• Overview
• Display the Correct Number of New or Unread Messages for Message Center Folders
• Remove Folders from the Message Center
• Change the Number of Days for the My Calendar View

Overview

The Outlook Today page is intended to be the center of electronic communication at Monmouth College.

Below are descriptions of the major areas of the Outlook Today page.

• Important Notices - Announcements posted by the college
• Resources - Links to frequently-used Monmouth College web pages
• My E-Mail - A view of your Inbox
• Message Center - Public folders used by everyone on campus for posting announcements
• My Calendar - A view of your Outlook calendar
• Events Today at Monmouth College - Listing of events on campus

Display the Correct Number of New or Unread Messages for Message Center Folders

Currently, a bug is preventing the correct number of new or unread messages to display for the Message Center folders on the Outlook Today page. To fix this problem, you can add the Message Center folders to your Outlook Favorites, remove the existing folders from the Message Center, and add the folders from your Outlook Favorites to the Message Center. Directions are below.

1. Open the Folder List by clicking on the Go menu and selecting Folder List.

2. Click on the plus signs in front of the Public Folders, All Public Folders, and Message Center folders.

3. Right-click on the All Campus Announcements folder and select Add to Favorites.

4. Click on the Add button.

5. Repeat steps 3 and 4 to add each Message Center folder to your Outlook Favorites.
6. After you have added each Message Center folder to your Outlook Favorites, click on the plus sign in front of the Favorites folder and make sure that the folders you added appear.

7. Click on the Customize Outlook Today button. (If you have your Inbox or other folder open, then click on Mailbox - [your name] in the Folder List to display the Outlook Today page.)

8. Click on the Choose Folders button.

9. Scroll up to the top of the list and put a checkmark in the Inbox checkbox.

10. Scroll down and, if necessary, click on the plus signs in front of the Public Folders and Favorites folders.

11. Put checkmarks in the checkboxes next to the folders that you want in the order that you want them to appear in the Message Center.

12. Scroll down and, if necessary, click on the plus signs in front of the All Public Folders and Message Center folders.

13. Uncheck the checkboxes next to all of the folders listed under Message Center.

14. Scroll up to the top of the list and uncheck the Inbox checkbox.

15. Click on the OK button.
16. Click on the Save Changes button.

17. Close and re-open Outlook. The correct number of new or unread messages now should display for each Message Center folder.

Note: To set the number of new or unread messages back to 0 for a folder so that you can begin to track when new messages are posted in it, open the folder, click on the Edit menu and select Mark All as Read.

Remove Folders from the Message Center

1. On the Outlook Today page, click on the Customize Outlook Today button.
2. Click on the Choose Folders button.
3. Uncheck the folders that you do not want to display.
4. Click on the OK button.
5. Click on the Save Changes button.

Change the Number of Days for the My Calendar View

1. On the Outlook Today page, click on the Customize Outlook Today button.
2. Click on the Show this number of days in my calendar down arrow and select the number of days that you want to display.
3. Click on the Save Changes button.

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