Outlook 365 Advanced

Customize your Outlook viewing options, including change view, compact and single views, and reading pane placement. Personalize conversation and message preview settings to suit your workflow.

Explore Outlook 365 advanced mail options, including composing formats (HTML, rich text, plain text), editor settings, signatures, stationery, and read receipt controls.

Explore advanced contact management in the people view by linking external profiles, such as LinkedIn, and building contact groups to message or share information quickly.

Learn to manage Outlook 365 contacts by linking profiles such as LinkedIn, adding numbers, using the linked view, and creating contact groups for quick group messaging and meetings.

Explore Outlook's calendar weather features for a three-day forecast in your current location and added destinations. Add multiple locations, view real-time weather for travel, and stay within one app.

Learn how to create and use email templates in Outlook to automate recurring messages, like weekly HR meeting agendas, by saving as an Outlook template and inserting from templates.

Learn to save frequently used email content as quick parts in Outlook, distinguishing quick parts from templates and inserting logos, headings, or text into body paragraphs.

Create and manage rules in Outlook 365 to automatically sort emails, move messages to folders, and trigger an alert.

Modify Outlook desktop alerts by choosing when to receive notifications, enabling sounds or previews, and customizing the desktop mail notification sound through Outlook options and the Control Panel.

Discover Outlook 365 advanced search options, using the search bar and advanced find to tailor results by item type, location, keywords, people, and date, with indexing controls and highlighting.

Insert and customize tables in Outlook messages, use draw table and autofit options, convert text to tables, and insert an Excel spreadsheet for richer email layout.

Discover how to insert and customize SmartArt in Outlook emails, using SmartArt design and formatting to create engaging diagrams, such as cycles, with text wrap and layout options.

Learn to insert and embed hyperlinks in Outlook 365 by using the Insert tab and Links options, linking to files, webpages, or email addresses, with text-embedded or full URL links.

Insert symbols in Outlook to add accent marks and multilingual characters using the symbols menu, more symbols, and keyboard shortcuts; customize shortcuts to speed up emails, including auto correct options.

Learn to clean up your Outlook 365 mailbox by using mailbox cleanup tools to identify space hogs, permanently delete items, and manage folder sizes for faster performance.

Back up Outlook data by creating an Outlook data file via account settings data files, then restore lost emails or calendar items from the backup when needed.

Configure junk mail options in Outlook to block or allow senders, set protection levels, and manage safe and blocked lists while respecting organizational policies.

Recap the key takeaways from the Outlook 365 advanced course: create and manage rules to automate routing, customize view settings and signatures, and set junk email options to boost efficiency.