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• Introduction
• Configuring
(http://www.cmu.edu/computing/doc/email/outlook/2007/configuring.html)
• Address Expansion
• Creating a Shortcut
• Viewing Your Inbox
• Mail Format & Reply Options
• Signatures
• Delete / Purge Messages
• Disable AutoPreview
• Blocked Extensions & Graphics
• Toolbar & Favorites
• Creating & Searching Folders
• Subscribing to Folders, Bboards & RSS Feeds
• Address Books
• Multiple Identities
• Send/Receive Options
• Configuring Sent Mail
• Disconnected Mode
• Backing Up or Archiving Outlook Data
(http://www.cmu.edu/computing/doc/email/outlook/2007/backup.html)
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Introduction
Computing Services offers support for Outlook 2007 (bundled with MS Office 2007)
on Windows computers. We do not support any version of Outlook Express. You can
purchase the Microsoft Office 2007 CD which includes Outlook 2007 from the Computer
Store (http://www.cmu.edu/stores/computer/) for a minimal media fee.
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1. Select Start > All Programs > Microsoft Office > Microsoft Office Outlook
2007.
2. If this is your first time configuring Outlook, you may see a New Account Wizard
window. If so, complete the steps in the window, then continue on to the next step.
Other users should see a New Profile window. In the New Profile window, enter
the name by which you want to refer to this account (This could be your first/last
name or whatever makes senses to you.) and then click OK.
3. The Add New E-mail Account window is displayed. Enter Your Name and your
full email address (e.g., juser@andrew.cmu.edu, juser@cmu.edu). DO NOT
enter your password.
4. Click Next.
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1. The Internet E-mail window is displayed. The User Name field will contain your
Andrew user ID in all lower-case letters (e.g., juser). Type your password in the
Password field and click OK. DO NOT check the Remember Password check
box.
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5. If you are prompted to set Privacy Options, check the option(s) you want and click
OK.
6. By default, Outlook displays a To-Do Bar on the right side of the screen display.
Although Outlook offers this functionality it is NOT supported by Computing
Services. Click the X to close the To-Do Bar, or right-click the bar and select Off
from the shortcut menu.
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Now that Outlook is configured, refer to the following sections to personalize your
settings:
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1. Select Tools > Account Settings. The Account Settings window is displayed.
2. Select the Address Books tab, and then select New.
3. The Directory or Address Book Type dialog box is displayed. Click the radio button
for Internet Directory Service (LDAP) and click Next.
4. The Add New E-mail Account window is displayed. Under Server Information, enter
the Server Name as ldap.andrew.cmu.edu, then click More Settings.
Note: You may receive a warning message, "The E-mail Account you have just
added will not start until you choose Exit from the File menu, and then restart
Microsoft Office Outlook." Click OK to proceed.
5. The Microsoft LDAP Directory dialog box is displayed. On the Connection tab
under Display Name, enter the Display Name as CMU Person Search.
6. Select the Search tab. Under Search Base, select Custom. In the Custom field,
enter the following: ou=person,dc=cmu,dc=edu. Click OK.
7. Click Next and Finish to complete the setup.
8. Close and re-launch Outlook for the changes to take affect.
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Creating a Shortcut
If you want to create a shortcut so that you can launch Outlook from your desktop,
follow these steps:
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1. On the Outlook screen display, be sure that the option to view Mail is selected.
2. Double-click the folder with your email address (or whatever you named your email
account) to expand it, and then select INBOX.
When you relaunch Outlook, this setting will default to what it was originally. To
configure Outlook so that it ALWAYS opens to your Inbox, follow these steps:
5. The Select Folder dialog box appears. Click the folder with your email address (or
whatever you named your email account) to expand it, then select the Inbox that
appears under it.
6. Click OK three times to close the dialog boxes.
Note: By default, Outlook is configured to check for new mail messages every 30
minutes. To modify this schedule, see Send/Receive Options. To force a check for
new messages, click the Send/Receive icon in the Toolbar.
a. Select View > Arrange by and de-select the Show in Groups option. Be sure
that the Date option is selected.
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c. The Other Settings dialog box appears. Under Other Options, uncheck the
checkbox for Use compact layout in widths smaller than and select the
check box for Always use single-line layout.
d. Click OK twice to close the open dialog boxes.
