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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

Access your personal website in Outlook

July 13, 2015 By Ravi Shankar 1 Comment

Outlook 2013 and Outlook 2010 allows user to configure their personal website or a blog on Outlook folder. This feature would help the users to keep track of things on their personal website or blog while accessing Outlook. To set your website for a Outlook folder, right click on the folder where you want to configure the website and select properties from the list of available menus.

Outlook folder properties

This would launch the following folder properties window. In folder properties window, navigate to Home Page tab.

Outlook folder home page properties

Enter the your blog or website URL in the Address field and if you want the folder to always display this website then mark the checkbox with label as Show home page by default for this folder. Click on the OK button to confirm and save the changes. Now on accessing the folder would display your configured homepage.

Outlook folder with Homepage

Filed Under: Office 2010, Office 2013, Outlook 2010, Outlook 2013 Tagged With: blog, Configure, Folder, Home Page, Outlook 2010, personal website

Windows shortcut for renaming a folder

July 12, 2010 By Ravi Shankar 4 Comments

Renaming a folder in Windows operating system can be done by right clicking on the folder and selecting Rename from the context menu.

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But if you want to rename number of files then the above process would be time consuming. The quickest way of renaming a folder is to use Windows Keyboard shortcut. Select the folder and press F2 and this would allow us to rename the folder.

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Filed Under: Vista, Windows Tagged With: Folder, Quickly, rename, Windows

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