YouSendIt in Microsoft Outlook is a popular website for sending and receiving large files of attachments with your e-mails up to 100MB for free. It is freely available on their website with an easy to use Add-on which you can restart after installation and you will notice the YouSendIt button with a drop down menu for signing in, configuring settings and getting support. YouSendIt allows you to attach larger files to your email attachments.

I have been using YouSendIt apps since several years from now and have always been happy and fully satisfied with this Microsoft Outlook app. This small plug in makes it more efficient to send large attachments with my mails without having to navigate to the website.  The upload time seems equal to using the site. The larger files above 100MB have different subscription plans that are for a pro, business or corporate account.

Signing Up

You can start using YouSendit plug-in by logging into your account or signing up for a new one in Microsoft Outlook app. As an individual user you are downgraded to YouSendIt Lite which should be adequate enough for personal mails.

Also check immediately the configuration, where you can designate YouSendIt for files over a certain size. Basically all you need to do is to  configure proxy settings, compose a message and include large attachment as you normally would.  You will have a confirmation message pop up and just click Yes and your file is sent immediately.

Just Do It

• Send files directly from Outlook
• Eliminate email bounce-backs
• Prevent exchange server slow downs
• Resumable upload- handles network interruptions
• Seamless integration- Configure the plug-in to launch when attachments are larger than a pre-selected size

Note

While the file is being uploaded to the YouSendIt servers you will notice that there is a progress bar and abort option where the plug-in button is situated. Next, click on the YouSendIt toolbar button configuration and select your uploading preference to decide when to use YouSendIt service for uploading the attachments. Now, attach a file with Microsoft Outlook and send it out.  Outlook may automatically send your email using the YouSendIt service based on your configuration in the previous step or you may elect to confirm using the YouSendIt service.

Also you will notice a YouSendIt Outbox with a plug-in that includes support so you can contact for any problems. You should make sure to turn on logging to send diagnostic files for easier troubleshooting.

Microsoft will be releasing its Windows 7 in a couple of months from now but news of the Microsoft Office is already begun to trickle in.
First there is an uproar about the new Outlook 2010 because of its inability to render incorrectly and twitter posts asking Microsoft to fix its Outlook have crossed 20,000 already.
In the new Office 2010 in the “Word” there has been included a facility for capturing screen shots. This facility automatically saves the screen shot you have selected in to the gallery for subsequent use even if you have not saved it in the document. Then there is also the facility for editing the screen shot where background can be removed and there are tools to beautify the image itself.

The Office 2010 has been provided with a new “Office Button”. This button displays a box that has all the “option windows” with the help of which you can quickly “Select a Template” and perform operations like creating a new document and change metadata and printing it with out having to open a new window. The task of navigation of menus and answering the dialog boxes that appear has been done away with just by clicking on this button for addition of a new email account etc., Apart from the button a “Ribbon” has been added that makes customization easier and as per our requirements.

A new “Smart Art Template” has been added. In addition animations can be created for Power Point. Also, with the Word 2010 files can be directly saved to “Share Point”. Support has also been provided for opening and saving documents in “ODF” and exporting the documents to “PDF”. Powerful tools have been provided for editing Word, Excel and power Point by the usage of “Preview Technology”. In this the results of each edit option can be previewed by the text becoming semi transparent when the mouse is moved on to a particular option. A decision can then be taken and the necessary option can be selected.

In Power Point an Equation editor has been added and the symbols can be selected with a click.