Outlook 2013

This is Part 3 of a four part series on the new features of MS Office 2013.

Outlook 2013 New Features

Dr. Sherri E. Ritter

Outlook 2013 1. Email 1

Switching from email, to Calendar, People, is now listed at the bottom of the screen.

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Unread messages appear in blue while read message appear in gray. Selected messages appear in blue.

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Moving your mouse over an item put an X at the end of the item allowing you to delete the item.

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When you are reading an item at the top of the message you have the option to Reply, Reply All, or Forward

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1 Having the word attachment in the subject line or anywhere within the message will result in a reminder to attach a file.

Created April 2013 by Dr. Sherri E Ritter

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When you are reading a message at the bottom of the message window a panel will appear to allow you to see all messages from the person.

Clicking on the button to the right of the people icons will show you all the people the message was copied.

Message Sensitivity Options> More Options> Sensitivity

The recipients will see the following text in the InfoBar (InfoBar: Banner near the top of an open email message, appointment, contact, or task.) of the message: This will not restrict others from forwarding the message!

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For Normal, no sensitivity level is assigned to the message. Therefore, no text is displayed in the InfoBar. For Private, the recipient will see Please treat this as Private in the InfoBar. For Personal, the recipient will see Please treat this as Personal in the InfoBar. For Confidential, the recipient will see Please treat this as Confidential in the InfoBar.

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2. Calendar One new feature of the calendar is the weather. At the top of the calendar you will see the current temperature and weather conditions and forecast.

The calendar looks very similar. You can choose between weeks, days, and month view.

When you mouse over an appointment a pop-up will give you additional information.

Group Calendar Home> Manage Calendars> Calendar Group This function allows you to create a group calendar so you can see all members’ calendar events with the click on one button.

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3. People Contacts is now People.

When a contact is selected, their information pops up. In this case you can see name, phone, email, and additional information.

If you right click on the person’s name you can add them to your favorites list. The favorites list gives you quick access to select people. To view the favorites list click View> Layout> To-Do Bar and select People.

Another feature of the MS Office suite is the social aspect. In the case of People you can add different sources in which to draw contacts, like Facebook, and LinkedIn.

To include other social accounts click File> Info> Add an Account.

A pop-up window will appear. Select the social site you want and hit next and answer the questions.

Created April 2013 by Dr. Sherri E Ritter

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