Office 2013 In Depth

Creating an Email Message

You can send an email message to anyone for whom you have an email address, whether that address is in your list of contacts or scribbled on a scrap of paper. You can even email groups of people listed in your various distribution lists.

You can attach Outlook items and other files to your emails. Because Word is the default email editor for Outlook, you can use all of Word’s capabilities to create emails that include formatted text, charts, and SmartArt. You can use the Review tab’s tools to check the spelling and grammar in the message or to open the Research pane to find information important to your message.

When you are in the Mail folder, you can quickly open a new email message; select the New Email command on ...