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Turn off display of hyperlinks in Outlook 2013 & Outlook 2010 messages

September 18, 2015 By Ravi Shankar Leave a Comment

Outlook 2013 & Outlook 2010 by default displays any Internet address as hyperlinks. This is pretty useful feature and by clicking the hyperlink would quickly launch the website. But if you want to disable this feature while reading as well as composing mail, then you turn off this feature using Editor Options.

Turn Off display of hyperlinks when reading messages

Click the File menu –> Options link then navigate to Mail Options.

Click the Editor Options button available under the Compose messages section. In the Editor Options window, click the AutoCorrect Options button available under the Proofing section.

In the AutoCorrect Window, navigate to Replace section under AutoFormat tab and un tick the check box with label as Internet and network paths with hyperlinks.

Turn Off display of hyperlinks when composing messages

In the AutoCorrect Window, navigate to Replace as you type section under AutoFormat as You Type and un tick the check box with label as Internet and network paths with hyperlinks.

Create Search Folder with Criteria in Outlook

July 9, 2015 By Ravi Shankar Leave a Comment

Outlook 2013 and Outlook 2010 have feature known as Search Folder which allows users to create new search folder for displaying messages based on criteria. For example a search folder can be created to include all follow up flags and unread messages.

Click the Folder menu option in Outlook Office Ribbon then navigate to the New section. If you want to create a search folder that would list all the message with text Spam then click the New Search Folder. This would display

the following New Search Folder window. Then navigate to Custom section and select Create a custom Search Folder. To specify the criteria for the search

folder, click the Choose button and enter the name for your Custom Search Folder then Browse and select folder from which the mails will be included for Search Folder.

Note :- This feature can do a search of only one mail account. If you have more than one mail account configured in your Outlook then you will have to create separate Custom Search Folder for individual mail accounts.

Clicking the Criteria button would then display the following Search Folder Criteria window. Enter “Spam” in Search for the word(s) field and click on OK button to save the entered Criteria.

Confirm the action by clicking OK button on Custom Search Folder window and New Search Folder window. Now a new search folder “Spam” will be available in Navigation Pane under the Search Folders with list of message containing the text Spam.

How to archive multiple email messages on iPhone or iPad

May 29, 2012 By Ravi Shankar Leave a Comment

This tutorial provides the steps required for archiving multiple email messages on iPhone or iPad. You can use the same procedures for deleting or moving more than one messages.

Step 1: Tap the Mail app on iPhone or iPad.

Step 2: Select the mailbox for archiving email messages then tap the Edit button.

Step 3: You can use the check box for selecting the email messages.

Step 4: Then tap the button available at the bottom of the screen to archive the message.

Step 5: You can also move the selected messages to a different fodder using the Move button or Flag the messages using the Mark option.

Screenshot of delete option available for mail account configured on iPad

How to retrieve the archived messages in iPad or iPhone

May 28, 2012 By Ravi Shankar Leave a Comment

This answers the query posted by a reader regarding “How to retrieve the archive messages in iPad “. The below mentioned steps can be used for seeing the archived messages of GMail account on iPad as well as iPhone.

Step 1: Tap the mail icon on iPad or iPhone.