Many people have used Outlook rules to automatically move incoming email to a folder. But there are a ton of other useful ways to use rules in Windows Desktop Outlook. In this article I’ll give an overview of 6 ways…
Feb. 5, 2014 I have an older article on filtering flagged mail out of the To-Do Bar, but a reader recently showed me a better way to accomplish that. Here is that newer and better method. Background In Outlook 2007,…
In previous posts, (one here, and another here), I decoded the various names of Outlook to get past growing confusion around recent Outlook releases. Similarly, in the free video below, this time I tackle the term “To Do” and what…
Nov 9, 2017 [Note: this article is presented in new Video #30 just added to the MYN Outlook 365 Complete Video Training.] One of the great things about Windows Outlook is the ability to save and activate various views in…
One of my favorite features for any to-do list app is drag and drop prioritizing. By that I mean the ability to drag an app in the task list up or down to reposition it—thus changing its relative priority. Many…
Dec 30, 2015 [A Video version of this article has just been added for paid MYN Outlook Video Training subscribers, see the new Lesson 26 here (login required)] Windows Outlook has an Inbox feature called Compact Layout that can help…
Nov 1, 2015 You probably know that the main difference between the two task systems I teach: the MYN system and the One Minute To-Do List system (1MTD), is that MYN uses start dates on all tasks. This use of…
Nov 11, 2015 [this is a complete update to a older Dec 4 2014 post] As you know, I have two primary recommendations in MYN and 1MTD for keeping e-mail under control: Convert action emails into tasks. Empty your inbox…
Oct. 4, 2015 I had an MYN user talk to me the other day and she was telling me how badly she felt that she was not completing all of her Critical Now tasks each day. She basically was beating…
Sept 10, 2015 The lightweight 10 to 11 inch Windows tablets now available are pretty good productivity tools, primarily because you can use a full copy of desktop Outlook on them but still use them like an iPad as your…