7. Outlook arranges your email in groups, by default. If you would prefer to list your
email strictly by date, follow these steps:
By default, Outlook is configured to display the reading pane on the right side of the
screen display. Follow these steps to alter the reading pane:
To configure Outlook to display only one line per header, follow these steps:
For more advanced features related to viewing Inbox items, see Send/Receive
Options.
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Using plain text messages assures that your mail text won't display oddly to your
recipients. Follow these steps to use plain text as often as possible as opposed to
HTML or rich text format:
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3. In the On replies and forwards section, select the option you want to use when
replying to or forwarding a message.
4. Click OK twice to close open dialog boxes.
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2. Select Insert > Signature and select the signature you'd like to use for this
message.
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1. Select the mail message(s) that you want to delete, and do one of the following:
• click the Delete icon in the toolbar
If you want to add a Purge Deleted Messages button to your toolbar, follow these
steps:
To shorten the button name, right-click the button while the Customize dialog box
is open. From the menu, type a shorter name (e.g., Purge) in the Name text box.
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Disable AutoPreview
Computing Services recommends that you disable Outlook's AutoPreview feature.
AutoPreview displays the first few lines of the actual message text in your Inbox
window. Disabling this feature helps to protect your computer from opening a message
that could infect your computer. Follow these steps:
1. When AutoPreview is enabled, your messages appear with the first few lines of
the actual message displayed as shown in this example. To disable AutoPreview,
select View > AutoPreview to deselect and disable the option.
2. Your Inbox messages should now appear with only the subject line displayed.
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To help protect you, Outlook is configured to block pictures and other Internet content
until you determine that it is safe to view. For example, the following message would
normally contain graphics; instead they are displayed with a placeholder until you
right-click to view them.
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Setting Favorites
Outlook allows you to create a list of folder "favorites." These can be mail folders that
you use frequently. Follow these steps to add folders to your list of Favorites:
1. In the Mail pane, right-click the folder that you want to move to your list of
Favorites, and then do one of the following:
• From the pull-down menu, select Add to Favorite Folders.
• While holding down the right mouse button, drag the folder to your list of
favorites.
To hide Favorite Folders, click the Folder List button at the bottom of the Navigation
pane. To display Favorite Folders, click the Mail button at the bottom of the Navigation
pane.
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1. Under your email address (or whatever you named your email account) , select
your Inbox folder.
2. Select File > New Folder. The Create a New Folder dialog box appears.
3. In the Name field, enter a name for the folder (e.g., Sent Mail) and then click OK.
Searching Folders
If you previously used another email client and recently converted to Outlook, you will
notice that Outlook does not display the detail of messages that were received prior to
your conversion. This makes it difficult to search through old messages.
Follow these steps to index those messages and make them searchable:
1. In Outlook, select Tools > Rules and Alerts. The Rules and Alerts window
appears.
2. Click New Rule... The Rules Wizard appears.
3. Under Stay up to date, select Display mail from someone in the New Item Alert
Window; click Next.
4. De-select the checkbox next to from people or distribution list, and click Next. A
message appears, "This rule will be applied to every message you receive. Is this
correct?" Click Yes.
5. On the next dialog box, de-select the checkbox next to "display a specific message
in the New Item Alert window", and then click Next. A message appears, "This rule
does not specify an action to be taken. Continue anyway? Click Yes.
6. Click Next through the exceptions dialog box.
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7. The Finish Rule Setup dialog box appears. Enter a name for this rule; you may
want to call it Index. Then, select the checkboxes for Run this rule now for
messages already in "current folder name" and Turn on this rule. Click Finish to
save and run the rule on the folder that you have open.
Note: This runs the rule on the folder you have open ONLY. To run the rule on your
other folders, follow the steps below.
8. To run this rule on your other Outlook folders, open the folder and then select
Tools > Rules and Alerts.
9. With the rule (e.g., Index, or whatever you named it) selected, click Run Rules
Now.
10. The Run Rules Now dialog box appears. Select the checkbox next to the rule. You
may also want to select the checkbox for Include subfolders, and then select Run
Now.
11. If you use multiple computers, you will need to create and apply this rule to each
computer that you use.
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By default, Outlook only displays folders or bulletin boards that you are subscribed to.
