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Outlook Tips & Optimization
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Outlook 2007 & 2010 Parts • Navigation Pane • Ribbon • Quick Access Toolbar
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Navigation Pane • Outlook is made up of several panes, each with its own
set of tools & folders – Mail: Compose, manage, organize, send & receive messages.
• Inbox • Sent Items • Deleted Items
– Calendar: Enables you to view & schedule appointments, events & meetings.
– Contacts: Stores addresses, numbers, email addresses, & other information about people you contact.
– Tasks: Allows you to organize & manage to-do items. – Notes: Works like electronic sticky notes
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Navigation Pane Shortcuts
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The Ribbon • The tabs on the Ribbon replace the menus
& toolbars found in previous versions of Outlook.
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Quick Access Toolbar • The Quick Access Toolbar
appears above the File tab & provides easy access to the commands you use the most frequently.
• To customize your toolbar: – Click on the Customize
Quick Access Toolbar dropdown
– Select the commands you want to add or remove
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Navigation Pane Parts • Mail • Calendar • Contacts • Tasks • Journal
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Change the Settings for Messages you Create & Receive
• In the “Mail” tab of your Outlook Options, you can easily personalize many of your email settings.
• To get to your Options in 2010: – Click on the “File” tab – Select “Options” – Click on “Mail” in the left column
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• This is where you would go to: – Setup Outlook to automatically check your
spelling before sending – Create or edit your Signature – Change the default font & color of the
messages you compose. – Change how you are alerted when you
receive messages – Change your Reply/Forward settings
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Quick Parts • If you use blocks of text, links, or images repeatedly in
your emails, Quick Parts can save you a lot of typing. – Open a new email window – Type or insert the commonly used content – Select the content & click on the Insert tab – Select Quick Part from the Text tab of the Insert Ribbon – The content will be saved as a new building block and you can
give it a new descriptive name and put it in a category. – Use the block of content in any new email by clicking on Insert
Quick Parts (a small preview window will open for you to choose between the saved quick parts)
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Give Your Old Emails a New Name • Changing the subject line to reflect the content
of emails is a helpful practice – especially if you have hundreds of emails archived in Outlook. – Open the email with the subject line in need of
change in a new window. – Place the cursor on the subject line and type in your
new subject. – Confirm & Close
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Deleting Messages • Undelete a Message
– Move it from the Deleted Items into any other folder to restore it.
• Permanently Delete Messages – Avoid the multiple step process of deleting message
& then emptying the Deleted Items folder by holding down the Shift key when you hit Delete for any message. This works when you delete multiple selected message as well.
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Creating Rules • Rules are tools that can help you manage
your email messages by performing specific actions automatically. – Examples:
• Move all incoming messages with a particular word in the subject line to a specific folder
• Have Outlook play a sound when you receive an email from your boss
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• Creating a Rule by Example: – Click the Mail button in the Navigation Pane – Click the Home tab on the Ribbon – Click the Rules button in the Move group &
select Create Rule
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• To view even more options, click the Advanced Options box, and follow the prompts.
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Searching – Instant Search • Instant Search – starts matching the searched item with
the search term as you begin typing. Within each item, the search term gets highlighted in yellow. (Ctrl + E)
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Searching – Advanced Find • Advanced Find brings up more options for searching
using three tabs of criteria • Bring up Advanced Find by pressing Ctrl+Shift+F
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Search - Quickly Peruse Related Messages
• For a quick look at all messages related to one that you are currently reading: – Open a message – Select the Actions menu – Choose Find All – Select Related Messages – A dialog will pop up and pertinent messages,
both, sent & received, will be listed
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Other Search Tips • Quickly search for text within an open item
by hitting the F4 key.
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Create Additional Calendars • You can create separate calendars for
separate types of appointments: – When in the Calendar section of the
Navigation Pane, click the Folder tab on the ribbon
– Click the New Calendar button, type the name of the new calendar, and click OK.
