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Sorting by and Adding Fields in Outlook

Usually email is set up to sort by the date/time it is received. But occasionally a stray click may change the way your email is sorted. Do you want to know how to get it back to the way it used to be? Here's how!

If you click on the field title (i.e. From, Subject, Received) at the top of your email list it will sort by that field. For example, if you want to sort by who it's from, click on the From field. If you want to sort by Subject click on that. And if you want to sort by how it's received (the default) click on the Received field heading. You may have to click twice because it can sort by ascending date or descending date.

What if one of those fields is missing? Perhaps a stray click took away the From field so that you no longer see who your mail is from.

• Right click on the other field headings (Subject and Received in this case).
• Go to Field Chooser and click.
• Scroll until you find the missing Field (in this case From). You may need to click the drop down menu and choose All Mail Fields.
• Click and drag it up to the Field bar where you want it to be.
• When you drop it, it will return.

I usually want to see when people have requested a read receipt on their email, so I've added that field to my inbox by following the directions above and choosing All Mail Fields from the drop down and then dragging over the Receipt Requested Field.

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Changing the Default Font in Word

Do you really dislike the Times New Roman font to which most of the MS Office programs default?  You are not alone.  You can change that default font so that it will automatically open to use the font of your choice without you having to make that change every single time.  Here is how:

• Open Word
• Choose Format
• Then Font
• Change the font settings to reflect your preferences.
• Click the Default button in the lower left hand corner.
• When you get the message about changing the Normal template, click Yes.

Now whenever you open Word you will automatically see your chosen font and not Times New Roman!