2013 and Outlook 2010 with this folder

In Outlook start and exit section, using the Start Outlook in this folder field you can specify the startup folder. If you want to select a different folder other than Inbox then click on the Browse button and using the Select Folder dialog box you choose the required folder. Click OK button to select the folder. To save the changes, click on the OK button in the Advanced Options screen.

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For example, you attend lot of meeting and want to start your day with list of meetings that is scheduled for that day. So you want to have Calendar as the startup folder in Outlook.

Click the File menu –> Options link then click the Advanced tab under Outlook Options window. In the Advanced Options, navigate to Outlook start and exit section.

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Click the Browse button and select Calendar from the displayed items.

 Change startup folder to calendar in Outlook 2013 and Outlook 2010

Then click Ok button to confirm and save the changes. By this way Outlook 2010 users can set Calendar as the startup folder.

Changing startup folder in Outlook 2007

Go to Tools –> Options –> Other tab and click on the Advanced button

Advanced Options in Outlook 2007

In the Advanced Options dialog box under General settings, you can specify the value for Startup in the folder

Startup folder in Outlook 2007

The new folder can be selected using the Browse button.

Set startup folder to Calendar in Outlook 2007

select the new folder and click OK to save the changes.

Also See: Auto launch Outlook at Windows Startup

Filed Under: MS Office, Outlook 2007, Outlook 2010, Outlook 2016, Word 2013 Tagged With: Calendar, Change, Folder, Outlook, Outlook start and exit, Startups

How to change font size of folders in Outlook

October 22, 2015 By Ravi Shankar Leave a Comment

This article is about the steps required for changing the font size of folder name in Outlook 2016, 2013 and 2010. If you think the font size of folders in Outlook is small to read then you can use the below mentioned steps to increase the font size.

Click the File menu then Options link. In the Option Windows, click the Advanced tab and navigate to Outlook Panes section.

Outlook 2010 - Outlook Panes

Then launch the Navigation Pane Options by clicking Navigation Pane button.

Navigation Pane Options - Outlook 2010

In the Navigation Pane Options, click the Font button and select your desired font size. Click Ok button to confirm and save the changes.

Font

Now all your Folders name in Outlook 2010 navigation pane will be reflected in the changed font size. Please note that this would affect all the items in the navigation pane and not just the folder name.

Change Outlook Folder Font Size

Filed Under: MS Office, Outlook 2010, Outlook 2013 Tagged With: Change, Folder, Font, Increase, Navigation Pane, Outlook 2010, Size

How to change default ruler units in Excel

October 19, 2015 By Ravi Shankar Leave a Comment

The default ruler units in Excel 2016, 2013 and Excel 2010 is set to Centimetres and users can change this default units using the Settings available as part of the Excel options.

View Ruler in Excel 2013

The Page Layout view will be display the ruler in Excel. And in case if the ruler is not displayed then make sure to mark the checkbox with label as Ruler.

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Change ruler units in Excel

Step 1: Click the File menu and select Options from menu list.

Step 2: In the Excel options window, click Advanced tab and navigate to Display section.

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Step 3: In the Display section, click the Ruler units drop down and select your preferred unit.

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Step 4: Click Ok button to apply and save the changes.

Filed Under: Excel, Excel 2010, Excel 2013, Excel 2016, MS Office Tagged With: Change, default units, Excel 2013, Ruler units, View Ruler

Tips & Tricks – Tables in Word 2013 & 2010

September 28, 2015 By Ravi Shankar Leave a Comment

Listed below are some of the tips which will quite handy when you are working with tables in Word 2013 & 2010

Change the table style in Word

This tutorial is about the table styles option that is available in Word 2013 & 2010. Users can choose a table style using the options available as part of Table Tools –> Design menu.

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The table styles are filtered based on the Table Style Options like

Header Row – A special style is provided for the first row of the table.

First Column – A special formatting is provided for the first column of the table.

