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Microsoft Outlook
Microsoft Outlook Tips and Tricks
Microsoft Outlook is a program that can handle e-mail, contacts, calendars, and tasks, and know more about it saves you takes time and effort.

Export multiple e-mail addresses to Excel

  • 1. Create a new folder to hold the messages
  • 2. Move the desired messages into the new separate folder.
  • 3. To Export the messages to an Excel go to the File menu and select "Import And Export".
  • 4. Use "Export To A File" and click Next.
  • 5. Select Microsoft Excel and click Next.
  • 6. Select the folder with the messages and click Next.
  • 7. Click the Browse button, navigate to where you want to save the exported file, name it, click OK and click Next.
  • 8. Click Finish. The contents of the folder are now into an Excel file, including names and e-mail addresses of the senders.
  • Outlook's Tasks folder.
    You can take full advantage of this feature to be even more productive
  • Date Completed - Final day of task
  • Total Work - Total time required to complete the task.
  • Actual Work - To track of the time actually spent on the task.
  • Mileage - To track of the number of miles traveled in connection with the task.
  • Billing Information - General information related to billing
  • Companies - Names of organizations associated with the task,
    Keyboard shortcuts for Microsoft Outlook
    Keystroke Function
    Alt + . (period) Open the Address Book with the To field selected
    Alt + A Open the Action drop-down menu
    Alt + B Open the Address Book with the BCC field selected
    Alt + C Select message recipients for CC field
    Alt + D Switch to Daily calendar view
    Alt + E Open the Edit drop-down menu
    Alt + F Open the File drop-down menu
    Alt + G Open the Go drop-down menu
    Alt + H Open the Help drop-down menu
    Alt + I Open the Find tool bar

    Open the Insert drop-down menu
    Alt + J Move to the Subject field
    Alt + K Check names in the To, CC, or BCC field against the Address Book (cursor must be in the corresponding message header field)
    Alt + L Reply All
    Alt + M Switch to Monthly calendar view
    Alt + N Open the Accounts drop-down menu
    Alt + O Open the Format drop-down menu

    Switch to Today calendar view
    Alt + P Open the Message Options dialog box
    Alt + R Reply

    Switch to Work Week Calendar view
    Alt + S Send
    Alt + T Open the Tools drop-down menu
    Alt + V Open the View drop-down menu
    Alt + W Forward an item

    Switch to Weekly calendar view
    Alt + Y Switch to Daily calendar view
    Ctrl + 1 Go to Mail
    Ctrl + 2 Go to Calendar
    Ctrl + 3 Go to Contacts
    Ctrl + 4 Go to Tasks

     

    Version 1.0

    July 13, 2005

    80+ Keyboard shortcuts to move faster in Microsoft Outlook

    80+ Keyboard shortcuts to move faster in Microsoft Outlook Keystroke Function Page 2

    Ctrl + 5 Go to Notes
    Ctrl + 6 Go to Folder List
    Ctrl + 7 Go to Shortcuts
    Ctrl + 8 Go to Journal
    Ctrl + A Select all
    Ctrl + B Bold when editing a rich text message
    Ctrl + C Copy
    Ctrl + D Delete an item (message, task, contact, etc.)
    Ctrl + E Activate the Find drop-down menu

    Center Align when editing a rich text message
    Ctrl + F Forward
    Ctrl + J Open a new Journal Entry from the selected item (message, task, contact, etc.)
    Ctrl + K Check names in the To, CC, or BCC field against the Address Book (cursor must be in the corresponding message header field)
    Ctrl + M Send/Receive all
    Ctrl + O Open
    Ctrl + P Print
    Ctrl + Q Mark the selected message Read
    Ctrl + R Reply
    Ctrl + S Save a draft message
    Ctrl + T Tab
    Ctrl + U Mark the selected message Unread
    Ctrl + V Paste
    Ctrl + X Cut
    Ctrl + Y Go to Folder
    Ctrl + Z Undo
    Ctrl + Backspace Delete the previous word
    Ctrl + End Move to the end
    Ctrl + Home Move to the beginning
    Ctrl + Shift + A Open a new Appointment
    Ctrl + Shift + B Open the Address Book
    Ctrl + Shift + C Create a new Contact
    Ctrl + Shift + E Open a new folder
    Ctrl + Shift + F
    Ctrl + Shift + G Flag message for follow up
    Ctrl + Shift + J Open a new Journal Entry
    Ctrl + Shift + K Open a new Task
    Ctrl + Shift + L Open a new Distribution List
    Ctrl + Shift + M Open a new Message
    Ctrl + Shift + N Open a new Note
    Ctrl + Shift + O Switch to the Outbox
    Ctrl + Shift + P Open the New Search Folder window
    Ctrl + Shift + Q Open a new Meeting Request
    Ctrl + Shift + R Reply All
    Ctrl + Shift + S Open a new Discussion
    Ctrl + Shift + U Open a new Task Request
    Ctrl + Shift + Y Copy a Folder
    Shift + Tab Select the previous message header button or field
    F1 Open Outlook Help
    F3 Activate the Find toolbar
    F4 Open the Find window
    F7 Spellcheck
    F9 Send and receive all
    F10 Select File from the Outlook toolbar button
    F11 Activate the "Find a contact" dialog box
    F12 Save As
    Alt + F4 Close the active window


    Outlook 2000 Shortcut Keys

    Added 2/2/00

    Go to the Inbox CTRL+SHIFT+I
    Go to the Outbox CTRL+SHIFT+O
    Check for New Mail F5 or CTRL+M
    Start a New E-mail message CTRL+SHIFT+M
    Open the address book CTRL+SHIFT+B
    Start a New appointment CTRL+SHIFT+A
    Start a New contact CTRL+SHIFT+C
    Start a New meeting request CTRL+SHIFT+Q
    Start a New a task CTRL+SHIFT+K
    Make the Find a Contact box active F11
    Open the Advanced Find dialog box CTRL+SHIFT+F
    Mark an e-mail message as read CTRL+Q
    Delete an e-mail message, contact, calendar item, or task CTRL+D

    Front Page 2000 Shortcut Keys

    Added 1/10/00

    Front Page has quite a few shortcut keys. My favorites are:

    Center a paragraph CTRL+E
    Left align a paragraph CTRL+L
    Right align a paragraph CTRL+R
    Display HTML tags CTRL+ /
    Apply the Heading 1 style (ect.) CTRL+ALT+1
    Apply the Normal style CTRL+SHIFT+ N
    Not listed in their help is:
    Cycle through Normal / HTML / Preview Ctrl-PgUp/ Down
    If you are at the last row in a table, the TAB key will add a new row below the current one.

    Fast Access to the Desktop

    To get an Explorer view of the Desktop

    1. Press Ctrl-Esc or click the Start button
    2. Press R to go to Run. Note: If you are using a Win keyboard, you can get to this point by pressing Win+R
    3. Type in a period



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