How to Modify the Format of a Time Stamp in Outlook 2007 With Business Contact Manager

Microsoft Outlook 2007 with Business Contact Manager allows users to manage both their personal and business contacts, calendars, tasks and emails. Most sections of the application use a time stamp as a record of the time an activity was performed or a marker for the time of a future event. If you do not like the format of the time stamp you can change it. However, the format is based on settings set in the Windows operating system. To change the settings, you must configure the options in the "Regional and Language Options" utility in Windows.

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  Click "Start," then "Control Panel." Click "Clock, Language, and Region."

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  Click "Change the date, time or number format" under "Region and Language." The Region and Language dialog window will open.

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  Click the "Formats" tab, then select the format of the time stamp you want to use in Outlook 2007. Click the drop-down boxes next to "Short time" and "Long time" and select the format you want to use from the list in each box. For example, you can choose to display the time stamp in the 24-hour notation format instead of the standard 12-hour format. Click "Apply," then "OK." Restart your computer if prompted.