Why do I have to Rebuild Outlook 2011 so frequently? I never had to do this with Outlook 2007 or 2010 on a PC

19. November 2012 · Write a comment · Categories: Outlook for Mac · Tags: , , , , , , ,
This happens on both my 2011 17" MBP, and my 2009 27" iMac.  I'm running Mountain Lion, and keep all Microsoft updates up to date.

Very frustrating, as I never recall having to do this on a WIndows machine.  

I'm now considering switching to Windows 8 due to all of the troubles I continue to have with using Microsoft's 2011 office products on a Mac - just a pain.  I left Windows because of Vista and Norton AntiVirus (hate both).  But now with Windows 8 Pro, I'm considering the switch for better integration with Office365, which I migrated our company to last year.  

keep getting Mail could not be sent error code -8796

13. November 2012 · Write a comment · Categories: Outlook for Mac · Tags: , , , , , , , ,
I have outlook 2011 for mac. I also have mountain lion. My email works fine, but this error message keep popping up even though I can send mail without a problem.

I've tried changing my smtp settings according to the help I've found here, but I cannot find this particular error code: -8796.

I also have lion on my laptop, with the exact same account set up and am not having any issues on my laptop, just my tower.

What can I do to stop the unknown error alert that keeps popping up every time mail is checked?

Thank you.

strange chararacter

09. November 2012 · Write a comment · Categories: Outlook for Mac · Tags: , , , , , , , ,
Outlook 2011. Mountain Lion.
When I answer people with the email as text message (no HTML),
sometimes people receive the text with strange characters.
So I have applied the following instruction read in this forum:

"Manually setting the Text Encoding to UTF-8 (Format -> Text Encoding -> Unicode (UTF-8) does indeed "fix" the problem".

BUT, every time I compose e new message I must apply that? Outlook doesn't remember this settings?
Thanks

change the font size

09. November 2012 · Write a comment · Categories: Outlook for Mac · Tags: , , , , , , ,
I am working with Outlook 2011 (latest version and update) with Mountain Lion.
All my email are in HTML with Calibri 15.
Sometimes, not always, the recipient receives only a few rows with a different dimension.

Instead, my signature with Calibri 12, when someone answer me, the signature is changed to 13.

Why is that?

Database Daemon locking up outlook

01. November 2012 · Write a comment · Categories: Outlook for Mac · Tags: , , , , , , , , ,
The only thing I can think of that has changes recently is that I updated the Microsoft Error Reporting a couple days ago, but now on 2 different Macbook Pro's (both running Mountain Lion), Outlook freezes with the beach ball.   If I wait several minutes it eventually unfreezes, but since email is critical, its very frustrating.  I've noticed this behaviour on 2 different machines today.   Both are connected to an Exchange server and multiple IMAP server as well.   Any ideas?

Massive slowdown in Outlook after Mountain Lion upgrade

30. October 2012 · Write a comment · Categories: Outlook for Mac · Tags: , , , , , ,
Hi:

I just upgraded from Lion to Mountain Lion and most things seemed to go well.

However, Outlook is now incredibly, painfully slow. I get the SBBOD (Spinning Beachball of Death) with almost anything I type.

Has anyone else run into this? If so, does anyone have suggestions as to how to get Outlook's performance back to normal?

Thank you very much!

Details:

  • OS 10.8.2
  • Outlook 2011 14.2.4
  • Like many, I'm using an encrypted disk image to store the Microsoft User Data file for security reasons. I reindexed the mounted disk image (using sudo mdutil -E /...) but this did not help.

Using Mountain Lion and Office 2011 – I can’t get calendar to display entries, new or old. Both are fully up to date

19. October 2012 · Write a comment · Categories: Outlook for Mac · Tags: , , , , , , , ,
Hello there,
I've recently upgraded to a macbook retina complete with Mountain Lion and I've successfully installed Office 2011 (which I had before on my old macbook).  I've got notes uploaded from the earlier version, I've got email working fine, Word and Excel seem OK, but I can't get anything to appear in calendar, neither historic stuff nor new entries that I add.  I'm able to activate the new event button but when I save and close, nothing appears.  I'm sure it'll be something dead obvious and simple, but I just can't work it out...........:(

Mac osx server 10.8, mobile 10.6 clients and outlook 2011

10. October 2012 · Write a comment · Categories: Outlook for Mac · Tags: , , , , , , , ,
I have recently moved our organisation to an OSX server running Mountain Lion. We have a variety of Mac clients within the network that all authenticate to an Open Directory. All clients run Outlook 2011 and connect to a hosted exchange platform. Two 10.6.8 Snow Leopard laptops run both Outlook 2011 and Entourage 2008 side by side and each client connect to different hosted platforms as we run multiple domains and one of our mail servers is not compatible with Outlook 2011 as it is pre Exchange 2007.

We have in the last 24 hours created mobile accounts for the two users who are on the laptops. Since then we are seeing a great deal of sync errors being reported on those clients all relating to the Outlook database which obviously exists effectively in two places - on the server and on the client machine. Beyond the irritation of being interrupted frequently by the OS telling me it is having trouble with the synchronisation I have not yet noticed any major problem, but my question is whether or not I have done something that is not supported. Should I be excluding the Outlook database from the sync. Obviously what I am trying to achieve is a situation whereby the laptops can be removed from the office network and used in a remote location without Outlook complaining that it cannot see its database. Anyone have any thoughts or experience of this?

Many thanks for reading. 

I use Office 2011 for Mac (version 10.2.4) running on Mointain Lion 10.8.2.

08. October 2012 · Write a comment · Categories: Outlook for Mac · Tags: , , , , , ,
I use Office for mac (version 14.2.4) running on Mountain Lion (version 10.8.2). Starting a couple of weeks ago I noticed Outlook repeatedly crashing, sometimes after starting/launching the program, or sometimes (most of the times) while trying to resend an email message. it just throws me away and tries to open again (followed by crashing again or not).

I do not believe I have changed anything, nor updated anything, giving a reason for crashing. A fact is that my database of emails (sent/received) is as big as 10 gigas given I work whith hundreds ofmclients who have,in my computers (one after the other, once I change model), their own Folder in which I archive their messages. In time the whole database (.pst / .olm) turn huge/heavy.

Questions to the Forum:

1. Is this problem usual?
2. Will it get worse?  up to now, it has been a little problem to me but I sorted out to live with it.
3. has Office 2011 CD (I do not have it anymore since I lost it while moving) a funtion called 'repair' or similar?
4. is there any other solution for this situation? 

Please help!

kind regards!


christian
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