Here are some examples of how to sound polished and professional when communicating via email or text.
Here are some examples of how to sound polished and professional when communicating via email or text.
The Microsoft Outlook application error 0x8004060C appears when your OST Message Store has reached its maximum size of 50GB. This can occur even if you are on Exchange Plan 2 which gives you 99GB of mailbox storage. Its the limitation of the OST file itself.
This results in an error message appearing (see image below) when you try to send or receive email in Outlook but it fails to synchronize the mail items with the mailbox server.
In this article I cover a 8 different potential solutions to resolve the Outlook error 0x8004060C.

If you’ve ever needed to move your Outlook email signatures from one computer to another, you know that manually copying and pasting each one can be time-consuming.
Luckily, there’s a simpler way! In this article, I’ll guide you through the steps to transfer your Outlook signatures seamlessly.
Outlook does not have a dedicated “Send and Archive” button similar to what you might find in other email services like Gmail. However, you can manually Archive emails after sending them.
For Microsoft 365, Outlook.com, and Exchange accounts, the Archive folder is one of Outlook’s default folders, and you can use the Archive button to move messages to this folder. While it’s not a one-click solution like a “Send and Archive“, it can help you manage your sent emails more efficiently.
If you’re looking to streamline your email management, you might consider using Quick Steps in Outlook. Quick Steps allow you to create automated actions for frequent tasks, which could include archiving emails after sending them.
For more detailed instructions on archiving emails or setting up Quick Steps, you can refer to the official Microsoft Support page.
If your email account has been hacked, you must act quickly to regain control and prevent further issues.
Here are some steps you can take:
Microsoft is once again using their wisdom against its clients by enabling, by default, a ‘focused‘ inbox experience within Outlook.
In short, Microsoft Outlook attempts to determine what email messages are important, to help keep you ‘Focused‘ and what belongs in the ‘Other‘ email category.
For most of my clients, this results in ‘missing‘ emails or overlooking potentially important emails such as time sensitive ones.
This article will show you how to disable the Focused email inbox feature and remove the ‘Other‘ tab.
The location of the search bar in Microsoft 365 Word, Excel and PowerPoint often makes simply clicking and dragging the application windows difficult, at least for me. Many times I end up click within the search field instead of the tiny space between for the drag and drop operation.
This article will show you what setting to adjust to hide the Search Bar from the Word, Excel and PowerPoint title bar. Note, this will not actually remove the Search bar. Rather, it will simply shrink or collapse it down to just a magnifying glass icon. You can also press Alt+Q to bring up the full search bar or use the keyboard shortcut Ctrl+F to navigate and search through your document.
Regarding Outlook 365; As of this post (2023 October), it is not possible to collapse or shrink the search box (which is used to search email) in Outlook 365, Outlook and Word are two different applications and some features are not the same.
This article covers a recent update from Microsoft for Outlook on Windows regarding the synchronizing of roaming email signatures. Read the full announcement regarding Outlook Roaming Signatures from Microsoft’s Support Website.
The Microsoft Outlook app for mobile devices organizes emails by thread by default.
Organizing emails by thread arranges your messages into conversational threads based on the subject of the emails. In short, it combines messages with matching subject lines into one email.
Some users find this feature convenient, others find it difficult to locate emails quickly as it automatically collapses the content into a conversational thread. As a result, some users find that they end up missing important messages.
Likely we can quickly and easily change this option and revert back to the traditional way of handling emails. This article will show you how to turn off the organize emails by thread option in Outlook on mobile.
There is no official setting to hide of the “Favorites” folder section from the sidebar on outlook.live.com.
However, hiding the Favorites folder section on the online version may be quickly and easily accomplished by simply removing all nested sub folders from the Favorites folder section.
To remove a sub folder from the Favorites folder section simply right mouse click on any sub folder and select “Remove from Favorites“.

Once all sub folders have been removed the Favorites folder section the entire Favorites section should automatically be hidden.
As always, I welcome your thoughts, questions or suggestions on my article on how to remove or hide the Favorites folder from the Outlook.Live.com sidebar.
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