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Tips and Tricks
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If you place a file called GREETING.TXT in your CyberSecretary's
program folder, then each time she is launched she will present you with the
message contained in the file. This is a convenient way to remind
yourself to update your voice mail greeting, etc. (Version 2.0 installs
this file by default but you can edit it to suit your tastes, or delete it
if you do not wish to use this feature.)
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You can have your CyberSecretary bring you your
favorite web sites at specified times of the day every day or on specific
days. Just open your "Favorites" folder, right-click on any
Internet shortcut, and send it to your CyberSecretary. She will come
right away to find out what to do. (Note, CyberSecretary must already
be running for this feature to work.)
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When you choose to log a sent mail message or a
past appointment in your Journal, you are presented with a drop-down list of
categories. By default the choices are "Business" and
"Personal." You can customize this list by adding a list of
categories to the Registry. Look for the key HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\CyberSecretary\Outlook.
Add a string value named "Categories." Its value should be a
list of categories separated by the vertical bar, e.g.:
Business|Personal|Financial|Legal|Sales|Engineering
You will then be presented with all of the
specified choices in the drop-down list of categories. BE EXTREMELY
CAREFUL WHEN EDITING THE REGISTRY!
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You can customize the location on the screen
where your CyberSecretary usually appears. To do this, follow these
steps. First, right-click on your CyberSecretary's tray icon.
When she appears, drag her to where you would like her to appear. Then
choose "Customize Me." Press OK when the dialog
appears. The location of her dialog will be memorized. (Note,
some messages will appear in the center of the screen.)
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You can control the responsiveness of your
CyberSecretary. By default, every half-second your CyberSecretary
checks the time for scheduled tasks, checks Outlook for new events, and
checks her tray icon for your button press. You can speed this up on a
fast system, or slow it down to improve system responsiveness. To do
this, open the Registry editor (REGEDIT.EXE). Look for the key
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\CyberSecretary\Outlook. Add a string value
named "Interval" and set it to the number of milliseconds (500 =
half a second, the default). Setting a lower number causes your
CyberSecretary to respond more instantly, at a cost of a slight performance
penalty on slower systems. Setting a higher number may improve overall
system performance on a slower system. Setting a number lower than 100
will not noticeably improve your CyberSecretary's responsiveness and may
cause her to think she can take over your machine. Setting a number
higher than about 3000 will cause your CyberSecretary to imitate human
laziness and is not recommended unless that's what you really want.
Troubleshooting/Frequently Asked
Questions
Q. Occasionally, my CyberSecretary hangs while starting Microsoft
Outlook.
When you launch CyberSecretary, she will start Microsoft Outlook if it is
not already running. For unknown reasons, occasionally CyberSecretary
will fail to start Microsoft Outlook and will hang. If you experience
this problem, try starting Microsoft Outlook before you launch CyberSecretary.
Q. Why won't CyberSecretary work with Microsoft Outlook 97 or 98?
Microsoft Outlook 97 and 98 were the first versions of Outlook to be
released. While they provided some support for programs such as
CyberSecretary, they could not notify such a program when something happened
in Outlook - e.g. sending a mail message or opening a contact. That
support was added in Microsoft Outlook 2000.
Q. Why won't CyberSecretary work properly with the e-mail attachment
security enhancements to Outlook 2000?
As part of the security enhancements offered by Microsoft for Outlook 2000,
in response to the "I Love You" virus, Microsoft disabled programs
from accessing certain Outlook functions, e.g. accessing e-mail addresses and
sending messages unattended. While CyberSecretary does not send messages
unattended, she does read e-mail addresses from mail message headers for
certain purposes. CyberSecretary does not read the address book
itself. While using CyberSecretary with Outlook 2000 with e-mail
attachment security enhancements, you may occasionally be prompted to approve
what she is doing.
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