#custom views

Outlook Request: Calendar Details View

Based on the number of requests I’ve seen for this in recent months, a lot of Outlook 2007 and 2010 users are now being upgraded to Outlook 2016 and they miss the ability to hide some details.

Can you please add the ability to toggle the level of detail in calendar? My monthly Calendar view is so cluttered in Outlook 2016.

If you don’t remember the feature (it was removed from Outlook 2013),…

Apply Filtered Views Using a Macro

I want to create filtered views on the fly. The scenario: multiple projects, with a prefix in the subject identifying the project. I want to select a filter and apply it. I don’t want to use Instant Search. You can do this using a macro and a userform. The userform reads a text file stored on your hard drive, so it’s easy to update the list when needed. Use a UserForm to Select a Keyword This…

Setting a fixed Column Width in Outlook

Sometimes when I slide the width of the columns (from, to, date, etc) all of the individual column widths are stretched. Sometimes they are fixed width – I want that because when they stretch I need to resize all of the columns. How can I force a fixed width? Selecting fixed width in View Settings doesn’t do it.

Open View Settings, Other Settings and uncheck Automatic column resizing.

When…