Microsoft Office 2021 Outlook Intermediate: Options and Customization

Name: Microsoft Office 2021 Outlook Intermediate: Options and Customization
Author: KIwanna Brackett

Learn how to analyze and adjust Outlook options and settings to manage and personalize your Outlook account.

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Course: On-Demand

In this lesson, we will review general options in Outlook. My name is Kiwanna and I'll be your instructional guide for this lesson. Outlook allows users to have access to and the ability to manage a few general options or settings to maintain and personalize your account. To access these general options you'll open up your Outlook account, click on the file tab and select options, and you'll select General outta the list of options that are available. Here you'll be able to adjust the settings to help you in customizing your individual Outlook account. In this lesson, we'll walk through each of these options and discuss some settings that you have the ability to adjust or change. User interface options. Here you have the ability to change the default settings if you desire. Couple of options you have here include, you can change the default setting for your multiple displays from optimized for the best appearance to optimize for compatibility. You also have the ability to turn off the mini toolbar. The mini toolbar shows by default and provides you quick access to formatting tools. You also have the ability to turn off the enabled live preview. Enabled live preview gives you the ability to understand what command will be performed when you click on the different buttons that are available within the application. By default, that feature is turned on. You have the ability to turn it off by unchecking the box there, and in the screen tip style you have the ability to turn that feature off or adjust that feature. This gives you the ability to control whether Outlook displays screen tips and feature descriptions with the button names. So you can choose to keep those active according to the default settings, or you can choose to turn those off. The second section under general options is the options where you can personalize your copy of the Microsoft Office account. You can add your username and your initials and those initials and usernames will show when you're looking at the property settings for your Microsoft account. So you can simply type in your name if you desire and enter your initials. You also have the ability to change the office background by selecting from the dropdown list of options and you have the ability to adjust or change the office theme. Currently I'm set at colorful. You can change to dark, gray, black, white whichever you desire. Some additional options or startup options. You can adjust to never reopen previous items or always open previous items if you choose to change the default setting that's currently displayed. And then you have the attachment options. You have the ability to choose files from your OneDrive or SharePoint based on what selections you choose here. By default, it's set at ask me how I want to attach the file every time. You could adjust to share just a link or share or attach a copy by selecting those options if you so choose. The last setting that's available this is something that's new in Microsoft Office accounts. It gives you the ability to connect your Microsoft Office account with your LinkedIn office account. If you do a lot of professional communication through LinkedIn, it gives you the ability to connect those two resources together and be able to create or bring your professional network into your Microsoft Outlook applications that you currently use in your account. The ultimate goal with the general applications, again, is to give you ability to adjust some of the default settings based on your preference and how you interact with the application. And it also gives you the ability to personalize your account to your desired look and feel. Once you make any adjusted changes to your account to apply those, you would click okay. And if you notice here I did select the option to change the background color and once I clicked okay that adjustment was applied to my account. If I desire to adjust that preference could definitely go back to the same location and make a different change or adjustment. So I'm gonna switch to white versus black and if you notice, again, once you click okay whatever adjustments and changes you make in your settings will be applied automatically. Hopefully this gives you some additional options or ways to enhance your interaction with your Outlook account and looking at the settings that you have the ability to change to meet your personalization needs or to meet the way in which you interact with the application. Thanks for watching.

Intermediate Provider : KIwanna Brackett 3 Lessons · 22m in Arabic, German, English, Spanish, French, Portuguese, Chinese

Course Description

In these lessons, you will explore how to personalize your Outlook account using a few general options and settings to change the theme, adjust how the messages in your inbox are displayed, and more.

We’ll also go over some additional options for customizing Outlook you can use to enhance your emails, such as adding signatures, receiving notification when a recipient gets your email, and reviewing messages to clean up previous email communications. Lastly, we will examine ways of personalizing your Outlook Ribbon so you can easily navigate to your most frequently used commands.

What You'll Learn

Understand the general options and settings for managing your Outlook account
Adjust mail options and settings to manage and display email messages
Personalize the Outlook Ribbon to navigate to frequently used commands
Change the Outlook theme and adjust how inbox messages are displayed
Add signatures, request notifications when recipients receive your email, and review messages to clean up previous communications

Key Takeaways

Outlook can be personalized using general options and settings to change the theme and adjust how inbox messages are displayed.
Mail options let you enhance emails by adding signatures and receiving notification when a recipient gets your email.
Reviewing messages helps clean up previous email communications.
Personalizing the Outlook Ribbon makes it easier to navigate to your most frequently used commands.

Frequently Asked Questions

What does this course cover?

This course covers personalizing your Outlook account through general options and settings, customizing mail options such as adding signatures and message review, and personalizing the Outlook Ribbon.

What lessons are included?

The course includes three lessons: Review General Options for Outlook, Customizing Mail Options, and Customizing the Outlook Ribbon.

What skills will I gain from this course?

You will develop skills in Microsoft Office, Microsoft Outlook, Calendering, Email Management, Outlook Add-Ins, and User Customization.

How can I customize my emails in Outlook?

You can enhance your emails by adding signatures, receiving notification when a recipient gets your email, and reviewing messages to clean up previous email communications.

What can I do with the Outlook Ribbon in this course?

You will learn ways to personalize the Outlook Ribbon so you can easily navigate to your most frequently used commands.