How-to guides and tutorials to help you perform specific tasks and use the Microsoft Outlook 2013 email application.
Turn off read receipts in Outlook 2013: stop requesting them, stop sending them to others, change a single message, and find the settings in newer Outlook. Continue Reading How to Turn Off Read Receipts in Outlook 2013
Open a new email in Outlook 2013, click the Options tab, then Bcc in the Show Fields group. It stays on for new messages. Steps for newer versions too. Continue Reading How to Show the Bcc Field in Outlook 2013
Many popular email applications provide you with some advanced ways that you can send an email. One of these options involves read receipts, which is… Continue Reading How to Request a Read Receipt in Outlook 2013
If the little slide-open effect every time you expand an email thread is distracting you, classic Outlook for Windows lets you switch it off: go… Continue Reading How to Turn Off Conversation Animations in Outlook
The box you want gone is the one that asks you to confirm a permanent delete, for example when you empty Deleted Items or delete… Continue Reading How to Stop Outlook From Asking Before Deleting Items
A meeting reminder chimes in a quiet office, and everyone looks up. You can keep the reminder window and lose the noise. In classic Outlook… Continue Reading How to Turn Off the Reminder Sound in Outlook
When you need to block time for yourself (a dentist visit, a focus session, a school pickup) and nobody else needs an invitation, create an… Continue Reading How to Create an Appointment in Outlook
You click Send, the message disappears from the screen, and then it sits in the Outbox until Outlook runs its next send/receive or you press… Continue Reading How to Send Emails Immediately in Outlook
If the Calendar, People or Tasks shortcuts you used to click at the bottom of Outlook seem to have disappeared, they have most likely moved.… Continue Reading How to Show More Navigation Options in Outlook
Make Outlook 2013 spell check every email before sending, turn on spell check as you type, set the proofing language, and fix spell check that won’t run. Continue Reading How to Automatically Spell Check Emails in Outlook 2013
If colleagues keep sending you 7 a.m. meeting invitations, Outlook may simply think your day starts then. Your working hours tell other people’s scheduling tools… Continue Reading How to Set Working Hours in Outlook
Contact photos in message headers and contact cards can make a busy inbox feel crowded, and some people simply prefer names over faces. In classic… Continue Reading How to Hide User Photos in Outlook
If a forecast strip sits above your calendar and you never asked for it, where you turn it off depends on which Outlook you use.… Continue Reading How to Remove Weather from the Outlook Calendar
Maybe several people share one computer, your mailbox keeps hitting its size limit, or every message you send shows up twice. In classic Outlook for… Continue Reading How to Stop Saving Sent Messages in Outlook
The default settings in Outlook 2013 are typically fine for most users, but you might eventually decide to change some options, such as how often… Continue Reading How to Change the Default Font in Outlook 2013
You have two choices: keep the new-mail pop-up and silence only the chime, or silence everything Outlook does when mail arrives. For the chime alone… Continue Reading How to Turn Off the New Email Sound in Outlook
Send a folder in Outlook by zipping it and attaching the ZIP, or share it with a OneDrive link to avoid attachment size limits. Covers Windows, Mac and web. Continue Reading How to Send a Folder in Outlook (Zip or Share a Link)
You accepted a meeting invitation, went back to check the agenda in the email, and it was no longer in your Inbox. Outlook did not… Continue Reading How to Stop Outlook from Deleting Meeting Requests
You are halfway through a sentence and a new-mail pop-up slides into the corner of the screen. In classic Outlook for Windows you stop it… Continue Reading How to Turn Off Desktop Alerts in Outlook
If your emails arrive showing an old name, a nickname or only your address, the fix depends on the kind of account you send from.… Continue Reading How to Change Your Name on Emails Sent From Outlook
An email that claims to come from your bank, or a reply that landed hours after it was sent, can be checked by reading its… Continue Reading How to View Full Email Headers in Outlook
When Outlook shows only a list of messages and you have to double-click each one to read it, the Reading Pane is turned off. In… Continue Reading How to Show the Reading Pane in Outlook
The Outlook toolbar with Home, Send / Receive and View has vanished, leaving tab names or nothing at all. It’s only hidden. In classic Outlook… Continue Reading How to Show the Ribbon in Outlook
This article contains affiliate links. If you buy through one of them, Live2Tech may earn a commission at no extra cost to you. As an… Continue Reading How to Make Outlook Check for Mail More Often in Outlook 2013