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Email Hack – Quickly Undelete a Message.

Editor — Wed, 16 Jun 2010 09:58:54 +0000

Ctrl-Z is also the undelete tool to reach for in other Windows applications, and can be a lifesaver if you just deleted several pages of content in, say, Word.

Email Hack: Permanently Delete Messages

Editor — Wed, 16 Jun 2010 09:56:21 +0000

Permanently Delete Messages. You can avoid the multiple-step process of deleting messages, then emptying the Deleting Items folder by simply holding down the Shift key when you hit Delete for any message. You’ll be asked if you want to permanently delete the message. If you’ve selected lots of messages for deletion, it works the same way. Just hold down the Shift key as you click Delete.

Productivity Hack – Outlook Message Reminders

Editor — Wed, 16 Jun 2010 09:04:14 +0000

Set Reminders to Act on Messages. If you spend a lot of time in Outlook, this tip can really boost your efficiency. Easy as it is, it’s very underused. To set a reminder—visible in your Inbox–to act on or reply to any message, right-click on the message you want to set the reminder for, select Follow Up, and choose your Due By time and date. When you click OK, the message will be flagged for you to remember to respond to, and the date and time will be automatically kept track of. To clear the flag, right click on the message and choose Clear Flag.

Productivity Hack: Simplify Information

Editor — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 18:43:48 +0000

Simplify information streams, crank through blogs & email. Think about all the information you receive (email, blogs, newsletters, mailing lists, magazines, newspapers and more) and edit brutally. You will drastically reduce the time you spend reading. For everything else that begins to come in after your editing process, ask yourself if you really need to be getting that information regularly. Most of the time the answer is no. Now, after this process, you should be left with less to read. Here’s the next step: crank through it all, really only reading the really interesting ones.

Editing and cranking through the information you receive can free up a lot of time for more important things — like achieving your goals.