Using

Microsoft Outlook:

E-mail Basics
 Objectives
• Guided Tour of Outlook
– Identification
– Views
• E-mail Basics
– Contacts
– Folders
– Web Access
• Q&A
 Preview
Pane

Task Pane

Title Bar
Menu Bar
Tool Bars

Folder
List

Use your mouse to

click through various
identification
Navigation Pane markings on this
screen.
Status Line
Then click Next.
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 Modifying What You See
To move the Preview Pane, simply:
• Click View, Reading Pane.
Then choose Right
(or Off) from the drop-
down menu to modify
the location of the
pane.

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 Modifying What You See
Let’s try it!

Move your
Preview pane
to the right
side of the
screen.

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What Else Can We Change?
• Remove preview pane completely
• Arrange your inbox
• Size your navigation pane
• Add a toolbar
• Remove a toolbar
• Follow the status line through
these moves

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 Navigation
Let’s practice!
• Calendar
• Contacts
• Mail
• Journal
• Notes
• Tasks

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 E-mail Basics

Composing:
Click the New
button or
choose File,
New, Mail
Message.

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 Enter recipient address(es) here.
Enter secondary recipient address(es) here.

Use this space for your message.

Be sure to check spelling and proofread

your message. Then click the Send button.

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 Handling Blind Copies
To send a blind copy in Outlook, click on
Options, then choose Bcc from the menu.

Outlook automatically adds a line for the

blind copy address.
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 Handling Attachments
To attach a document to your message,
click on the Insert Tab and then the Attach
File button. It resembles a paper clip.

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 Handling Attachments
Choose a file,
then click the
Insert button.

Outlook inserts
the file into your
message.
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 GroupWise Comparison
The process is identical in
GroupWise. Click on the
Attachment button (paper
clip). Then choose the file to
attach and click OK.

GroupWise uses a graphical

display for the attachment.

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 Send Options
• HTML
• Plain Text
• Rich Text

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 More Send Options
Click on the Options button.

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Click the Options tab.

Select the
appropriate
options, then click
the Mail tab to
return to the
message.
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 Reading Messages
Without the Preview Pane:

Simply
double-
click on
the
message.

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 Reading Messages
• With the Preview Pane:

A single click
on the
message will
cause it to be
displayed in
the Preview
Pane.

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It works exactly the same way!
A single click,
when Quick
Viewer is used.
Or a double-click
when Quick
Viewer is off.

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 Replying/Forwarding
Whether or not you are using the Preview
Pane, the Reply, Reply to All, and Forward
options will be displayed.

The Reply and Reply to All options

automatically fill in the addressees.

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 GroupWise Comparison
• Again, Outlook works the same way as
GroupWise with only one exception.

When you click the Reply

button, a second window
appears in which you
must select whether you
wish to reply to a single
person or to all recipients.
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 Adding a Signature
Click on
Tools,
Options.
Then
choose
Mail
Format
and click
on the
signature
button.

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 Creating a Signature
Assign a brief
description to the
signature (first name,
or internal use) then
click OK.
Then simply create
the information you
want to include in
the edit signature
box, and click OK.

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GroupWise Comparison
In GroupWise, only
one signature can be
created. Click Tools,
Options,
Environment, then
the Signature tab.
Supply the
information you wish
to include in the
signature and click
OK.

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 Out of Office Assistant
On the Tools menu,
click Out of Office
Assistant. In the Out
of Office Assistant
dialog box, click Send
Out of Office auto-
replies. If desired,
select Only send
during this time
range, and then set
the appropriate Start
and End dates and
times.

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 Out of Office Assistant
In the Out of Office Assistant
dialog box, there are two tabs for
messages: Inside My Organization
and Outside My Organization.
To send an Out of Office reply for
messages originating within the
college, create your reply in the text
window of Inside My Organization.
To send an Out of Office reply for
messages originating within the
college, create your reply in the text
window of Outside My
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 Recalling Messages
To recall a
message you
have sent, open
(double-click) the
message from
your Sent Items
folder.
Then click Other
Actions, then
click on Recall
This Message.

