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Diane Ross | June 14, 2011
Microsoft has released the 14.1.2 Update for Office 2011 (108.9MB). Updaters do not include an uninstaller. Make sure you have a backup and/or zip the Microsoft Office folder in Applications first in case you need to revert. Be sure to read the update FAQs before updating.
REQUIREMENTS
Mac OS X v10.5.8 or a later version of the Mac OS X operating system. Microsoft Office for Mac 2011 Service Pack 1 (14.1.0)
Improvements for all Microsoft Office . . .
Continue Reading: Microsoft releases Office 2011 for Mac 14.1.2 Update
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Diane Ross | February 16, 2011
Free Hotmail accounts have always been accessible via a web browser but access with an email client previously required premium services. Microsoft made the switch in January 2009 to allow free POP account access in an email client.
This article will help you setup your Windows Live Hotmail account in Outlook for Mac 2011 and explain your options to access your data that does not directly download. To setup Microsoft Entourage as POP see this article. . . .
Continue Reading: Setup & Use Windows Live Hotmail in Outlook & Entourage
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Diane Ross | January 14, 2011
Sync Services is a central database on your Macintosh computer that keeps track of applications and devices that share information. You can use Sync Services to synchronize your Outlook contacts with other applications, such as the Apple Address Book and MobileMe.
If you have an Exchange account, you do not use the Sync Services central database. You are syncing to the data on the Exchange server. For this reason, you’ll have fewer issues with sync . . .
Continue Reading: Sync FAQs
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Diane Ross | January 2, 2011
MacFixIt posted directions on how to fix iPhoto ’11 scripts to use with Outlook in this article Fix for e-mailing from iPhoto ’11 using Microsoft Outlook 2011.
[Update: Sending photos in Mountain Lion with iPhoto 9.4.1]
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Diane Ross | October 31, 2010
Outlook has a new database and you’ll find rebuilding easier and faster than rebuilding an Entourage database. Read about the new database in this post: Outlook, Outlook, how does your Database grow?
Often when importing from an older version, you will need to export your data as .rge or .mbox files rather than selecting to import from an older Identity. See the Entourage Help Page for instruction. We are also seeing issues importing large .PST files. . . .
Continue Reading: Troubleshoot
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Diane Ross | October 20, 2010
Based on 500+ searches today for calendar syncing, I thought I should publish the most current info on Sync Services. Currently, there is no option in Outlook’s Sync Services for Calendar events. It will be coming in a later update. Before you ask, there is no date announced.
For Outlook, we entirely rebuilt our Sync Services support from the ground up. Our goal was to take care of those issues that some heavy-duty sync users . . .
Continue Reading: Calendar syncing in Outlook
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William Smith | March 1, 2008
Why is connecting Entourage to Exchange is so tricky sometimes? Mail might work but public folders don’t appear. Maybe the Global Address List (GAL) just doesn’t work. Or maybe getting new messages is just very slooow. The solutions to these problems lie with knowing when to use the right server, knowing how Entourage talks with Exchange and tweaking other software to reduce interference.
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Continue Reading: Optimize Entourage to better work with Exchange
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Diane Ross | February 9, 2008
Recommended reading: Amir Haque’s blog post: How Does Entourage Work? The article explains how Entourage works with a mailbox on an Exchange Server. This blog article will encompass the currently supported versions of Entourage & Exchange Server, i.e. Entourage 2004 & 2008, and Exchange 2000, 2003 & 2007. Let’s list all the different features in Entourage for which it needs to talk to Exchange Server or any other server in a Windows Active Directory based . . .
Continue Reading: How Entourage works with a mailbox on an Exchange Server
