Outlook 2013 Advanced

Adjust Outlook view modes to compact, single, or preview. Set message preview lines, enable or disable conversation view, and customize columns with the field chooser.

Explore customizing Outlook 2013 mail settings, including editor options (html, rich text, plain text), spell-check, signatures and stationary, reading pane behavior, and save and send options.

Configure tracking and delivery options in Outlook, including automatic delivery receipts and voluntary read receipts for new messages. Apply defaults in backstage view or set temporary options per email.

Learn to use voting buttons in Outlook 2013 Advanced to collect simple responses via custom voting options, and track replies and results in the tracking area.

Create new contact folders or groups and move or copy contacts into them to organize your Outlook. Link contacts when information is split, and add favorites for quick access.

Modify calendar defaults in Outlook by adjusting default work times, reminders, holidays, and free/busy permissions; set auto accept/decline for meeting requests, time zones, and calendar color.

Explore the weather bar in your calendar, showing today, tomorrow, and Sunday with hover details like wind, humidity, and precipitation, and add, switch, or remove up to five cities.

Learn to create and manage meetings in Outlook 2013, including attendees, subject, time, rooms, reminders, and time zones; track responses with the scheduling assistant and update or cancel.

Learn to create recurring appointments in Outlook 2013 by selecting a predefined interval and pattern, such as the first Tuesday of every month, and manage occurrences.

Print your calendar by selecting a style, such as daily, weekly agenda, weekly calendar, monthly, tri-fold, or calendar details, and a date range. Save as ICS for use elsewhere.

Create and assign tasks to others, set start and due dates, and indicate priority, then track updates, send status reports, and mark tasks complete to view completed items.

Create and reuse email templates in Outlook 2013 advanced, saving them as Outlook templates and reusing via choose form from user templates to send quick, consistent messages.

Save recurring email text as Quick Parts to reuse across messages. Create AutoText entries by selecting text, naming them, and inserting into new emails to save time.

Learn how to create and manage rules in Outlook 2013 advanced to automate moving messages to folders, define conditions and actions, and run rules manually or automatically.

Explore the Outlook 2013 advanced out of office assistant to send automatic replies during a set time period, with inside or outside organization rules and customizable actions.

Explore how to create and customize advanced email rules with the rules wizard in Outlook 2013, including conditions, actions, and exceptions.

Learn to use conditional formatting in Outlook 2013 advanced to highlight unread messages and emails from Ellen with red text and blue bold fonts, and manage rules.

Explore advanced searching in Outlook 2013 by using Advanced Find to query any message field, create search folders, and save powerful searches across your entire mailbox.

Turn on conversations in the view tab, then use clean up conversation from the home tab to remove redundant messages, and configure cleanup options in mailbox cleanup settings.

Learn how to share your Outlook calendar, choose level of detail (availability, limited, full details), email ICS for seven days, invite others with permissions, publish online, and set calendar ownership.

Forward individual contacts or contact groups as a business card or full Outlook contact, and share your entire contact list with read-only permissions.

Delegate access lets others send or manage emails on your behalf, while setting folder permissions and opening shared folders enables view and collaboration.

Insert and customize tables in outlook 2013 advanced by selecting dimensions, drawing a table, or converting text to a table, then use table tools to adjust rows, columns, and styles.

Insert SmartArt to enhance your emails, choosing a list from SmartArt categories, using the text pane for text placement, and adjusting color schemes and styles to add shapes and bullets.

Master how to use stationery to add backgrounds, colors, and font themes in Outlook 2013, and set default stationery and fonts for all new messages, replies, and forwards.

Insert pictures from local or online sources via pictures or online pictures with Bing search, then resize and format; use screenshots or screen clipping to capture and annotate windows.

Discover how to insert and edit hyperlinks in Outlook 2013 Advanced, linking to files, webpages, emails, bookmarks, or new documents, and ensure access via shared drives or cloud locations.

Insert and manage symbols and lines in Outlook 2013 advanced by exploring the symbol menu, more symbols, font subsets, special characters, and horizontal lines for clean email formatting.

Manage mailbox size and reduce clutter with mailbox cleanup tools, view per-folder sizes, and delete or auto-archive older items while emptying deleted items.

Create a new Outlook data file (pst), move messages from the server to local storage, and back up securely to cloud storage or OneDrive to prevent data loss.

Master exporting and importing Outlook data with the import/export wizard, selecting file types like csv or pst, folders such as contacts or calendar, and mapping fields if needed.

Learn to manage Outlook junk mail settings, from blocking and safe senders to low or high filters, phishing safeguards, and safe lists.

Review how to customize the Outlook experience, manage advanced calendars and tasks, apply rules, share calendars, contacts, and mail, and work with data files.