Total Row – A special style is provided for the last row of the table.

Last Column – A special formatting is provided for the last column of the table.

Banded Rows – Banded rows are displayed with special formatting.

Banded Columns – Banded columns are displayed with special formatting.

You can choose a table style from the list box and to see more styles click the drop down.

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The table style drop down also has option for clearing style, modifying style and defining new styles.

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Repeat table rows at the top of each page in Document

Microsoft Word 2013 & Word 2010 have a feature which allows users to repeat the headers row along with the individual rows at the top of each page. Let us say you have requirement to repeat the following set of rows along with the header rows.

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You can do this by selecting the Individual rows along with the header row then right click and pick Table Properties from the list of menus.

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In the Table Properties window, navigate to Row tab and the mark the check box with label as Repeat as header row at the top of each page. Click OK to confirm and save the changes.

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Convert list of words in to a table in Microsoft Word

In Microsoft Word you can convert list of text in to a table using the Convert text to table option. For example, to create a table for the following first and last names use the Covert Text to Table option available in Word 2013 and Word 2010.

words to be converted to table in Word 2013 and Word 2010

Listed below are the steps to to convert text to table in Word 2013 and Word 2010

Select the these names and click on the Insert menu –> Insert Table –> Convert Text to Table from menu list

Convert text to table to Word 2010 and Word 2013

In the Convert Text to table window, set the Number of columns to 2 set the Separate text at to Other option and enter a single space in the text box adjacent to Other label. This would ensure that words after space would be treated as separate column.

Specify columns for the table in Word 2013 and Word 2010

Click Ok to complete the process. This would convert the text to a table as shown below

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Remove table and keep text in Word

Word 2013 & 2010 has a feature that allows users to remove the table borders but keep the contentwithin in the table. Let us see this with an example table data.

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Select the table and navigate to the Layout menu under Table Tools.

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In the Layout Menu, click Convert to Text option available as part of the Data section.

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Select how you want to separate the text in the Convert Table to Text window.

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Selecting Tabs option would separate text with Tabs and will be displayed as shown below.

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Split table horizontally in Word

Microsoft Word 2013 & 2010 have option that allows users to split table horizontally. This is quite useful when you have a larger table and want to divide them in to smaller tables. In this tutorial, we are going to see the steps to split table in a word document

Let us take the following example table (Download Word 2010 Keyboard shortcuts)

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Now if you want to split the table in to two from the Change Case row, then place the cursor in Change Case row and navigate to Layout menu. Click the Split table option under the Merge section

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This would divide the table horizontally in to two parts as shown below.

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You can apply this technique to any table in Microsoft Word that has more than one row.

Filed Under: Office 2010, Word 2010 Tagged With: Change, Clear, Modify, New Style, Options, Table Styles, Word 2010

Change the background colour of comment box in Word 2013 & 2010

September 21, 2015 By Ravi Shankar 3 Comments

We have already seen how to insert comments in Word 2013 & Word 2010. In this tutorial we will see how to change the background colour of the comment box in Word 2010 & Word 2010.

Click the Review menu and navigate to Tracking section in the Word 2010.

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Click the down arrow available below the Tracking Changes menu option.

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Select Change Tracking Options from the drop down list and this would display the following Track Changes Options window

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In the Track Changes Options Window, navigate to Comments section and pick the colour of you choice from the drop down to the set the background colour. Now when insert a new comment in the Word document, the comment box will have the new background colour.

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Filed Under: Office 2010, Word 2010 Tagged With: background colour, Change, Comment box, Review, Set, Tracking, Word 2010

How to change zoom level in Microsoft Word

December 18, 2014 By Ravi Shankar Leave a Comment

The zoom level in a Microsoft Word can be changed in different ways. The Zoom options are available as part of Zoom section under View menu. Listed below are are different ways to  change zoom level in Word 2013 and Word 2010

Zoom in Word 2013 and Word 2010

Clicking the Zoom button will display the following Zoom.

