Overview
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Get over 120 tips, tricks, and keyboard shortcuts to save time, increase productivity, and help you stay organized in Outlook 2013.
Syllabus
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Introduction
- Welcome
- Finding a contact in seconds
- Viewing Outlook in multiple windows
- Taking a peek
- Flagging messages for the to-do list
- Reusing frequently used text with Quick Parts
- Creating items with drag and drop
- Adding people to Favorites
- Color-coding important messages
- Viewing the schedule for an entire group
- Entering natural-language dates
- Viewing your inbox your way
- Using Conversation view
- Managing your inbox
- Working with folders and subfolders
- Making use of favorites
- Deleting old messages
- Staying organized with shortcut keys
- Speed-reading your email
- Changing the Mark as Read setting
- Using Quick Steps
- Assigning categories
- Automating rules for incoming messages
- Replying automatically with a specific message
- Dealing with junk mail
- Finding an email
- Using search folders
- Shortcut keys for sending emails
- Using your address books
- Setting your default address book
- Using Bcc--or not
- Quickly attaching files
- Skipping attachments altogether
- Setting up multiple signatures
- Making great use of your Drafts folder
- Adding hyperlinks to an email
- Delaying an email in the Outbox
- Sharing your calendar via email
- Three ways to create eye-catching emails
- Flagging a message for the recipient
- Inserting a screenshot
- Sending business cards and contacts via email
- Sending a text message (SMS) from Outlook
- Conducting a vote via email
- Displaying the To Do bar
- Seven ways to create a new task
- Five ways to view your tasks
- Changing task due dates and start dates
- Customizing your Tasks folder
- Setting task reminders
- Five ways to reschedule appointments and meetings
- Entering appointment details
- Creating recurring appointments
- Cloning appointments
- Changing the time scale
- Showing two time zones
- Setting the time zone of an appointment
- Reserving calendar time for tasks
- Finding an appointment quickly
- Using the Calendar with shortcut keys
- Displaying a custom range with the Date Navigator
- Connecting to your social media accounts
- Linking your contacts
- Adding a photo to a contact
- Tracking birthdays and other details
- Getting directions to a contact address
- Sharing contacts
- Making personal contacts private
- Customizing a business card's appearance
- View or add contact info
- Two ways to create a contact group
- Viewing contacts
- Adding a column to a Contact view
- Merging your contacts using Microsoft Word
- Using Outlook Today
- Setting an out-of-office message
- Working offline
- Customizing the Navigation pane
- Customizing the Quick Access Toolbar
- Next steps
