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F5 not F9 should send/receive new mail
In prior versions of Outlook, F5 would "refresh" the inbox by checking for
new mail. It's driving me crazy that in Outlook 2003, it's F9 instead. Why the change? ---------------- This post is a suggestion for Microsoft, and Microsoft responds to the suggestions with the most votes. To vote for this suggestion, click the "I Agree" button in the message pane. If you do not see the button, follow this link to open the suggestion in the Microsoft Web-based Newsreader and then click "I Agree" in the message pane. http://www.microsoft.com/office/comm...utlook.general |
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F5 not F9 should send/receive new mail
My point is that F5 does NOT work in Outlook 2003 and I wish that it did,
exactly because of what you said. Instead of having F5 for refresh, it's F9. "Diane Poremsky [MVP]" wrote: because F5 is refresh in all other windows applications and they wanted outlook to conform to windows standards. -- Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook] Author, Teach Yourself Outlook 2003 in 24 Hours Coauthor, OneNote 2003 for Windows (Visual QuickStart Guide) Need Help with Common Tasks? http://www.outlook-tips.net/beginner/ Outlook Tips: http://www.outlook-tips.net/ Outlook & Exchange Solutions Center: http://www.slipstick.com Subscribe to Exchange Messaging Outlook newsletter: "HappyRinger" wrote in message ... In prior versions of Outlook, F5 would "refresh" the inbox by checking for new mail. It's driving me crazy that in Outlook 2003, it's F9 instead. Why the change? ---------------- This post is a suggestion for Microsoft, and Microsoft responds to the suggestions with the most votes. To vote for this suggestion, click the "I Agree" button in the message pane. If you do not see the button, follow this link to open the suggestion in the Microsoft Web-based Newsreader and then click "I Agree" in the message pane. http://www.microsoft.com/office/comm...utlook.general |
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F5 not F9 should send/receive new mail
Refresh is not the same as Send and Receive.
F9 is send and receive. F5 refreshes the view - the effect is not noticeable unless you use a view that hides read messages. -- Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook] Author, Teach Yourself Outlook 2003 in 24 Hours Coauthor, OneNote 2003 for Windows (Visual QuickStart Guide) Need Help with Common Tasks? http://www.outlook-tips.net/beginner/ Outlook Tips: http://www.outlook-tips.net/ Outlook & Exchange Solutions Center: http://www.slipstick.com Subscribe to Exchange Messaging Outlook newsletter: "HappyRinger" wrote in message ... My point is that F5 does NOT work in Outlook 2003 and I wish that it did, exactly because of what you said. Instead of having F5 for refresh, it's F9. "Diane Poremsky [MVP]" wrote: because F5 is refresh in all other windows applications and they wanted outlook to conform to windows standards. -- Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook] Author, Teach Yourself Outlook 2003 in 24 Hours Coauthor, OneNote 2003 for Windows (Visual QuickStart Guide) Need Help with Common Tasks? http://www.outlook-tips.net/beginner/ Outlook Tips: http://www.outlook-tips.net/ Outlook & Exchange Solutions Center: http://www.slipstick.com Subscribe to Exchange Messaging Outlook newsletter: "HappyRinger" wrote in message ... In prior versions of Outlook, F5 would "refresh" the inbox by checking for new mail. It's driving me crazy that in Outlook 2003, it's F9 instead. Why the change? ---------------- This post is a suggestion for Microsoft, and Microsoft responds to the suggestions with the most votes. To vote for this suggestion, click the "I Agree" button in the message pane. If you do not see the button, follow this link to open the suggestion in the Microsoft Web-based Newsreader and then click "I Agree" in the message pane. http://www.microsoft.com/office/comm...utlook.general |
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F5 not F9 should send/receive new mail
In Outlook 97 F5 does send/receive new mail as it refreshes the screen.
