Outlook for Dummies

Learn all about the best application for emailing, scheduling, collaborating, and just plain getting stuff done
 
Did you know that Microsoft Outlook can do everything, including cook your dinner? Okay, it can't cook your dinner. But it can deliver your email, filter out the junk, help you organize your life, sync data to the cloud, integrate with iOS and Android, and about a zillion other things. Outlook For Dummies shows you how to work all the basic and advanced features of the Office 2021 version.
 
Outlook is loaded with interesting productivity tools that most people--even in business environments--don't know about. Did you know you can create automated mail-handling rules? Translate messages into other languages? Share your calendar with other people? It's true, and when people start wondering how you suddenly got to be so productive, you can tell them: Outlook For Dummies.
* Take a stroll around the basic interface and emailing capabilities of Outlook for Office 2021
* Use Outlook to create daily and monthly schedules, manage a to-do list, organize messages into folders, and make notes for later reference
* Discover advanced and little-known features that will help you get organized and stay on top of things
* Sync email across your devices and access Outlook from any computer, tablet, or phone
 
For users who are brand-new to Outlook and those upgrading to the latest version, this book makes it simple to get going.

List of contents

Introduction 1
 
Part 1: Getting Started with Outlook 9
 
Chapter 1: A First Look at Outlook 11
 
Chapter 2: Taking a Tour of the Outlook Interface 25
 
Chapter 3: Getting on the Fast Track with Handy Shortcuts 43
 
Part 2: Taming the Email Beast 57
 
Chapter 4: Email Essentials 59
 
Chapter 5: Taking Email to the Next Level 81
 
Chapter 6: Conquering Your Mountain of Messages 103
 
Chapter 7: Managing Multiple Email Accounts and Data Files 143
 
Part 3: Keeping Track of Contacts, Dates, Tasks, and More 165
 
Chapter 8: Your Little Black Book: Managing Your Contacts 167
 
Chapter 9: Organizing Your Schedule with the Calendar 191
 
Chapter 10: Staying on Task: To-Do Lists and More 219
 
Part 4: Taking Outlook to the Next Level 245
 
Chapter 11: Merging Mail From Outlook to Microsoft Word 247
 
Chapter 12: Integrating Outlook with Google and iCloud 261
 
Chapter 13: Outlook for iOS and Android Devices 273
 
Chapter 14: Seeing It Your Way: Customizing Outlook 285
 
Part 5: Outlook at Work 305
 
Chapter 15: Outlook on the Job 307
 
Chapter 16: Using Outlook on the Web: Your Outlook Away From Outlook 329
 
Part 6: The Part of Tens 347
 
Chapter 17: Ten Shortcuts Worth Taking 349
 
Chapter 18: Ten Things You Can't Do with Outlook 359
 
Chapter 19: Ten Things You Can Do After You're Comfy 365
 
Index 371

About the author

Faithe Wempen, M.A., is a Microsoft Office Specialist Master Instructor and the author of over 150 books on Windows, Office, and computer technology.

Summary

Learn all about the best application for emailing, scheduling, collaborating, and just plain getting stuff done

Did you know that Microsoft Outlook can do everything, including cook your dinner? Okay, it can't cook your dinner. But it can deliver your email, filter out the junk, help you organize your life, sync data to the cloud, integrate with iOS and Android, and about a zillion other things. Outlook For Dummies shows you how to work all the basic and advanced features of the Office 2021 version.

Outlook is loaded with interesting productivity tools that most people--even in business environments--don't know about. Did you know you can create automated mail-handling rules? Translate messages into other languages? Share your calendar with other people? It's true, and when people start wondering how you suddenly got to be so productive, you can tell them: Outlook For Dummies.
* Take a stroll around the basic interface and emailing capabilities of Outlook for Office 2021
* Use Outlook to create daily and monthly schedules, manage a to-do list, organize messages into folders, and make notes for later reference
* Discover advanced and little-known features that will help you get organized and stay on top of things
* Sync email across your devices and access Outlook from any computer, tablet, or phone

For users who are brand-new to Outlook and those upgrading to the latest version, this book makes it simple to get going.

Product details

• Authors: F Wempen, Faithe Wempen, Faithe (Computer Support Technician and Tr Wempen, Wempen Faithe
• Publisher: Wiley, John and Sons Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.11.2021
• EAN: 9781119829119
• ISBN: 978-1-119-82911-9
• No. of pages: 400
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > IT, data processing > Application software; Outlook, Microsoft Outlook, Office 2021, End-User Computing, Computer-Ratgeber