E-mail alerts can be annoying, if not embarrassing, if they appear in the middle of a PowerPoint presentation. In Outlook 2007, a desktop alert will appear above the system tray on your desktop when a new e-mail message arrives. The alert will include the subject of the e-mail as well as the sender’s name. So you can see how this could cause some problems if you are in the middle of a presentation.

By default, Outlook 2007 will not display any e-mail alerts when you are running a PowerPoint 2007 presentation. If you switch to another program though or open a Web site during your presentation, any e-mail alerts will continue to be displayed. To prevent this from occurring you can disable desktop alerts using the steps listed below.

1. Open Outlook 2007.
2. From the Tools menu, click Options.
3. Click E-mail Options from the Preferences tab.
4. Click the Advanced E-mail Options button.
5. Clear the Display a New Mail Desktop Alert (default Inbox only) option. Click OK.
6. Click OK.

[tags]Microsoft Office, Outlook, Microsoft Outlook, Outlook 2007[/tags]