Outlook Tricks and Tips

Outlook Tricks

Read Receipts

  • When composing an email, open it in a separate window to access additional options.

  • In the Options menu, you can find Read Receipts.

  • Read Receipts allows you to see when someone has read your email.

BCC Field

  • You can activate the BCC (Blind Carbon Copy) field.

  • Recipients placed in the BCC field will not be visible to other recipients when the email is sent.

  • When replying to all, recipients in the BCC field will not receive the reply; they are hidden from the reply.

Schedule Send

  • Click the arrow next to the Send button to find the Schedule Send feature.

  • This feature enables you to set a future date and time for the email to be sent.

  • Until the scheduled time, the email remains in your outbox.

Signatures

  • Click on Signature and then go to Signatures to see all available signatures.

  • Create a new signature by clicking "New Signature."

  • Enter a message that you frequently include in your emails.

  • Ensure the new signature is not set as the default for Reply or New Message actions.

  • Click Save to store the new signature.

  • You can now easily insert this message as a signature instead of rewriting it each time.

Read Receipts

  1. Open the email you are composing in a separate window.

  2. Go to the Options menu.

  3. Find the Read Receipts option to see when someone has read your email.

BCC Field

  1. Activate the BCC (Blind Carbon Copy) field in your email.

  2. Add recipients to the BCC field; these recipients will not be visible to others.

  3. Note that when replying to all, recipients in the BCC field will not receive the reply.

Schedule Send

  1. Click the arrow next to the Send button.

  2. Select the Schedule Send feature.

  3. Set a future date and time for the email to be sent; the email will remain in your outbox until then.

Signatures

  1. Click on Signature, then go to Sign

Read Receipts

  1. Open the email you are composing in a separate window.

  2. Go to the Options menu.

  3. Find the Read Receipts option to see when someone has read your email.

BCC Field

  1. Activate the BCC (Blind Carbon Copy) field in your email.

  2. Add recipients to the BCC field; these recipients will not be visible to others.

  3. Note that when replying to all, recipients in the BCC field will not receive the reply.

Schedule Send

  1. Click the arrow next to the Send button.

  2. Select the Schedule Send feature.

  3. Set a future date and time for the email to be sent; the email will remain in your outbox until then.

Signatures

  1. Click on Signature, then go to Sign