RSS
 

Microsoft Outlook 2010 – Oops! Prevent CTRL+ENTER from Sending a Message

16 Oct

Prevent Outlook 2010 from interpreting an accidental CTRL+ENTER as a request to send the current e-mail / message.

You may be used to CTRL+ENTER placing a page break inside a Microsoft Word 2010 document. However, this does not work in Microsoft Outlook 2010. The first time you hit it, Outlook 2010 displays a dialog box warning you that pressing this keyboard combination will actually send the current message. If you are the type of person who skims through dialog boxes (ahem), you might accidentally check the box saying that you don’t want to be warned again, and then click the “Yes” button. Or you might do this intentionally at first, thinking it is a useful feature, allowing you to send a message without having to take your hands off the keyboard.

… and then later, disaster strikes when you are composing an e-mail while still in the Word 2010 mindset. You may start typing a draft message, press CTRL+ENTER thinking that you are inserting a page break, and oops! Outlook 2010 sends your draft message! And you know that e-mail is just about impossible to recall once sent. So if this scenario has happened to you, how can you get the dialog box to come back, or better yet completely disable this “feature” altogether?…

Read more at MalekTips.
New Computer and Technology Help and Tips – MalekTips.Com

 
Comments Off on Microsoft Outlook 2010 – Oops! Prevent CTRL+ENTER from Sending a Message

Posted in Technology

 

Tags: , , , , , , , ,

Comments are closed.