Archive of entries posted on April 2013

Changing the default Theme (Colors, Fonts, …) in Outlook 2010

Posted by on

I wanted to ensure I use the proper fonts and colors when creating emails for the company I work for. We have a strong focus on visual identity and Office 2010 allows for creating custom Themes so that the right colors and fonts are used automatically, as this help-document from Microsoft explains.

I could not figure out how set this custom theme as default for Outlook 2010 however. While you can select the theme when creating a new message in the Options tab, there is no option to make the theme the default:
Outlook 2010 New Message Options tab Themes button

Finally I found a way to do this: in C:\Users\user\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Templates, a file NormalEmail.dotm stores the defaults for email messages. Ensure Outlook is closed, open the file in Word 2010, make the necessary changes (select the Theme and modify the Normal style to ensure the right font is used) and save the file.

Now Outlook will use this as default.

SharePoint: What does “Limited Access” mean

Posted by on

A Sharepoint Administrator asked me recently what “Limited Access” means in the list of Permissions. I found a simple, yet clear and visual explanation on Cory Peters’s blog.

In a nutshell, “Limited Access” to a site allows users to access a resource within the site (s)he has access to, without the need to have access to the entire site.

Microsoft’s Technet has an article with a full list of User permissions and permission levels.