"Diane Poremsky [MVP]" wrote: Refresh is not the same as Send and Receive. F9 is send and receive. F5 refreshes the view - the effect is not noticeable unless you use a view that hides read messages. -- Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook] Author, Teach Yourself Outlook 2003 in 24 Hours Coauthor, OneNote 2003 for Windows (Visual QuickStart Guide) Need Help with Common Tasks? http://www.outlook-tips.net/beginner/ Outlook Tips: http://www.outlook-tips.net/ Outlook & Exchange Solutions Center: http://www.slipstick.com Subscribe to Exchange Messaging Outlook newsletter: "HappyRinger" wrote in message ... My point is that F5 does NOT work in Outlook 2003 and I wish that it did, exactly because of what you said. Instead of having F5 for refresh, it's F9. "Diane Poremsky [MVP]" wrote: because F5 is refresh in all other windows applications and they wanted outlook to conform to windows standards. -- Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook] Author, Teach Yourself Outlook 2003 in 24 Hours Coauthor, OneNote 2003 for Windows (Visual QuickStart Guide) Need Help with Common Tasks? http://www.outlook-tips.net/beginner/ Outlook Tips: http://www.outlook-tips.net/ Outlook & Exchange Solutions Center: http://www.slipstick.com Subscribe to Exchange Messaging Outlook newsletter: "HappyRinger" wrote in message ... In prior versions of Outlook, F5 would "refresh" the inbox by checking for new mail. It's driving me crazy that in Outlook 2003, it's F9 instead. Why the change? ---------------- This post is a suggestion for Microsoft, and Microsoft responds to the suggestions with the most votes. To vote for this suggestion, click the "I Agree" button in the message pane. If you do not see the button, follow this link to open the suggestion in the Microsoft Web-based Newsreader and then click "I Agree" in the message pane. http://www.microsoft.com/office/comm...utlook.general |
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F5 not F9 should send/receive new mail
It's still not the same as a Send/Receive - it just updates the view.
Outlook 97 also refreshes the view automatically when you use an unread view and mark a message read. (In Outlook 2003, press F5 to hide read messages in a hide read message view.) The bottom line is F5 is refresh in all windows programs and beginning in Outlook 2003, they corrected it so that it is for refreshing the screen too (otherwise, you'd need to switch folder to refresh a view) - so use F5 to hide read messages or refresh other views and F9 to check for new mail. If you can't get used to it, uninstall Outlook 2003 and go back to Outlook 97. -- Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook] Author, Teach Yourself Outlook 2003 in 24 Hours Coauthor, OneNote 2003 for Windows (Visual QuickStart Guide) Need Help with Common Tasks? http://www.outlook-tips.net/beginner/ Outlook Tips: http://www.outlook-tips.net/ Outlook & Exchange Solutions Center: http://www.slipstick.com Subscribe to Exchange Messaging Outlook newsletter: "HappyRinger" wrote in message ... In Outlook 97 F5 does send/receive new mail as it refreshes the screen. "Diane Poremsky [MVP]" wrote: Refresh is not the same as Send and Receive. F9 is send and receive. F5 refreshes the view - the effect is not noticeable unless you use a view that hides read messages. -- Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook] Author, Teach Yourself Outlook 2003 in 24 Hours Coauthor, OneNote 2003 for Windows (Visual QuickStart Guide) Need Help with Common Tasks? http://www.outlook-tips.net/beginner/ Outlook Tips: http://www.outlook-tips.net/ Outlook & Exchange Solutions Center: http://www.slipstick.com Subscribe to Exchange Messaging Outlook newsletter: "HappyRinger" wrote in message ... My point is that F5 does NOT work in Outlook 2003 and I wish that it did, exactly because of what you said. Instead of having F5 for refresh, it's F9. "Diane Poremsky [MVP]" wrote: because F5 is refresh in all other windows applications and they wanted outlook to conform to windows standards. -- Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook] Author, Teach Yourself Outlook 2003 in 24 Hours Coauthor, OneNote 2003 for Windows (Visual QuickStart Guide) Need Help with Common Tasks? http://www.outlook-tips.net/beginner/ Outlook Tips: http://www.outlook-tips.net/ Outlook & Exchange Solutions Center: http://www.slipstick.com Subscribe to Exchange Messaging Outlook newsletter: "HappyRinger" wrote in message ... In prior versions of Outlook, F5 would "refresh" the inbox by checking for new mail. It's driving me crazy that in Outlook 2003, it's F9 instead. Why the change? ---------------- This post is a suggestion for Microsoft, and Microsoft responds to the suggestions with the most votes. To vote for this suggestion, click the "I Agree" button in the message pane. If you do not see the button, follow this link to open the suggestion in the Microsoft Web-based Newsreader and then click "I Agree" in the message pane. http://www.microsoft.com/office/comm...utlook.general |
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F5 not F9 should send/receive new mail
Do you personally like the change? I am curious as to what you like better
