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- 14 Essential Microsoft Outlook 2010 Tips for Beginners
- Print Only One page of an Outlook Message
- Ignore Conversations in Outlook
- Insert a Screenshot in an Outlook 2010 Message
- Use Outlook 2010's Advanced Search Features
- Fine Tune Outlook 2010's Clean Up Options
- Auto-close Outlook 2010's Message Window After You Reply
- Use Outlook 2010's Reply and Forwarding Options
- How to Resend or Recall Your Outlook 2010 Message
- Empty Outlook 2010's Trash on Exit
- Outlook's Mobile Options
- Categorize by Color
- Flag Outgoing Messages
- Put a Business Card in Your Signature
- Save Your Contact Info as a vCard
Like other Microsoft Office 2010 software, the email application Outlook is one of those programs that many people depend on so dearly that they learn its basic features, but never fully master. Once you know how to read and send email, it's easy to get wrapped up in your day-to-day work, leaving you no time to learn how to customize your Outlook 2010 settings or discover ways that the application could save you time by making your work more efficient. Outlook can get rid of repetitive tasks, save printer paper, and let you recall a message that you didn't mean to send—if you know how.
The 15 tips and tricks in this list take a minimal amount of time to learn and set up. They're meant for beginners, which includes experienced professionals who simply haven't had an opportunity to customize their email settings. We'll show you how to automatically add your business card to the end of every email you send, save your contact info as a Vcard, set up Outlook email on your mobile phone (iPhone, Android OS-based phone, Blackberry), and much more.
The features and how-to information in this article will not only save you time, but also keep your inbox, outbox, and trash bin cleaner and more organized. With a little color-coding and some automated rules, Microsoft Outlook 2010 will practically be running itself.
For more Microsoft Office 2010 tips and tricks, including advanced tricks for Microsoft Outlook, see the links at the end of this article. You can either read our tips in the slideshow below or page through them in the Table of Contents.—Next: Print Only One page of an Outlook Message >
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