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 Recalling Messages

Specify the recall options, and click OK.

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GroupWise Comparison
In GroupWise,
deleting the
message from your
Sent Items folder
provides you the
option of deleting it
from other
recipients’ folders.
There is no
confirmation option
available in
GroupWise.
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Managing Mail Folders
• If you have been using folders to
organize your mail in GroupWise,
you understand how their function
and benefit.
• Outlook folders function in much the
same way.
• Specific comparisons to GroupWise
will not be made in this section.

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Creating Folders
In the Navigation Pane,
choose the parent folder. (Ex.:
Inbox)
Right-click the parent folder,
then choose New Folder from
the drop-down list.

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 Creating Folders
Give the folder a
name.
Describe its contents.
Click OK.
It’s that simple!

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 Using Folders
Using folders is
even easier than
creating them!
Simply drag items
from the Inbox (or
other location) to
the folder in
which you wish to
store them.

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Tracking Sent Messages
In Outlook, as in GroupWise,
certain information about your
message can be tracked using
“Properties.”

In Outlook, you must open the

item, click the Office Button,
then Properties.

(GroupWise item properties can

be displayed by simply right-
clicking on the item and
choosing Properties.)

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Deleting Messages and Folders
This is the easiest part yet!

Simply click on any item – message, folder,

task, etc. – and press the Delete key.

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 Summary
• Outlook e-mail is simple to use
• Outlook views can be customized
• Using Outlook e-mail is very
similar to using GroupWise e-mail

Next topic: Managing Contacts

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 Managing Contacts
• Versatile tool for managing people data
• Initialized for NRCC contacts (similar to
the GroupWise Address Book)
• Usable across applications
• Searchable
• Share-able

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 Click on Contacts.
Or choose Go, Contacts.

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 Contacts View
Contact record
(can be much
larger)

Directory
buttons

Sorting
options

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The General Tab

This is the same

information you
find in the
GroupWise Back
Address Book.
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 The Details Tab

The Details Tab provides some

additional information that can be useful
in maintaining contacts.
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The All Fields Tab
The All Fields Tab
provides
customizable
search options.
Users can select
the fields to
display for
Contacts records,
or use the fields
to search for
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 Creating New Contacts
Outlook provides three ways to create
contacts:
• Importing information to the Contacts
database
• Manually creating new records
• Creating new records from incoming
messages.
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 Importing New Contacts
From any Outlook view,
click File, then Import and
Export, to launch the
Wizard displayed here.
Let’s try importing some
data, using:
Q:\itclab\itc\outlookdata.ac
cdb
as the data source.
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 Manually Creating Contacts
To manually create a new contact…

1. Open the Contacts folder.

2. Click the New Contact
button.
3. Enter as much or as little
information as you need
for the new contact.
4. Click the Save and Close
button.
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Using E-mail to Create Contacts
Perhaps the easiest method…
While reading a
message, right-click on
the sender’s name,
then choose Add to
Contacts.

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 Using Contacts
There are multiple uses for your
Contacts database. Examples include:
• Search/sort
• Create messages
• Integrate with other Office applications

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Sorting Contacts
One option for
sorting Contacts
is displayed.

Click on the
other options
and observe
changes in the
listing.

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 Searching Contacts
Option 1: QuickFind

Simply click inside the QuickFind box

and type all or part of the contact’s
name.
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 Searching Contacts
Option 2: Find

Click on the Find button.

Type all or part of the contact’s name, address,
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 Removing Contacts
To remove/delete a contact, simply click on
the contact’s name (which turns blue), and
press the Delete key on your keyboard.

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Outlook Web Access

https://webmail.nr.edu/exchange

Questions??

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 What’s Next?
Intermediate Outlook training
covers:
• Using the Outlook calendar
• Tasks
• Outlook’s Journal feature
• Notes and Reminders