about it. What is the benefit to having to hit F5 instead of automatically hiding the read messages? It makes perfect sense to me that when refreshing an inbox, it would retrieve new messages. Are there any disadvantages for it to look for new messages when the screen is refreshed? Are you a Microsoft representative and are you speaking for Microsoft when you say "If you can't get used to it, uninstall Outlook 2003 and go back to Outlook 97." "Diane Poremsky [MVP]" wrote: It's still not the same as a Send/Receive - it just updates the view. Outlook 97 also refreshes the view automatically when you use an unread view and mark a message read. (In Outlook 2003, press F5 to hide read messages in a hide read message view.) The bottom line is F5 is refresh in all windows programs and beginning in Outlook 2003, they corrected it so that it is for refreshing the screen too (otherwise, you'd need to switch folder to refresh a view) - so use F5 to hide read messages or refresh other views and F9 to check for new mail. If you can't get used to it, uninstall Outlook 2003 and go back to Outlook 97. -- Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook] Author, Teach Yourself Outlook 2003 in 24 Hours Coauthor, OneNote 2003 for Windows (Visual QuickStart Guide) Need Help with Common Tasks? http://www.outlook-tips.net/beginner/ Outlook Tips: http://www.outlook-tips.net/ Outlook & Exchange Solutions Center: http://www.slipstick.com Subscribe to Exchange Messaging Outlook newsletter: "HappyRinger" wrote in message ... In Outlook 97 F5 does send/receive new mail as it refreshes the screen. "Diane Poremsky [MVP]" wrote: Refresh is not the same as Send and Receive. F9 is send and receive. F5 refreshes the view - the effect is not noticeable unless you use a view that hides read messages. -- Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook] Author, Teach Yourself Outlook 2003 in 24 Hours Coauthor, OneNote 2003 for Windows (Visual QuickStart Guide) Need Help with Common Tasks? http://www.outlook-tips.net/beginner/ Outlook Tips: http://www.outlook-tips.net/ Outlook & Exchange Solutions Center: http://www.slipstick.com Subscribe to Exchange Messaging Outlook newsletter: "HappyRinger" wrote in message ... My point is that F5 does NOT work in Outlook 2003 and I wish that it did, exactly because of what you said. Instead of having F5 for refresh, it's F9. "Diane Poremsky [MVP]" wrote: because F5 is refresh in all other windows applications and they wanted outlook to conform to windows standards. -- Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook] Author, Teach Yourself Outlook 2003 in 24 Hours Coauthor, OneNote 2003 for Windows (Visual QuickStart Guide) Need Help with Common Tasks? http://www.outlook-tips.net/beginner/ Outlook Tips: http://www.outlook-tips.net/ Outlook & Exchange Solutions Center: http://www.slipstick.com Subscribe to Exchange Messaging Outlook newsletter: "HappyRinger" wrote in message ... In prior versions of Outlook, F5 would "refresh" the inbox by checking for new mail. It's driving me crazy that in Outlook 2003, it's F9 instead. Why the change? ---------------- This post is a suggestion for Microsoft, and Microsoft responds to the suggestions with the most votes. To vote for this suggestion, click the "I Agree" button in the message pane. If you do not see the button, follow this link to open the suggestion in the Microsoft Web-based Newsreader and then click "I Agree" in the message pane. http://www.microsoft.com/office/comm...utlook.general |
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F5 not F9 should send/receive new mail
Yes, I do like the change. I use F5 to refresh in other apps and like the
continuity (in that it works the same in all apps) but don't always want to refresh and get new mail at the same time. F9 has worked for send and receive for at least 2 versions, so I'm used to it. In at least one version both worked to send and receive, which helped 'ease the pain' if you forgot it was F9. F5 is useful for more than just the mail windows and you don't always want to initiate a s/r when you refresh a screen - such as if you are using a modem and working offline. Why is it better to refresh manually using F5 than automatically as items are marked read? One reason is it's too confusing if you use a mark as read after xx min option - the messages literally disappear before your eyes, whether you are done with them or not. There are other reasons, but this is the big one that bugs the most users. I am not a MS employee and I never speak for MS - I speak as someone who teaches people to use the programs. In my extensive experience, when someone is seriously bothered by the improvements to an upgrade, it's better for them to continue to use the old version - in part because they close their mind to better ways of doing things and want to keep doing things the old way. Microsoft will never change F5 back to Send and Receive - your choice is to get used to it or revert to the older version you seem to be more comfortable with. -- Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook] Author, Teach Yourself Outlook 2003 in 24 Hours Coauthor, OneNote 2003 for Windows (Visual QuickStart Guide) Need Help with Common Tasks? http://www.outlook-tips.net/beginner/ Outlook Tips: http://www.outlook-tips.net/ Outlook & Exchange Solutions