Tip 198 – Quickly Attach a File to an Outgoing Email Message
DOWNLOAD PDF Often you will need to send a file with an outgoing email message. To do this, in the message click the Insert tab on the ribbon and click Attach File. Browse to locate the file to attach and click it to select it. Double click the file to insert it as an attachment […]
Tip 197 – Create a Handy Desktop E-mail Shortcut
DOWNLOAD PDF To speed up emailing someone whom you e-mail on a regular basis, create a custom email shortcut on your desktop. To do this, right click the desktop and choose New > Shortcut. In the first dialog type mailto: followed by their e-mail address (eg: mailto:meredithabrowning@gmail.com) and click Next. Type a name for the […]
Tip 190 – Quickly Navigate an Outlook Calendar with these Alt Key Shortcuts
DOWNLOAD PDF When looking at a Week or Work Week view of your calendar you can move around it using these handy Alt key shortcuts. Press Alt + Home to go to the first day of the week and Alt + End to move to the last day. Use Alt + Down arrow to go […]
Tip 177 – Save time by Writing an Email Now and Delivering it Later
DOWNLOAD PDF When you need to write an email but not send it straight away, write it and hold it in your Outbox so it won’t be delivered. In the New Message dialog, open the Options tab and choose Delay Delivery. In the resulting dialog enable the Do not deliver before checkbox and select a […]
Tip 173 – Quickly Change your Outlook Calendar View
DOWNLOAD PDF You can instantly change to week or month view in your Outlook Calendar by clicking in the Date Navigator. To see a week at a time, hold your mouse to the left of the week in the Date Navigator so it shows as an arrow pointing up and to the right, and click […]
Tip 160 – Quickly Find and Delete Messages from a Given Sender in Outlook
DOWNLOAD PDF When you need to delete a batch of unwanted emails such as a newsletter you receive from a particular sender you can do so easily. First click on a message from that sender and then sort the Inbox into sender order by clicking on the From column header. This groups together all emails […]
Get reminders by email
FollowUpThen.com is a service that allows you to include one of their special email addresses in an email which will trigger an email reminder on the date or time you have specified. For example if you send an email to 5days@followupthen.com you will get a reminder in 5 days. Before you can start using the […]
Sending confidential information by email
Email is not a safe way of sending confidential information, in fact, some even say that you shouldn’t include anything in an email that you wouldn’t write on a un-enveloped postcard, however we often find ourselves needing to quickly send things, such as bank statements and accounts. Although there are special email services that provide […]
Adding a third party spam filter
In our May 2015 issue we explained what spam is and how to deal with it, but if spam is becoming an increasing problem for you, then it may be time to consider installing a professional Spam filter. Some email address providers, such as Gmail, do a very good job in stopping spam before it […]
Become more efficient with Outlook
I wouldn’t be surprised if you used Outlook more than any other program on your computer, so it makes sense to learn some tools and shortcuts you can use to become more efficient at managing your emails. Like most programs, there is usually more than one way of achieving things, and even experienced users are […]
