Various Outlook 2003 Questions

[stacieglass]

I've been using Outlook Express for almost 10 years and I can no
longer use it because one of my DBX files got larger than 2GB and
became corrupt. I've since switched to Outlook 2003 (first I tried
2007 which was painfully slow) and there's several things that I'm
missing:

1. is it possible to view attachments (JPG files) in the body of the
message without having to click and open/save each image?

2. when I attach a file that is larger than 1MB, Outlook 2003 rounds
the file size up to the nearest MB. Outlook Express would display the
actual size of the attachment (i.e. 1.5MB or 3.2MB, etc) however
Outlook 2003 just says 2MB or 3MB.

3. Can I disable smileys so if I type the following sequence : - ) it
doesn't show up as a face?

Thanks!

 

[Roady [MVP]]

1) No
2) Ehm... yes? (what is the question?)
3) Yes, you can change this in your autocorrect settings in Word

 

[stacieglass]

1. really?! so if somebody sends me 10 images, I have to open each one
individually to see them?!
2. the question is how do I get the filesize to not round up? (i.e. I
want to see 1.75MB instead of 2MB)
3. how exactly do I do this?

THANKS!

 

[Brian Tillman]

1. really?! so if somebody sends me 10 images, I have to open each one
individually to see them?!
Correct.

2. the question is how do I get the filesize to not round up? (i.e. I
want to see 1.75MB instead of 2MB)

I don't believe you can affect this behavior.

3. how exactly do I do this?

In Word or in Outlook's default editor?

 

[Roady [MVP]]

1) Or save them first to disk and use your favorite picture browser. You
might also be interested in;
http://www.howto-outlook.com/redirect.asp?id=ci_picture

2) View-> Arrange By-> Custom...-> Format Columns. On the left select Size
and use the Format dropdown to select "Computer - 640 K; 2,300 K; 3,100,000
K

3) From the Tools menu, select AutoCorrect Options.
Locate and remove the entry

 

[Brian Tillman]

2) View-> Arrange By-> Custom...-> Format Columns. On the left select
Size and use the Format dropdown to select "Computer - 640 K; 2,300
K; 3,100,000 K

D'oh!

 

[Roady [MVP]]

;-)

--
Robert Sparnaaij [MVP-Outlook]
Coauthor, Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003