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Creating a new message

Creating a new message

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Creating a new message

- So far, we've only talked about reading and organizing mail. Now, it's time to start writing some email. To create a new email message, from the Home ribbon tab click New Email. The first thing we need to decide is which email address the email's going to be sent from. If I have more than one account added in Outlook, I can select the From button and choose which email account the message is going to be coming from. I'll click inside the To email to start addressing my email. I can start typing as much or as little as I know about the email address. If I've sent or received an email from somebody, they'll show up in the Autofill list. I can click on the email address, and it gets populated. If I don't know the email address but it's in my company's address book or my contact list, I can click To. This is going to pop up a dialog box in which I can search for a name or select it from the view. Once I click on a name in the view, I need to decide whether they're going to be added to…

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