Zoom menu option in Word 2013 and Word 2010

You can change the zoom level of the document to different pre-configured values (200%, 100% , 75%) or specify custom value using the Percent option. Similarly if you have selected Multiple Pages option and want to specify the number of pages to displayed on the window then use the Many Pages radio button.

Show Many pages Zoom Option

If you want to quickly adjust the zoom level to 100% or change to One Page or increase Page Width to match the Window size then use the respective option available as part of Zoom section.

Zoom to 100%

The quickest way to adjust zoom settings in Word 2013 is by using the the Zoom Slider Option available as part of Status bar.

Zoom in Option Word 2013 and Word 2010

Zoom Out Option Word 2013 and Word 2010

If the status bar is not showing the Zoom Option then right click on Status bar and select Zoom Slider from the list.

Zoom Slider Status Bar in Word 2013 and Word 2010

Demo Video – Changing Zoom level in Word 2010

Demo Video – Changing Zoom level in Word 2013

Also See: How to change zoom level in PowerPoint 2010

Filed Under: MS Office, Word 2010, Word 2013 Tagged With: Change, Many page zoom, Office 2010, Word 2010, Zoom Level

How to change the decimal separator in Microsoft Excel

November 1, 2014 By Ravi Shankar Leave a Comment

Microsoft Excel 2013 and 2010 by default uses the system defined decimal separator. In Windows 8 and Windows 7 this option is defined under the Regional and Language Settings available under Control Panel.

Step 1: Right click on the bottom end corner of Window 8 system and select Control Panel from the menu list (In Windows 7, navigate to Control Panel).

Windows 8 Control Panel

Step 2: In Adjust your computer’s settings screen, click Clock, Language and Region option.

Windows 8, Clock Language and Region

Step 3: In Clock, Language and Region screen, click Change date, time or number formats under Region section.

Change date, time or number formats on Windows 8

Step 4: Click the Additional settings button in the Region window.

Additional Settings on Windows 8

Step 5: In Customise Format window, enter the new separator for Decimal Symbol. Then click Apply and Ok button to save the changes.

Customize Decimal Symbol in Windows

Microsoft Excel also provides users can customize the separator used for Decimals and Thousands using Excel Options. Listed below are the steps to change decimal separator in Excel 2013 and Excel 2010

Step 1: Click File menu and select Options from the menu list.

Step 2: In the Options screen, click the Advanced tab and navigate to Editing section.

Decimal Separator Excel 2013 and Excel 2010

Step 3: Under Editing section, un mark the check box with caption as “User system separators”.

Step 4: Now enter your new decimal separator under Decimal separator field. For this demo we are colon (:) as the decimal separator.

Step 5: Click OK to confirm and save the changes.

Use System Separators - Excel 2013 and Excel 2010 

Also See: How to change decimal separator on Mac OS X Lion

Filed Under: Excel, Excel 2010, Excel 2013, MS Office Tagged With: Change, Decimal Separators, Excel, Number Format, Override, Regional and Language, System

How to change starting page number in Excel 2010

July 19, 2012 By Ravi Shankar Leave a Comment

This post is in reply to the query posted by a reader that

My footer is starting with zero. Why?
I want it to start with one.

Excel 2010 footer page number by default starts with number 1and you can change the starting page number using the Page Setup option.

Step 1: Click the File menu and navigate to Print option.

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Step 2: In the Print screen, click the Page Setup link available at the bottom.

Step 3: This would display the following Page Setup window.

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Enter the starting page number for you footer in the First page number field. If you want to have the default behavior then keep the value as auto.

Step 4: Click OK button to confirm and save the changes.

By this way you can customize the starting page number in Excel 2010.

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Filed Under: Excel, Excel 2010, Office 2010 Tagged With: Change, Excel 2010, first page number, Page Number, starting

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