- Outlook 2010 is Microsoft's email program and information manager, available as standalone product or bundled with Office 2010 Home and Business or Office 2010 Professional.
- It is available for Windows 7, Vista, and XP - download your free trial from Microsoft.com.
- Outlook 2010 is the last core application to adopt the Ribbon instead of menus; Outlook 2007 had it in dialogs (like email, appointments, etc.), but kept menus in the main window.
- The Ribbon uses new keyboard shortcuts, but you can still use the classics: Options is now "Alt+F, T", but pressing "Alt+T, O" still works! (used to be "Tools > Options").
- Like its predecessors, Outlook 2010 includes a full-fledged email program, an advanced contact manager, a calendar, and lets you write tasks and notes. Best of all, everything is indexed and searchable (even when using Windows search, outside Outlook!)
- What's new in Outlook 2010? Smart improvements like "Quick Steps", and a slew of minor ones. It's a marginal upgrade for Outlook 2007, but substantial coming from earlier versions.
- Here's the full listing of tutorials: read through it for a great overview, or refresh your
memory. For in-depth info, just click on the corresponding link! - Setup Hotmail to check your emails from the comfort of your favorite desktop email program.
- Setup Yahoo Mail as a POP3 or IMAP email account: IMAP lets you see all folders on the server.
- Delete email accounts when you no longer need them: your emails and contacts will remain intact.
- Forward emails to others, inline or as
*.emlattachments (ideal for multiple forwards at once!) - Request read receipts from your recipients to know when they have opened your message.
- Mark emails as read / unread one at a time or several at the same time; manually or automatically.
- Send-Receive settings let you customize how often Outlook checks for emails.
- Filter emails on-the-fly based on Read/Unread status, date, category, etc.
- Flag messages for follow-up or to show them in the To-Do Bar.
- Add signature automatically to emails you send, including replies and forwards.
- Leave messages on the server for backup purposes, or to let other email programs see them.
- Change email password in Outlook after updating credentials with your mail provider.
- Add password protection to PST files to prevent anyone launching Outlook from accessing them.
- Work offline to limit interruptions: you can still manually check for new messages.
- "Out-of-office" message, or auto-replies, lets others know whom to reach when you are away.
- Archive / AutoArchive settings control when Outlook stores older emails in a separate
PSTfile. - Change theme (color scheme) between silver (default), blue (like Office 2007), or black.
- Change default font for new emails, replies, and forwards: make sure that your signature matches!
- Email categories let you color-code messages and quickly sort your emails by related topic.
- Block email senders by email address or domain - works alongside spam filters.
- Add a contact to your address book, either from an email, or created from scratch.
- Export your contacts to a file for backup purposes, or to import them somewhere else.
- Navigation Pane options controls which folders, if any, are displayed on the left.
- Launch Outlook with keyboard shortcut in Windows versions or a taskbar shortcut (Windows 7).
- Hide when minimized is disabled by default, and lets you minimize Outlook to the system tray.
- Desktop alert settings control the new email popup: opaque, transparent, or invisible.
- Hide the new email taskbar icon to you only keep the new mail sound and desktop alert.
- Add / remove columns (fields) to save space or only show fields you use often to sort emails.
- Remove email attachments you don't need, or to save space - while keeping the message.
- Change your default calendar - it will automatically receive all new appointments you create.
- Change the name email recipients see displayed as "From" sender when you send messages.
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