Center: http://www.slipstick.com Subscribe to Exchange Messaging Outlook newsletter: "HappyRinger" wrote in message ... Do you personally like the change? I am curious as to what you like better about it. What is the benefit to having to hit F5 instead of automatically hiding the read messages? It makes perfect sense to me that when refreshing an inbox, it would retrieve new messages. Are there any disadvantages for it to look for new messages when the screen is refreshed? Are you a Microsoft representative and are you speaking for Microsoft when you say "If you can't get used to it, uninstall Outlook 2003 and go back to Outlook 97." "Diane Poremsky [MVP]" wrote: It's still not the same as a Send/Receive - it just updates the view. Outlook 97 also refreshes the view automatically when you use an unread view and mark a message read. (In Outlook 2003, press F5 to hide read messages in a hide read message view.) The bottom line is F5 is refresh in all windows programs and beginning in Outlook 2003, they corrected it so that it is for refreshing the screen too (otherwise, you'd need to switch folder to refresh a view) - so use F5 to hide read messages or refresh other views and F9 to check for new mail. If you can't get used to it, uninstall Outlook 2003 and go back to Outlook 97. -- Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook] Author, Teach Yourself Outlook 2003 in 24 Hours Coauthor, OneNote 2003 for Windows (Visual QuickStart Guide) Need Help with Common Tasks? http://www.outlook-tips.net/beginner/ Outlook Tips: http://www.outlook-tips.net/ Outlook & Exchange Solutions Center: http://www.slipstick.com Subscribe to Exchange Messaging Outlook newsletter: "HappyRinger" wrote in message ... In Outlook 97 F5 does send/receive new mail as it refreshes the screen. "Diane Poremsky [MVP]" wrote: Refresh is not the same as Send and Receive. F9 is send and receive. F5 refreshes the view - the effect is not noticeable unless you use a view that hides read messages. -- Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook] Author, Teach Yourself Outlook 2003 in 24 Hours Coauthor, OneNote 2003 for Windows (Visual QuickStart Guide) Need Help with Common Tasks? http://www.outlook-tips.net/beginner/ Outlook Tips: http://www.outlook-tips.net/ Outlook & Exchange Solutions Center: http://www.slipstick.com Subscribe to Exchange Messaging Outlook newsletter: "HappyRinger" wrote in message ... My point is that F5 does NOT work in Outlook 2003 and I wish that it did, exactly because of what you said. Instead of having F5 for refresh, it's F9. "Diane Poremsky [MVP]" wrote: because F5 is refresh in all other windows applications and they wanted outlook to conform to windows standards. -- Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook] Author, Teach Yourself Outlook 2003 in 24 Hours Coauthor, OneNote 2003 for Windows (Visual QuickStart Guide) Need Help with Common Tasks? http://www.outlook-tips.net/beginner/ Outlook Tips: http://www.outlook-tips.net/ Outlook & Exchange Solutions Center: http://www.slipstick.com Subscribe to Exchange Messaging Outlook newsletter: "HappyRinger" wrote in message ... In prior versions of Outlook, F5 would "refresh" the inbox by checking for new mail. It's driving me crazy that in Outlook 2003, it's F9 instead. Why the change? ---------------- This post is a suggestion for Microsoft, and Microsoft responds to the suggestions with the most votes. To vote for this suggestion, click the "I Agree" button in the message pane. If you do not see the button, follow this link to open the suggestion in the Microsoft Web-based Newsreader and then click "I Agree" in the message pane. http://www.microsoft.com/office/comm...utlook.general |
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F5 not F9 should send/receive new mail
I think it's a good idea to have Office apps, especially Outlook, behave
like most Windows apps. However, I am still not used to Outlook using F4 for Find, instead of F3 like all other apps (e.g. Word). Diane Poremsky [MVP] wrote: because F5 is refresh in all other windows applications and they wanted outlook to conform to windows standards. |
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F5 not F9 should send/receive new mail
In Ol2003's shell F3 opens the find pane and puts the cursor in the search
box, but F4 is used for searching text within an item - that one might get fixed in the next version - it gets a lot of complaints. -- Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook] Author, Teach Yourself Outlook 2003 in 24 Hours Coauthor, OneNote 2003 for Windows (Visual QuickStart Guide) Need Help with Common Tasks? http://www.outlook-tips.net/beginner/ Outlook Tips: http://www.outlook-tips.net/ Outlook & Exchange Solutions Center: http://www.slipstick.com Subscribe to Exchange Messaging Outlook newsletter: "Pat Willener" wrote in message ... I think it's a good idea to have Office apps, especially Outlook, behave like most Windows apps. However, I am still not used to Outlook using F4 for Find, instead of F3 like all other apps (e.g. Word). Diane Poremsky [MVP] wrote: because F5 is refresh in all other windows applications and they wanted outlook to conform to windows standards. |
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