When you open an image that someone sends in an e-mail, it opens in the "Photos" app in Windows 8. This app is limited in what you can do with the image after opening. You can change the default program that opens images so that it is Windows Photo Viewer (the photo viewer that was used in Windows 7, Vista, and XP). This will allow you to work with images as soon as you open them, no matter how you open them.
If you use categories in your Contacts folder, you can quickly send an e-mail to an entire category group. This can be quicker than creating a Distribution List/Contact Group.
It’s easy to set up a Desktop shortcut to open a new e-mail message quickly. You can then use the shortcut on your “Quick Launch Toolbar” and create a Keyboard Shortcut.