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  1. MacBook Pro Touch Bar is fully supported by Microsoft Outlook. Switch between Mail and Calendar with just a tap of the Touch Bar. Another tap and you're opening a new meeting invite. Go easy on your eyes with Dark Mode. Outlook makes it focus on your inbox and calendar in low-light environments by supporting Dark Mode for macOS Mojave.
  2. Dec 07, 2017 You can change the reminder time when you create the appointment or you can change the default setting as follows: Click the File tab and choose Options. Select Calendar in the left pane.
  3. Microsoft Outlook with an Office 365 subscription is the latest version of Outlook. Previous versions include Outlook 2013, Outlook 2010, and Outlook 2007. Follow Office.

May 10, 2018  If changing the Inbox view in Outlook by changing the appearance of the items in the view based on whether or not the items match a given criteria is what you want to do, then click the “Conditional Formatting” button to open the “Conditional Formatting” dialog box. Dec 24, 2012 The new Microsoft Office is very minimal/white and can feel a bit empty or washed out when using it. I find that with a darker background, windows and panes.

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Click the Mail icon in the bottom-left corner of the Outlook window.

Click the View tab.

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Click the Reading Pane icon in the Layout category.

The Reading Pane menu appears.

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Choose the Right option.

Lists of messages appear in the left side of the Outlook window and the currently selected message appears in the right side of the Outlook window.

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Choose the Right option.

Lists of messages appear in the left side of the Outlook window and the currently selected message appears in the right side of the Outlook window.

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Choose the Bottom option from the Reading Pane menu.

Lists of messages appear in the top of the Outlook window and the currently selected message appears in the bottom of the Outlook window.

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Choose the Off option from the Reading Pane menu.

Only lists of messages appear in the Outlook window. To see the contents of a single message, you have to double-click that message.

For some reason, Microsoft doesn't seem to like plain old traditional 'straight' quotes, or quotes without any curves or contours. Instead, it apparently prefers the more stylized, curved 'smart' quotes.

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The problem? Smart quotes don't seem all that intelligent when they mess up the formatting in certain files or on web pages. So it can be a good idea to change the default smart-quote setting in Microsoft Office apps to the straight versions. Thankfully, Microsoft makes that fairly simple in Word, Outlook and PowerPoint — at least once you learn the proper processes.

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Note: These steps are specific to the apps in Microsoft Office 2016 for Windows.

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How to change smart or curly quotes to straight quotes in Microsoft Word

  1. Click the File tab in the top-left corner of the Word screen.

  2. Click Options at the very bottom of the vertical list of choices along the left side of the display.

  3. In the Word Options box that appears, click the Proofing tab.
  4. Click the AutoCorrect Options box.

  5. Click the AutoFormat tab.
  6. Under the Replace section heading, uncheck the box next to 'Straight quotes' with 'smart quotes'.

  7. Click the AutoFormat As You Type tab.
  8. Under the Replace as you type section, uncheck the box next to 'Straight quotes' with 'smart quotes'.

  9. Click OK.
  10. Click OK again on the Word Options box to save all changes

How to change smart or curly quotes to straight quotes in Microsoft Outlook

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  1. Click the File tab in the top-left corner of the Outlook screen.

  2. Click Options at the bottom of the vertical list of choices along the left side of the display.

  3. In the Outlook Options box that appears, click the Mail tab.
  4. Click Spelling and AutoCorrect.

  5. In the Editor Options box, make sure the Proofing tab is selected (it is by default) and click AutoCorrect Options.

  6. Click the AutoFormat tab.
  7. Under the Replace heading, uncheck the box next to 'Straight quotes' with 'smart quotes.'

  8. Click the AutoFormat As You Type tab.
  9. Under the Replace as you type section, uncheck the box next to 'Straight quotes' with 'smart quotes.'

  10. Click OK.

  11. Finally, click OK one more time on the Editor Options box to confirm your changes.

How to change smart or curly quotes to straight quotes in Microsoft PowerPoint

  1. Click the File tab in the top-left corner of the PowerPoint screen.

  2. Click Options at the bottom of the vertical list of choices along the left side of the display.

  3. In the PowerPoint Options box that appears, click the Proofing tab.
  4. Click AutoCorrect Options….

  5. Select the AutoFormat As You Type tab.
  6. Under the Replace as you type section, uncheck the box next to 'Straight quotes' with 'smart quotes'.

  7. Click OK.
  8. Finally, click OK one more time on the PowerPoint Options box to confirm the changes.

If you ever want to re-enable smart quotes in the future, in Word, Outlook or PowerPoint, just repeat these steps and then re-check the appropriate boxes for 'Straight quotes' with 'smart quotes'.

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