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Where is Tools menu in Microsoft Outlook 2010?

• It is much easier to find Select All in Outlook 2010 if you are using Classic Menu for Office
• If you have not Classic Menu for Office (Method: Search in the ribbon)

Ribbon Interface of Microsoft Outlook 2010 is different from classic style interface of Outlook 2003, and there is obviously not tools menu in the ribbon. But provided below still gives you methods to find tools menu whether Classic Menu software installed or not for your Office 2010.

If you are using Classic Menu for Office...

On Menus tab, you can obviously see Tools menu next to the Actions menu on the toolbar. Click Tools and it will bring up the Tools drop-down menu, from which listed the Send/Receive All Folders, Cancel All, Com Add-Ins, Disable Items, Outllok Options.etc.

See it below:

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If you are not using Classic Menu for Office...

In Microsoft Outlook 2010, the tools menu is no longer listed as a group and the commands and icons of tools are scattered to display at different places in the ribbon. But there are still ways for you to find the commands of tools menu in the ribbon.

Take Send/Receive All Folders for example, In Microsoft Outlook 2010, on Send/Receive tab, you can see Send/Receive All Folders at the leftmost corner, and Cancel All is listed in the Download group.

See it below:

Take Address Book for another example, in Microsoft Outlook 2010, on Message tab, navigate to Names group, and you can see the Address Book icon next to Check Names.

See it below:

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What is Classic Menu for Office/Outlook

Brings the familiar classic menus and toolbars back to Microsoft Office 2007 and 2010, helps users get through the transition from Office 2003 to Office 2007/2010, and saves your money and energy on training if you are upgrading your Office.

		Classic Menu for Office 2007 It includes Classic Menu for Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access and Outlook 2007.
		Classic Menu for Office 2010 It includes Classic Menu for Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access, Outlook, OneNote, Publisher, InfoPath, Visio and Project 2010.