Microsoft Outlook 2013 Training - A Definitive Course

Craft a subject line that summarizes the message to boost deliverability and readability, and follow Outlook 2013 guidance: have a subject, keep it relevant, and use correct spelling.

Learn how to set message priority in Outlook 2013, choosing normal, high, or low importance, and understand recipient indicators and when to use each to convey urgency.

Outlook 2013's attachment reminder helps prevent forgotten attachments by detecting typical attachment cues in the message body. Learn to review drafts, add the correct files, and send confidently.

Resize large image attachments on the fly in Outlook to send via email by using Windows Explorer or Outlook's backstage resize tool, lowering sizes to 1024x768.

Save attachments to a chosen location and remove them from messages to prevent mailbox overflow; use save all attachments for multiple files.

Outlook 2013 shows how to insert images into the message body from files or online sources, resize logos in table, and render images in HTML or rich text with licensing.

Create and save reusable content with Quick Parts, including formatted blocks and graphics, in Outlook 2013; insert anywhere in a message for consistent, efficient communication.

Enhance professional email quality in Outlook 2013 by using spelling and grammar checks, a thesaurus, and review tools to verify subject, attachments, and recipients before sending.

Outlook 2013's conversation view groups related emails into threads, enabling you to view, expand, and manage conversations across folders, track replies, and respond to the latest message.

Enable Outlook conversation cleanup to remove duplicate messages, moving redundant content to Deleted Items while preserving the latest, and apply cleanup to individual conversations or entire folders.

Discover how junk mail and spam filters, including Outlook's junk mail folder, identify and manage unwanted messages while highlighting fraudulent emails, dangerous links, and gray mail to protect your inbox.

Learn to manage junk mail in Outlook 2013 by using safe senders lists, blocking domains, and custom junk mail rules to reduce spam while preserving legitimate messages.

Learn to reply, reply all, and forward in Outlook 2013 using inline responses or a pop-out full window, with attention to privacy when forwarding.

Discover how Outlook's quick steps automate common email tasks with a single click. Create and customize quick steps to move messages, mark unread, forward, or reply-and-send, saving time.

Organize Outlook 2013 by trashing junk, flagging important messages, and filing items for recordkeeping using drag-and-drop or menu options.

Identify and reduce mailbox bloat in Outlook 2013 using the mailbox cleanup tool, view mailbox size, delete large attachments, and purge junk and deleted items.

Learn how to set up Outlook auto archive, apply default settings, decide how old items are handled (archive or delete), and show the archive folder in the folder list.

Configure Outlook 2013 auto archive with per-folder rules, archive marketing campaigns after six months, calendar items after fourteen months, and permanently delete, while keeping access to archived data.

Explore Outlook 2013 calendar views, including day, work week, month, and schedule view, plus time scale, time zones, and mini calendars, with tips for managing a single integrated calendar.

Outlook reminders help manage appointments and follow-ups with a single window showing the subject and time; snooze options from five minutes to two weeks; double-click to open items; dismiss reminders.

Create and manage contacts in Outlook 2013 using the people hub. Enter names, multiple emails, phone numbers, and addresses with consistent filing and display options.

Master Outlook contact cards by filling fields on the general and details pages—titles, nicknames, birthdays, and manager and assistant details—and use save and new for efficient contact creation.

Create and manage a contact group in Outlook by naming it descriptively, adding members from the address book, and using the group to email or schedule meetings.

Configure Outlook's social connector to link accounts like Facebook and LinkedIn, creating a single aggregated people hub that combines contact data, messages, calendar updates, while respecting privacy settings.

Configure recurring tasks in Outlook by enabling recurrence, choosing monthly patterns such as same day or the fourth Thursday, and using regenerate to create a new task after completion.

Drag tasks from the task list to the calendar to schedule time and convert them into calendar items with reminders. View by work week and show the daily task list.

Create and manage custom views in Outlook by copying or creating new views, selecting timeline, and applying them to the inbox to organize messages by date and contact.

Learn how to share Outlook 2013 calendars across Exchange and non-Exchange accounts, publish online, send calendar emails, invite others, and manage permissions with calendar groups and overlays.

Explore how to use the backstage in Outlook to customize options across mail, calendar, people, and advanced settings, including live preview, default reminders, holidays, startup, export, and add-ins.

Adjust Outlook options to set the default message format, spell check, signatures, and fonts. Customize reading pane, alerts, replying behavior, autosave, and receipts for efficient email management.