Organizing Email in Outlook 2010 for Windows
Outlook 2010 (Windows)
| Intermediate
- 17 videos | 1h 10m 15s
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It's important to keep your email organized. Explore a number of organizational methods in Outlook 2010 that can help you, including how to tag, flag, sort, and filter emails; create and use folders; and handle junk email.
WHAT YOU WILL LEARN
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Marking an email as read or unreadCategorizing your emailsDeleting emailsOrganizing your emailsAutomatically organizing your emailsManaging your conversationsCreating favorite foldersCreating a search folderManaging your imap folders
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Using the search toolConfiguring your search optionsFiltering your emailsSorting your emailsCustomizing your sort orderUsing conditional formattingCombatting junk mailMarking unwanted email
IN THIS COURSE
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2m 57sIf you have not got the time to read all your emails but you do not want to forgot about them, you can use Outlook 2010's mark function to display your emails as unread or with additional tags to remind you to read them. FREE ACCESS
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4mTo better differentiate between the emails contained in your inbox, you can use the categorize function. As well as multiple predefined categories, Outlook 2010 also allows you to customize and create your own. FREE ACCESS
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2m 57sIf you need to free up some space in your email inbox, you can delete some messages. Once these have been deleted, you can permanently remove them or return them to their original folder via the Outlook 2010 deleted items folder. FREE ACCESS
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4m 11sIf you get a lot of emails every day, you may soon find your inbox slow and unmanageable. You may even have problems locating the email you need. In Outlook 2010, you can create folders and subfolders to manage the emails that you receive. FREE ACCESS
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5m 25sAre you tired of manually organizing your emails? Why not ask Outlook 2010 to do it for you? You can create rules to begin organizing your emails and manage your folders automatically. FREE ACCESS
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3m 27sWhen you reply to an email, you create an electronic conversation. This allows you to track and group the emails as a single exchange. In Outlook 2010, you can activate the conversation mode, which can be used to visualize the emails and replies that make up your conversation. FREE ACCESS
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2m 27sUsing Outlook 2010's favorites list, you can quickly access your frequently used folders and locations. These appear in their own section in your folders pane and can help you save time when accessing your emails. FREE ACCESS
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5m 40sSearch folders are sometimes known as virtual folders. In Outlook 2010, they can be used to visualize emails corresponding to a set of criteria that you have specified. These folders do not exist anywhere on your computer: they simply allow you to visualize certain emails that are stored elsewhere in your email client. FREE ACCESS
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4m 9sIMAP folders are synchronized, allowing you to visualize the changes that you make to your account regardless of whether you access it via Outlook 2010 or via your webmail access-point. It is important to understand how IMAP settings work in order to get the best out of them. FREE ACCESS
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5m 4sOutlook 2010's search function can help you quickly locate an email, contact entry or event that you are looking for. You can even search within an email to find the name of an attachment or an event that is mentioned. FREE ACCESS
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5m 43sIf you want to be able to visualize Outlook elements in your Windows system search, you are going to need to make sure that it has been indexed. This can be done by adjusting the search options. It is even possible to adjust where your Outlook search is performed and the highlight color settings that are applied. FREE ACCESS
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3m 35sUsing filters in Outlook 2010, you can define what is displayed and is not displayed in your inbox. You can for example choose to show only messages from a particular sender or emails that you have received after a certain date. FREE ACCESS
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2m 42sOutlook 2010 allows you to change the order in which your emails are displayed. Using the various sort options, you can rearrange your emails according to their category, size or sender. FREE ACCESS
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4m 24sIn Outlook 2010, you can customize the way in which your emails are sorted and displayed. You can also group or ungroup your sorted emails. FREE ACCESS
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4m 39sIn Outlook 2010, you can use the conditional formatting tools to change the appearance of certain emails in your message list. This can be very useful if you want to quickly identify emails from certain senders. FREE ACCESS
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4m 45sAt some point in time, you will probably receive junk (or spam) mail. Outlook 2010 can be configured to prevent junk mail arriving in your inbox. You can block addresses and even create safe lists that allow certain email accounts of domain names. FREE ACCESS
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4m 12sIn Outlook 2010, you can create rules to automatically identify unwanted emails and remove them from your inbox. This can be very useful if you receive easily identified junk emails or if you simply do not have the time to filter your emails yourself. FREE ACCESS
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