Many of us crave organization and productivity. If you already use Microsoft Office, then you already have the ultimate tool to sate that craving: Outlook 2013.Outlook is vital in many organizations, not simply for its obvious email skills, but it’s calendaring, tasks, and contacts talents as well. A typical company can connect Outlook to an Exchange server, and everyone can share the same address book and calendars, making it a great tool for enterprise level collaboration.Unfortunately, most folks don’t have an Exchange server set up in their home and probably don’t even know what that is. But, that’s okay, Outlook functions just as well on your home computer, and will still provide all the features that make it such a powerful productivity tool: e-mail, tasks, appointments, address books, and much more!
Working with Outlook – A Tiny PrimerOutlook isn’t going to dazzle you when you first open it. For all intents and purposes, it’s another application in the Microsoft Office ecosystem and as such, it’s going to have quite a few familiar elements.Unlike other popular Office apps, however, Outlook is largely built around its different functions – Word is primarily for creating text documents, Excel is all about spreadsheets, PowerPoint does presentations – but Outlook is a app of many hats.Outlook’s default view is the inbox, along the top is the Ribbon, which is hidden in this view to save screen space.Love them or hate them, Ribbons are everywhere throughout Office. We don’t need to spend any more time going over the relative merits of their existence, obviously they’re here to stay.
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That said, always remember, if you want to quickly hide or show the Ribbon, just use CTRL+F1.If you click on any of the menu functions at the top, the Ribbon shows and you can choose functions and tools. If you want the Ribbon to persist, you can use “CTRL+F1” or click the small pushpin icon in the bottom-right corner.The Home tab on the Ribbon changes contextually depending on the mode you’re in. In the above screenshot, we see our options for Mail.Below, the Home tab has changed to reflect the Calendar’s options. Note, the Ribbon is pinned so the pushpin has changed to an arrow in case you want to collapse it again (or use “CTRL+F1”).The remaining Ribbon tabs – Send/Receive, Folder, View and, of course File – are all largely consistent for whatever mode you’re in. We’ll take a closer look at all of them in the next section.Let’s take a quick look at how to move between modes and change your view. Along the left edge, you see the folder pane. At the bottom of this pane are shortcuts to Outlook’s modes. In this example, you see icons for the Inbox, Calendar, People, Tasks, and so on.If you click on the arrow at the top of navigation pane, it will expand the pane, which will display the folder tree for your email account.Similarly, if you switch to the Calendar mode, you will see the applicable view in the folder pane.Click on the three dots to access further Outlook modes, such as Notes, Folders, and Outlook shortcuts.
Choose the “Navigation Options” and you can change the order in which the navigations elements appear.Turning off “Compact Navigation” will appeal to users with larger resolution displays. You can also increase or reduce how many items appear and the order they appear.
When you sign in to Outlook.com, you’ll go straight to your Inbox.DescriptionActionsMessageCreate a new message by selecting New message.Folders listThe list includes the folders in your mailbox. It may include other folders, such as Favorites and Archive folders.Select Expandto show the folders list, or select Collapseto hide it.Right-click an existing folder and select Create new subfolder.See to learn more about available folders.Search boxIn the Search box, type the name or email address of a person or a keyword you want to search for, and press Enter or select.Message listMessages in the current folder are listed. There might also be a visual alert that a message is unread, has an attachment, or is flagged.At the top of the message list, you can choose how you want to view the list.Select Filter and choose from the options All, Unread, To me, Flagged, or Sort. Each message also has a mini toolbar. For each message, you can delete it, mark it as unread, flag the message, or pin it to keep it at the top fo your folder.Reading paneThe message or conversation that you selected appears in the reading pane.
Use the command bar above the reading pane to perform common actions such as deleting, archiving, sweeping, moving emails, or categorizing.Select Moreto see additional actions—for example, an option to print a message. If you want to learn about printing, see.
Keep track of appointments, meetings, or any other event from anywhere. Add, edit, or delete events using daily, weekly, or monthly views. For more information about working with calendars in Outlook.com, go to.DescriptionActionsNew eventCreate a new event by selecting New event. Then, fill in information about the event.Your calendarsUnder Calendars, My calendar is the default selection and displays the calendar in Month view. You can move forward or backward through calendar months using the arrows above the calendar.You can add other calendars, for example a holiday calendar, by selecting Discover calendars in the left pane. After you add a new calendar, you can choose whether to display it by selecting or clearing the calendar option.If you decide you don't want the calendar you created, right-click the calendar and select Remove Delete.Other calendarsYou can view more than one calendar at a time, add other calendars and select which to display, and create new calendars.View optionsChoose your calendar view: Day, Work week, Week, or Month.
To return to today's date, select Today on the left side of the command bar above the calendar.Calendar paneSelect a specific day in the calendar, and any appointment or event scheduled for that day is listed in this area. You also can select a day or time slot and create a new appointment or event. Use the People page to find, view, create, and edit contacts and contact lists. To learn more about managing contacts in Outlook.com, go to.DescriptionActionsSearch boxStart typing in the search box to find a contact or contact list.Toolbar.Create a new contact by selecting New contact.Create a new contact list by selecting the arrow next to New contact and then New contact list.Add a contact to your Favorites by selecting a contact in the list, and then selecting Add to favorites. Use Tasks to create, manage, and track things you want to get done.
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You can learn more about the new and classic tasks in Outlook.com by going to.DescriptionActionsTask listsTasks includes four default lists, plus any other task lists that you create.Task list contentsSee and manage the tasks in the selected list from this window. Ths is also where you can create new tasks. Right-click a task for a list of options, or select a task to see and manage its details.Task details paneAfter you've selected a task, you can use the details pane to do things like add more information, add steps, or mark as important.Get help with the Outlook.comTo change your Mail settings so your inbox looks and behaves the way you want it to, see. Also check out the. Currently, you can't directly create a meeting in the new Outlook.com.
However, you can create a calendar event to which you can invite people.At the bottom of the page, select.At the top of the page, select New event.In the text box, enter a brief description of the event, including a title, date and time.If you want to invite people to the event, selector More details to view the full event form. In the Invite people box, enter the names or email addresses of the people you want to invite.Select Save if this is an appointment you created for yourself or Send if this is a meeting with attendees.Get more help with the Outlook.com.