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Add Holidays to Calendar • In Outlook 2010, go to the File menu & select Options • On the left sidebar, select Calendar • Under Calendar Options, select Add Holidays
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• When the Add Holiday to Calendar dialog box pops up, select the locations whose holidays you would like copied to your Outlook calendar & click OK:
• Once this is done, you can edit or add details to any holiday by clicking on the event in your calendar.
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Make an Email an Appointment • Click on the email message & drag it to the
Calendar on your Navigation Pane – A new appointment window will pop up for today’s
date. – The subject of the email message will automatically
appear in the subject line of the appointment, & the email text will be in the window
– Adjust any subject/location/time/date/reminder details and Save & Close the Appointment
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Contacts • Adding a contact from an Email
– To add an email sender’s name & email address to your contacts, simply drag the email to the Contacts button in the Navigation Pane.
– From here – the Contact window will open and you can add additional details, and Save & Close the contact.
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Customize Your Contact Info • You can easily add custom fields to your
contacts – In a contact, click the All Fields tab – Select from options such as Frequently-used
fields or Personal Fields (ex: Birthday) – Click New, and Specify a field name, type,
and format
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Distribution Lists • Using a distribution list, you can send an email to a
group of people easily. – Select File – New – Distribution List or Ctrl-Shift-L – Type the name of the list – Add new members by using the Add New & Select Members
buttons – Click Save & Close
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Tasks & To-Dos • Tasks are easy to add in to Outlook & view as
you open Outlook, or throughout your day. – Tasks can be put in with many options similar to
appointments • Recurring, With a reminder, Color coded, Etc.
• To input a task, simply click on Tasks in the Navigation Pane, type your task in, and hit enter – Once your task is entered, you can click on the task
and edit any details (or delete) as needed.
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Journal • The Journal feature in Outlook can track your
time for things you do throughout the day. – Tracks not only Outlook activities, but also Access,
Excel PowerPoint, & Word – The time line shows the activities Outlook records, &
you can easily add new ones manually – There is a Time options to track the length of time you
spend on an activity (such as a phone call)
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• To Enable the Journal: – Add the button to your Folders List:
– When prompted, select Yes to turn the
Journal on – Select the options you wish to track
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Optimization Tips Outlook is a database driven Windows product. As you add more information to it, it needs more time to respond to commands. The following are tips to make Outlook load and run faster.
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• Make sure that the default folder that is displayed when Outlook starts is not too crowded with emails. – Move emails away from this folder to archive
or other sub-folders. – Define a rule to automatically move emails
from certain people that you receive many emails from into a specific folder.
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• When you need to switch to another application, minimize Outlook before going to the other program. – This keeps Outlook from using so much
memory, and reduces the chances that it will stop responding.
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• If you keep Outlook up and running all the time, try to close and restart it at least daily. – Outlook can require more and more memory
resources if you keep it open for longer periods of time.
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Do – Not - Disturb • Disable New Message alerts
– Go to Tools – Email Options – Advanced Email Options
– Uncheck the options as shown below – Click OK
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Keyboard Shortcuts • Helpful Emailing Shortcuts
– Create a new email: Ctrl + Shift + M – Send an email: Alt + S – Reply to a message:
• Reply: Ctrl + R • Reply All: Ctrl + Shift + R
– Forward: Ctrl + Shift + F – Flag for Follow Up: Ctrl + Shift + G – Mark as Unread: Ctrl + U
• To quickly Send/Receive all: F9
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• Other helpful shortcuts: – Create a new note: Ctrl + Shift + N – Create a new task: Ctrl + Shift + K – Create a new Folder: Ctrl + Shift + E – Create a meeting request: Ctrl + Shift + Q – Create a Microsoft Office document: Ctrl + Shift + H
• Additional Shortcuts: – http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/outlook-help/
keyboard-shortcuts-for-microsoft-outlook-2010-HP010354403.aspx
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Resources Microsoft Office Outlook Support: • http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/outlook-help
Interactive How-To Guide: Microsoft Outlook 2007 -2010: • http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/outlook-help/learn-where-menu-and-toolbar-
commands-are-in-office-2010-and-related-products-HA101794130.aspx
Custom Guide References for Outlook 2007 & 2010: • http://www.customguide.com/demo?
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