Creating a Search Folder for a domain (e.g. microsoft.com)

Being the administrator for Office 365 requires constant communication with Microsoft--especially for issues that affect all cloud users. 

I wanted an easy way to keep that email in my Inbox, but group it together. Utilizing an Outlook feature of "Search Folders" for the account, I did just that.

1. Right Click on the Search Folders icon
2.  Select "New Search Folder" 
   
   
   
   
   
3. In the New Search Folder Dialog box select "Mail from and to specific people"

4. Click on "Choose..." 
5. The Global Address List picker will pop up. 
6. In the "From or Sent to ->" field enter the domain (e.g. microsoft.com)
7. Click OK
8. Wait while your new search folder is created and populated

That's it! Now you just have to remember the folder is there to use during your daily activities.

Batch Conversion of Excel to PDF « Acrobat for Legal Professionals

There is a project requiring a batch conversion of Word and Excel documents to PDF. Luckily, I found this tutorial for Adobe Acrobat. I will be sure to let you know how it went. Thanks to Rick Borstein!

Batch Conversion of Excel to PDF « Acrobat for Legal Professionals

Change the Default Folder View in Windows XP

I finally got fed up with having to change my view to details every time I navigated to a folder. Learned how to set the default view in Windows XP from this post.

Thanks to Susan Daffron!

Fortunately, this change is easy. Double-click the My Computer icon on your desktop or open Windows Explorer. Navigate to your C drive and double-click a folder to open it.

To set the view, you can either use the View menu, or the drop-down Views toolbar button. You can choose from Thumbnails, Tiles, Icons, List, and Details. In this case, choose View Details to show all the file details. Once you have this one folder the way you like it, choose Tools|Folder Options.

Click the View tab and at the top, click the Apply to All Folders button. Windows shows a dialog box that says, "Set all the folders on your computer to match the current folder's view settings (except for toolbars and folder tasks)?

Changes will occur the next time you open them." You want to click Yes to make Windows apply the view changes.

See the full post here: http://www.logicaltips.com/LPMArticle.asp?ID=508

Windows XP Arrange Icons By "Show in Groups"

Cannot say enough about how this tip will increase my productivity! Love it, and hope you will too.

6 useful Windows tricks

Windows XP
Windows XP Arrange icons by command

Open a folder that contains several different subfolders and file types. Right-click any empty space on the window's contents pane, point to Arrange Icons By, and then click Show in Groups. To arrange the window's contents, right-click again in any empty space on the window's contents pane, point to Arrange Icons By, and click Name, Size, Type, or Modified (the choices may vary depending on the contents).

Windows XP Arrange icons by command

Some of these tips are from the book, Windows XP Killer Tips by Kleber Stephenson, ISBN 073571357X. Published here with the permission of Pearson Education, Inc.

Windows Start Key + D

In an attempt to help a colleague who's desktop was missing the Show Desktop icon, I learned a very cool keyboard shortcut.

If you press and hold the Windows Start Key then D ( + D), you can toggle "Show Desktop." If you press it again, all the windows that were open show up again in the same place.

Coolness.