Microsoft Office Inside Out: 2013 Edition

Chapter 15. Inside Outlook 2013

What you can (and can’t) do with Outlook

Configuring an Outlook profile

Connecting accounts to Outlook

Managing Outlook data files and folders

Creating, sending, and receiving messages

Receiving and synchronizing messages

OUTLOOK made its first appearance in Office back before the turn of the century—in 1997, to be precise—as a unified solution for managing email, calendars, and contacts. The program itself has evolved tremendously since then, as has the online world around it.

Today, you’re likely to use multiple devices as you move through the week—desktop and portable PCs, smartphones, tablets—and it’s crucial that your messages, contacts, and schedule roam effortlessly from one device to the next, without fear that ...