Follow these steps to subscribe to a folder or bulletin board:
1. In Outlook, select Tools > IMAP Folders... The IMAP Folders dialog box appears.
2. Do one of the following:
• To display all of your Inbox folders, in the "Display folders whose names
contain" field, enter Inbox, then click Query. A list of your folders appears.
• If you want to subscribe to a specific bulletin board and if you know the exact
name, enter the name in the Display folders whose names contain text field.
• If you want to subscribe to a specific bulletin board and if you aren't sure of the
name of the bulletin board, click Query and then scroll through and select the
bulletin board from the list.
3. Select the folder(s) or bulletin board that you want to subscribe to then click
Subscribe.
4. Click OK.
RSS Feeds
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Address Books
Outlook offers functionality for creating and searching your address book. To set up
your address book, refer to the following:
• Check Order - You can configure Outlook to check your address books in a certain
order.
• Searching or Completing Addresses - Check an address in your address book and
add an address to you Contact List.
• Auto Complete - Turn on / off the auto-complete feature for "guessing" the name of
frequently used mail recipients.
• Adding an Address - Add a new single person to your address book.
• Adding a Group - Create and add members to a distribution list.
• Import/Export Address Books
(http://www.cmu.edu/computing/doc/email/outlook/2007/address-book/import-
export.html) - Transfer Address Book information
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1. Select Tools > Address Book. The Address Book dialog box appears.
2. Select Tools > Options. The Addressing dialog box appears.
3. In the "When sending mail, check names using these address lists in the
following order": field, use the arrow keys to move the address book that you
want Outlook to check FIRST to the top of the list. In the example above, Outlook
will check personal Contacts first; then it will check the CMU Person Search
(LDAP directory).
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3. If more than one name fits the search criteria (e.g., more than one "joe"), the Check
Names dialog box appears. Select the name of the person you want to send email
to, then click OK.
Follow these steps to search for a person in the campus LDAP directory and add them
to your Contacts list:
1. In Outlook, select Tools > Address Book... The Address Book dialog box appears.
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2. From the Address Book pull down menu, select CMU Person Search.
3. In the Search field, enter the last name or Andrew userID of the person you want
to find, and then click Go.
4. A list of people who meet that criteria appear. Do one of the following:
• To send this person an e-mail message, select their name from the list and
then select File > New Message. The new message dialog box appears with
the person's name in the To field.
• To add this person to your list of Contacts, double-click on their name,
complete any additional information and then click Add to Contacts.
5. The Contacts window appears. Make any changes or additions that you want to.
Click Save & Close.
6. Click OK and Close to exit.
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Auto-complete
By default, Outlook enables an auto-complete feature for "guessing" the name of
frequently used mail recipients based on the first few letters of the name that you type.
Follow these steps if you want to turn off Auto-complete in address books:
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5. Enter the full name as you'd like the name to appear when you are using this
address book entry. Enter the appropriate e-mail address.
6. Select the Details tab. Use the nickname field to enter a memory device to be used
when composing a new mail message to this person. Enter other information as
needed.
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6. When you have finished adding members to your list, click Save and Close.
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• Option 1 - This method can be used to easily send a message from another
identity if you don't mind the message header reading, "...on behalf of" and
including your name.
• Option 2 - This method requires that you change information in your e-mail
account, send the message, then change your e-mail account back again.
• Option 3 - In this option, you can establish additional profiles for your messages.
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Option 1
This method can be used to easily send a message from another identity if you don't
mind the message header reading, "...on behalf of" and including your name. Follow
these steps:
1. Select File > New > Mail Message. The New Message dialog box appears.
2. If the From field isn't already displayed, select Options > Show From.
3. In the New Message dialog box, enter the alternate e-mail address that you want to
appear in the From field.
4. Complete the remaining fields as you normally would, then click Send.
5. In this example, the "From" field will read as follows to the message recipient:
"From: Dot Foote [dfoote@andrew.cmu.edu] on behalf of Homecoming Committee
[home@andrew.cmu.edu].
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Option 2
This method requires that you change information in your e-mail account, send the
message, then change your e-mail account back again.
Important! Exercise caution when using this option. It's easy to forget which account
you are signed on to use.
