Recycle and Help Out a Charity

What should be done with your old toner and inkjet cartridges, laptops, cell phones and digital cameras? The right thing to do is to recycle them and prevent the improper disposal of them by diverting them from entering landfills where they can take up to 1000 years to decompose.

You can also choose to go one step better and choose to help both the environment and the Canadian Diabetes Association by donating your recyclable items. The Canadian Diabetes Association has two programs in place that provide a convenient and environmentally friendly way to donate household items and electronics – Clothesline and Think Recycle.

The funds raised when these items are donated help to advocate for people with diabetes, further professional education, inform and educate Canadians about Diabetes, fund research programs and initiatives such as camps for kids.

Besides these recyclable items, the Canadian Diabetes Association also accepts these other items:

• Digital Cameras
• Cell Phones
• Inkjet Cartridges
• Toner Cartridges
• Clothing
• Cloth based items
• Footwear
• Books
• Toys
• Kitchenware
• Electronics

Items can be dropped off at their new location at 1054 Ellis Street (#102) or you can visit www.diabetes.ca/dropbox to find a local donation box. Alternatively, you can call 1-800-505-5525 to schedule a free pickup from the convenience of your home or business.  Ink and toner cartridges should be in sealed in a separate plastic bag.


Northern Computer - Your Trusted Partner
#1 - 495 Banks Road Kelowna, BC V1X 6A2
Phone: 250.762.7753 Fax: 250.861.1861 Toll-Free: 1.877.257.2896
Email: sales@northerncomputer.ca or service@northerncomputer.ca
Web: http://www.northerncomputer.ca

Managing Conversations in Outlook

How often do you search for an email that you sent or for an email that someone had replied back to? I often reference past emails to confirm information that was exchanged and spend too much time looking for “the one I want”. Well Outlook has a tool to make searching a whole lot simpler. This is called grouping conversations and it organizes email threads by subject. 

Below is an example of how email messages look when Outlook’s “Show as Conversations” option is selected. In this example, Outlook has grouped the thread of emails that share the same subject line. Here, you can see that there are 6 emails that share the subject “Future Business Plans”. A conversation can be expanded by clicking on the arrow on the message header.

Even sent items will appear and items that you have filed away into folders. As shown in the example below, the items in Italics are from folders. The email from Janet (me)  is in my sent items folder and two of the emails from Doris have been filed into a folder that I have that is named Sales. The other two emails from Doris are still in my Inbox. This makes it so easy to see every email that was sent and received.

 

Now that you can see the benefits of grouping conversations in Outlook, here is how it’s done. On the view tab, in the Conversations group, select the Show as Conversations check box. For more information on viewing emails by conversation, visit Microsoft at http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/outlook-help/view-email-messages-by-conversation-HA010362041.aspx.

Northern Computer - Your Trusted Partner
#1 - 495 Banks Road Kelowna, BC V1X 6A2
Phone: 250.762.7753 Fax: 250.861.1861 Toll-Free: 1.877.257.2896
Email: sales@northerncomputer.ca or service@northerncomputer.ca
Web: http://www.northerncomputer.ca

Exporting Your Email Contacts

So you’ve organized your contacts nicely into your Outlook email client and want to make sure you keep your five contacts (maybe that’s just me, but man it took me awhile) backed up so you have them for emergencies. Or maybe you finally switch from Microsoft Office 2003 to the new 2010 (glad you are finally not living in the past!). Either way this is a good process to know. And I totally get to put pictures in!

There is a difference between exporting files for outlook and exporting to either import to a different program or just have a list. When exporting for Outlook it exports to a file format called Personal Folders (.PST). This file is almost exclusively recognized by Outlook. If you are exporting for another email client or just for your own records you export it into a Comma Separate Values (.csv) which is viewable by Excel.

Getting to the Export Contacts Menu:

If you are running Outlook 2003 or 2007 go under File, Import and Export. The option will be the same after this point for 2003, 2007, and 2010.
Open up your Outlook. Once the main screen has loaded there will be an orange FILE button. Click the tab and a new screen will open up.

 

In this tab (or screen) you will be given options down the right hand side. Select the OPEN option. Here a new screen will load with four choices. Press IMPORT, this option will allow you to export as well.

A new window will open with several options. You will want to choose EXPORT TO A FILE:

Another screen will open up. If you want to export to another version of Outlook or a new PC with Outlook choose OUTLOOK DATA FILE (.pst). If you require a backup copy for yourself, select COMMA SEPARATE VALES (Windows).

This will look identical for each option. Select CONTACTS and click NEXT.

Click browse, choose the location you would like to save it to and click save!

- Keenan F, Network Support Technician

Northern Computer - Your Trusted Partner
#1 - 495 Banks Road Kelowna, BC V1X 6A2
Phone: 250.762.7753 Fax: 250.861.1861 Toll-Free: 1.877.257.2896
Email: sales@northerncomputer.ca or service@northerncomputer.ca
Web: http://www.northerncomputer.ca