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How to Set or Remove Reminders in Outlook
Note:Reminders are not the same as desktop alerts, which appear when you receive a new email. For information on changing the settings for desktop notifications, see the Desktop Alerts help page. Set reminders for calendar appointmentsGo to Calendar in the navigation pane.Double-click on the desired appointment. The appointment will open.In the "Options" group in the ribbon, locate the "Reminder" drop-down box and select the time you want the reminder to display (i.e. "15 minutes" will display a...Continue reading »
How to Respond to a Meeting Invitation in Outlook
When you receive a meeting invitation in Microsoft Outlook, you can respond to the meeting to accept, decline, or indicate that you are tentatively attending.Meeting invitations will come to your inbox like an email message and will appear as events in your calendar that you need to respond to. Meeting invitations can be opened like emails and calendar events and contain a subject line, information on the people who sent and received the meeting invitation, and any further information on the...Continue reading »
How to Add Microsoft Office Shortcuts to the Start Menu in Windows 7
A Microsoft Office program shortcut may sometimes be missing from the “Microsoft Office” folder of the Windows Start Menu's “All Programs” section. Adding a Microsoft Office program shortcut back to this folder involves the following two main steps.Step 1: Create desired Microsoft Office program shortcutNavigate to Windows Start Menu > “Computer” (in Windows 10, click "File Explorer" > "This PC"). A window opens.Under “Hard Disk Drives” (in Windows 10, "Devices and drives"), click “OSDisk ...Continue reading »
How to Set a Default Save Location in Microsoft OneNote
Microsoft OneNote is a powerful note-taking program that allows you to store all of your notes and projects in one location. In OneNote, you can create, store, and organize numerous notebooks, create sections within each notebook, and create pages within each section.To learn more about OneNote and how to begin using it, see Microsoft OneNote: Getting Started.Changing Default Save LocationThe current default save location in Microsoft OneNote is the C: drive. This drive is specific to each...Continue reading »
How to Use Hyperlinks and Action Buttons in PowerPoint
If you would like to link to an outside source within your PowerPoint presentation, you have the option of using a hyperlink or action button. These instructions are for Office 2016, 2013, 2010, and 2007.HyperlinkIn PowerPoint, you can create a hyperlink using any text within your presentation. When clicked on, a hyperlink can directly link to a specific slide within your presentation, a saved file, a web page, another PowerPoint presentation, or a custom email.To insert a hyperlink into your...Continue reading »