1. Microsoft Outlook For Mac Versions

Apr 02, 2020  Microsoft Outlook is a great application for sending/receiving emails, managing tasks, contacts, calendar and organizing your files in folders for better access. Since it comes as part of Office suite, it is but natural to expect other formats such as Word, Excel files to be easily accessible via Outlook.

Problem

When Office 365 users try to open or view attachments in email messages in Outlook Web App, they experience the following symptoms:

• In Office 365, the attachment isn't displayed in the message. Instead, a generic placeholder, such as “1 Attachment” is displayed, and this can't be opened.
• When users try to view attachments in Office 365, they receive the following error message: Access to attachments has been blocked. Blocked attachments: .

Cause

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This issue occurs if the attachment is blocked by Outlook Web App. By default, Outlook Web App blocks attachments that have the following file name extensions:

.vsmacros, .msh2xml, .msh1xml, .ps2xml, .ps1xml, .mshxml, .gadget, .mhtml, .psc2, .psc1, .msh2,.msh1, .aspx, .xml, .wsh, .wsf, .wsc, .vsw, .vst, .vss, .vbs, .vbe, .url, .tmp, .shs, .shb, .sct,.scr, .scf, .reg, .pst, .ps2, .ps1, .prg, .prf, .plg, .pif, .pcd, .ops, .mst, .msp, .msi, .msh,.msc, .mht, .mdz, .mdw, .mdt, .mde, .mdb, .mda, .maw, .mav, .mau, .mat, .mas, .mar, .maq, .mam,.mag, .maf, .mad, .lnk, .ksh, .jse, .its, .isp, .ins, .inf, .htc, .hta, .hlp, .fxp, .exe, .der,.csh, .crt, .cpl, .com, .cmd, .chm, .cer, .bat, .bas, .asx, .asp, .app, .adp, .ade, .ws, .vb, .js

SOLUTION

Change the Outlook Web App mailbox policy to include and exclude the file types that you want.

The following is an example of the Windows PowerShell commands to remove the .xml file type from the BlockedFileTypes and BlockedMimeTypes lists and add it to the AllowedFileTypes and AllowedMimeTypes lists:

One of the many small, but annoying, limitations in Office for Mac is the Insert Symbol feature. In Word for Windows it’s quite developed with a list of recently used characters: Or open up the main dialog to scroll through many more symbols or jump to exactly the one you want. Jan 15, 2019  Insert symbol with keyboard shortcut Open Microsoft Word and go to the Insert tab. Click the Symbol tool (the one with the omega sign on it), to open the symbol drawer. Click the More Symbols. To use these shortcuts, you may have to change your Mac keyboard settings to change the Show Desktop shortcut for the key. Arrow Left: Move one character to the left: Arrow Right: Move one character to the right: Option + Arrow Left: Move one word to the left: Option + Arrow Right: Move one word to the right ⌘ + Arrow Up: Move one paragraph up ⌘ + Arrow Down. Use function key shortcuts. Word for Mac uses the function keys for common commands, including Copy and Paste. For quick access to these shortcuts, you can change your Apple system preferences so you don't have to press the Fn key every time you use a function key shortcut. Mar 03, 2012  I have just converted to office 2011 for mac from 2010 on my PC. I am a scientist and cannot for the LIFE of me figure how to insert the male/female symbols. I can't find any keyboard shortcut #. Symbol natural joins in microsoft word mac shortcut.

Things to consider:

• It may take several minutes before changes to the Outlook Web App policy take effect.
• Be aware that by changing the Outlook Web App mailbox policy to include file types that are blocked by default, you may make your system more vulnerable to security threats.

Workaround

Direct users to compress the files that they intend to send (for example, as a .zip file) and then send the compressed files as attachments.

More information

Microsoft Outlook For Mac Versions

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