Follow these steps:
1. Select Tools > Account Settings... The Account Settings dialog box appears.
2. Select the Email tab.
3. Highlight your email account and then click Change... The Change E-mail
Account dialog box appears.
4. In the User Information section, enter the name and e-mail address you wish to use
as your "From" information.
5. Click Next.
6. Click Finish.
Note: This will change your reply to address globally. You'll need to re-step through
this process to change the reply to name and e-mail address back.
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Option 3
In this option, you can establish additional profiles for your messages. Follow these
steps:
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6. The New Profile dialog box appears. Enter the name you want to assign to this
Profile and click OK.
7. The Add New E-mail Account dialog box appears. Enter the alternate identity
name and email address you want to appear when using the profile. DO NOT
enter a password.
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8. Click Next.
9. Outlook will begin configuring your profile.
Note: If the Autodiscover is unavailable, the message "Problem
Connecting to Server" will display. Click Retry. If it fails again, check
the Manually configure server settings checkbox and follow the
instructions for Configuring Outlook Manually
(http://www.cmu.edu/computing/doc/email-dev/save-this/config_junk/cyconfig-
man.html) . In the User Information area, enter the alternate identity information
you want to appear when using the profile.
10. The Internet E-mail dialog box is displayed.
11. Enter your Andrew UserID and password. DO NOT check the Remember
Password check box.
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Note: When using a different profile, your personal address book and some of your
settings will not be accessible. If you need to use these while signed on to Outlook use
your new profile to add these settings:
• See the section Adding Address Expansion and Configuring Sent Mail.
• See the section Viewing Your Inbox and Address Books.
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1. Select Tools > Send/Receive > Send/Receive Settings > Define Send/Receive
Groups.
2. The Send/Receive Groups dialog box appears.
3. Choose the number of minutes from the Schedule an automatic send/receive
every drop-down that you prefer.
4. Click Close.
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1. Select Tools > Send/Receive > Send/Receive Settings > Define Send/Receive
Groups.
2. The Send/Receive Groups dialog box appears. Click Edit.
3. The "Send/Receive Settings - All Accounts" dialog box appears. On the left panel,
be sure that your cyrus.andrew.cmu.edu account is highlighted, and then select
the radio button to Use the custom behavior defined below.
4. Select the Inbox (or whatever folder your want to set the behavior for), and then
select the radio button for either:
• Download headers only OR
• Download complete item including attachments
Note: Downloading complete messages for any other folder(s) that you are
subscribed to (e.g., CMU News) is NOT recommended.
5. Click OK and then Close to close the open dialog boxes.
6. Select the Send/Receive button to have Outlook process the change.
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5. Click Next and then click Finish to exit the E-mail account wizard. Click Close.
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3. If it isn't already highlighted, highlight the group All Accounts and click Edit.
4. The "Send/Receive Settings-All Accounts" dialog box appears. Be sure that your
email account is selected on the left hand side.
5. Follow these steps for each mailbox that you want to be able to access while
offline:
• Select the radio button for Use the custom behavior defined below.
• Under Folder Options, if it's not already expanded, double-click your email
address (or whatever you named your email account) to expand it.
• Select the mailbox that you want to be able to access while offline (e.g., Inbox).
• Select the appropriate radio button for the download method you prefer:
Download headers only OR Download complete item including
attachments.
• If you want all sub-folders within this mailbox to be available in disconnected
mode, right-click on the same mailbox and select Check All Subfolders.
• Right-click on the same mailbox again and select Apply Options to All
Checked Folders
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6. Repeat step 6 for all mailboxes that you want to be able to access while offline.
When finished, click OK to close the Send/Receive settings window.
7. Click Close to close the Send/Receive group window.
8. Click OK to close the Options window.
Disconnecting Outlook
Outlook automatically knows if you do not have a network connection. Once you have
followed the steps in Using Outlook in Disconnected Mode, no other preparation is
necessary to work offline. Follow these steps to disconnect:
While offline you can compose new messages, read local copies of your mail, or reply
to your mail.
Reconnecting Outlook
Follow these steps to reconnect Outlook:
1. Select File > Work Offline to disable the work offline feature.
2. After you reconnect, any outgoing mail you composed while disconnected from the
network will be sent upon the next Send/Receive schedule or when you select
Send/Receive.
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