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How to Schedule when Outlook Sends/Receives Messages (Outlook 2013)

If you view e-mail on a smart phone and you use Outlook, you may find yourself deleting the same e-mails more than once. One option is to set Outlook to send/receive less often. This means when you are out of the office and you delete an e-mail on your smart phone, you won’t have to delete the same e-mail in Outlook as often.

Convert Plain Text e-mail to HTML Format (Outlook 2013)

Sometimes you may receive an e-mail that is in plain text format in Outlook. When you open the e-mail many of the features in the Ribbon are disabled. You can enable these features by converting the e-mail into HTML format. This will come in handy when you need to reply/forward this e-mail and you want to include a hyperlink, an image, change the font color, etc.

How to Create Keyboard Shortcut to Open File Explorer (Windows 8)

You can use a keyboard shortcut to quickly navigate to many locations, programs/apps, and other items on your computer. There are a lot of keyboard shortcuts already programmed into your computer. There is not one available that will open “File Explorer” (used to be “Windows Explorer”). This is where you go to look for folder and files or access different drives that are attached to your computer (or virtual drives). In this example we will create a keyboard shortcut to open “File Explorer”.

How To Turn On Spell Check to Check Spelling Before Sending (Outlook 2013)

May 20, 2013
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It is important to spell check all e-mails before you send them. You want to make sure simple typos and frequently misspelled words are discovered and corrected before sending an email. In Outlook 2013 any misspelled words will be underlined but it will NOT stop you from sending the e-mail with spelling mistakes.

How to Turn off Desktop Alerts (Outlook 2013)

In order to minimize interruptions during your day, it is a good idea to turn off most of the Desktop alerts that are set by default in Outlook.