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Working Smarter with Microsoft Outlook

By : Staci Warne
Book Image

Working Smarter with Microsoft Outlook

By: Staci Warne

Overview of this book

Millions of users across the globe spend their working hours using Microsoft Outlook to manage tasks, schedules, emails, and more. Post-pandemic, many organizations have started adopting remote working, and the need to stay productive in workspace collaboration has been increasing. Working Smarter with Microsoft Outlook takes you through smart techniques, tips, and productivity hacks that will help you become an expert Outlook user. This book brings together everything you need to know about automating your daily repetitive tasks. You’ll gain the skills necessary for working with calendars, contacts, notes, and tasks, and using them to collaborate with Microsoft SharePoint, OneNote, and many other services. You’ll learn how to use powerful tools such as Quick Steps, customized Rules, and Mail Merge with Power Automate for added functionality. Later, the book covers how to use Outlook for sharing information between Microsoft Exchange and cloud services. Toward the concluding chapters, you’ll get an introduction to Outlook programming by creating macros and seeing how you can integrate it within Outlook. By the end of this Microsoft Outlook book, you’ll be able to use Outlook and its features and capabilities efficiently to enhance your workspace collaboration and time management.
Table of Contents (25 chapters)
1
Part 1: Introduction to Outlook
3
Part 2: Email Essentials
8
Part 3: Beyond Email – Calendars, Contacts, Notes, and More
13
Part 4: How to: Share, Search, and Archive in Outlook
17
Part 5: Outlook Collaboration and Integration
19
Part 6: Powerful Ways to Automate Outlook

Domain names

What is a domain name? A domain name is like your digital street address. A domain, however, is a web address consisting of a website name and a domain name extension. The name is your choice if it is available and not registered to someone else. The extension is a few letters that identify the type of domain. The domain extension is like your zip code, and it gives a little more information about your website. Extensions used to be somewhat limited, but more and more extensions are now available.

Figure 3.18 – A domain name

Once you have purchased your own custom domain name from a domain name registrar, you can add it to Microsoft 365. You must have a Microsoft 365 subscription, which is not available in the trial version of Outlook. Once connected and verified, you will be able to have the domain accept email through your Microsoft 365 account. You can purchase your domain name through several providers by using https://www.godaddy.com...