Use of the Shortcuts pane in Outlook

[Douglas O. Walker]

One of the most potentially powerful tools in outlook is the Navigation pane
with its list of shortcuts.

First, on the Navigation pane one can display lists of shortcuts relevant to
Outlook services such as Mail, Calendar, etc. The display of these lists is
controlled by buttons at the bottom of the Naviation pane. One can add a
limited number of additional shortcuts to each of the present lists. It
would be very useful to have the option of displaying additional organized
lists of shortcuts to those already available in the Navigation Pane, for
example, a list of shortcuts for Current Work, a second list with shortcuts
to files for a particular project, a third for Internet Web Sites, a fourth
displaying the My Documents file lists and providing access to them the way
Desktop Explorer does, etc. Is there some way of adding a list of shortcuts
to the present set devoted to Outlook?

Second, as it presently works, one can add to the present lists of shortcuts
Outlook files, Internet sites, and document files. These work well except
for a shortcut that refers to an individual file in the file system. In
this case, when one clicks on the document file a window appears that points
out the potential for viruses and asks you whether you really want to open
the file. Of course you do. That's why you clicked on it. Is there some
way to turn off this message and directly open the file with its appropriate
program?

Thanks for any ideas.

 

[Diane Poremsky]

1. No; you can only add groups and shortcuts to the Shortcut section.
2. no, it can't be turned off. It's part of Outlook's security.

 

[smoenius]

There has to be a way, I hope, to turn off some or all of the
shortcuts.

I use MacroExpress for the bulk of my work, and over the years working
with Outlook 2000 and Outlook 2007 have almost remapped my keyboard
for all of the many steps I must use.
Now, the simplest ones I use have been "remapped" by Outlook 2007,
making it impossible for me to work.

I just want to turn them off or have the choice to go back to the
"classic" mode.

Is there a way? So far I only am using Outlook 2007....but will
certainly not move forward to the other Office 2007 programs if I
can't choose my own shortcuts!
I can't even open an email form to add a note to it in the inbox
without going through multiple clicks to edit it, unless I'm missing
something.....