Tuesday, March 14, 2006
Backfilled dinner on the 12th. Breakfast: my favorite breakfast at home. Video transcription, new student computing services documentation, minor web changes for James. A student asked some interesting questions about Outlook Web Access and I could not find these issues documented on the web, so here they are. Question: In Outlook Web Access, when I view my Sent Items folder, the Size column does not appear. How can I view my Sent Items sorted by size? Answer: There does not seem to be a way to get the Size column in OWA's Sent Items folder view. However, here are two workarounds: (1) Create a new folder, then move all your Sent Items to the new folder, and the size column should appear there as you expect. OR: (2) Select the Search button (magnifying glass icon), which is available only when you use OWA in Internet Explorer. In the search terms, type the single letter e and select the checkbox to search the message body also. Select Find Now. After the search is done, sort by size in descending order by clicking the size column until you see the down-pointing arrow on it. Then select the First Page icon, which resembles an arrow pointing left toward a vertical bar. Your largest messages should now appear below. If someone sent you attachments with no text in the subject or body that contained an e, they might get missed by this method, though. Depending on how many messages you're working with in Sent Items, you might prefer to use Outlook or Entourage instead to do this.—Another question... Question: In Outlook Web Access, is there any way to resize the columns manually? Answer: The columns cannot be resized manually in OWA; they adjust automatically based on the size of the entire browser window. If you need more space, the best you can do is to maximize the window --and-- you can also drag the vertical divider all the way to the left to cover up the left side navigation. If you must have this manual-resizing functionality, you'll need Outlook or Entourage. The big news today: Stacey gave 2 weeks notice, she's moving back to the east coast. We'll miss her! Pre-lunch: a turkey sandwich. Lunch: spaghetti in cow sauce, corn off the cob, dinner roll from the cafeteria. Dinner at home with Patrick: ginger soup, leftover chicken, leftover biscuit. Watched Simpsons: Another Simpsons Clip Show and Homerpalooza. Joel's favorite song of all time is Dreams by Fleetwood Mac (from Rumours). He also likes James Taylor.