- 08-Help
- Contains all of your help files for Outlook Express.
- Contents and index
- "find index", and "search for help files" are all listed here. Best to use exact words, and keep it short.
- Read me
- read me file for Outlook Express
- Microsoft on the web
- The URL's to Microsoft
- About Microsoft Outlook Express
- Gives you information on the Outlook Express that "YOU" have.
- 09-Send
- {send} will send your message on it's way to recipients in the "To" box
- 10-Cut
- {cut} will remove text, and or pictures, from your mail you are
composing.
- To remove text, highlight text and click "cut"
- To remove a picture click picture, and then click "cut" [while composing mail only]
- To remove text, highlight text and click "cut"
- {cut} will remove text, and or pictures, from your mail you are
composing.
- 11-Copy
- To send a copy of the mail you are composing to a folder
- 12-Paste
- To paste text, pictures, gifs, onto the mail.
- 13-Undo
- To undo [or remove] the last thing you had done in the email. If for instance the last thing was to insert a jpg, then the jpg would then be removed.
- 14-Check
- If you can't remember someone's complete e-mail address, you can enter a partial name and then use the Check Names, this will do a search for their e-mail address for you.
- 15-Spelling
- [checks your spelling] Two ways to do this, (1) is to highlight the text you want to check, rather it be one word, or a paragraph. Then click "spelling" (2) is to put the curser at the beginning of your text, and then click "spelling" it will then check your whole e-mail you are sending out.
- 16-Attach
- To attach pictures, files to your e-mail. Lots of Pc users never open these. But if you must, then keep in mind the size of what you are sending. If large, then place it on a webpage, and supply the URL in your mail for them to click and view.
- 17-Priority
- Three priorities, {High priority}, for the very important mail you are sending, just click, a "!" will be displayed on the message. {Normal priority} is what your mail is sent in most of the time. {Low priority} If the mail is less important that you send.
- 18-Sign
- To digitally sign your mail. Lets the recipient know your mail is legit. They must also have this feature set up, and have a digital signature. {makes you more reliable in e-mail.}
- 19-Encrypt
- Makes your text unreadable, except to the recipient. Read the Encrypt above also, has info for setting this all up.
- 20-Offline
- Enables you to be able to work offline in Outlook Express.
- 21-From
- This is "YOU" if you have several nick addresses, then click the "arrow down" on the right hand side of the "TO" box, and select the address you would like to use for yourself.
- 22-To
- This is the person(s) you are sending too. If you click the "TO" your address book will pop up. you then select the ones you want by highlighting their name, and click the "TO" or "Cc" or the "Bcc" for their name to go to. Click "ok", after you have all of the people(s) for that e-mail.
- 23-Cc
- Cc boxes, type the e-mail name of each recipient, separating names with a comma or semicolon ( ; ). To add e-mail names from the Address Book, click the book icon in the New Message window next to To, Cc, and then select names.
- 24-Bcc
- Bcc = Blind carbon copy
If you have seen it, and I know you have seen it. You are probably wondering what is it? If you have ever received a e-mail from anyone, and no recipients were showing, but just the sender it self. or if the senders e-mail was in the To and From and It will say only "undisclosed recipients". if you sourced it. Then you have received a Bcc. This is a very, very useful tool. Not only does it benefit the recipient of the e-mail you are sending too. But it makes everyone a happy little camper. Including yourself. First off. If the mail were to get into the hands of someone looking to spam. None of the addys you mailed to would show up, so they can't mass mail all your buddies. You just would not believe how many people see your address when you mass mail some in your mailing list. Say you send to just 12 in your list. Three in that list, forwards your email to their buddies in their e-mail list. One may just mail to maybe 8, another mails to another 12, and the last mails it out to say 15. That's, 35 people you more than likely do not know, that has your email, along with all your buddies too that you sent that one e-mail too. It adds up very quickly.
Now you know how your addy gets spread around! I use to have the little black box, just like some of you did, and some of you still have it too. Every now and then, I would get a email from someone that I had no clue who they were. This happened maybe five times in eight months that I had the box. I even wrote a few of them, and asked how I got on their list. I had 2 of them tell me, that they just hit the "reply to all" One girl I wrote too, says she copies and paste all the addys into groups in her mails address book. You just wouldn't believe some of their reasons for it. This girl did it simply because she loves to mail to everyone. (ahem) One had no idea how I got in their mail. (duh sure they don't) But really my point to all of this is, If everyone would use this feature all the time, it would sure cut down on a lot of this stuff. And because of the fact that mass mailers are the norm on line, it's a good habit to get into on PC. Hot mail and yahoo have this feature, and im sure others do too.
this is how you do this: Outlook Express the "from" box will be "you", but so will the "To" box. in other words, your e-mail goes in the "to" and "from" areas. all the rest go under Bcc click a name, then click Bcc. Do this for all that you are mailing too. I was told also that under the "To" line you can use a bogus e-mail. But make sure you know it's bogus. But, I have never tried it, I just e-mail myself under the "To" line. With e-mail names being so vast online, it would be my luck that the bogus one would turn out to be legit, and mad! It is very impotant to put a e-mail under the "To" line. Or the Bcc will not work, or so I was told it would not work. You can pratice this in Outlook Express if you have several nics also. For anyone else with a different e-mail program, look for the Bcc, or Blind Carbon Copy. Or search your help files for the directions on how to use it, or to see if the feature is provided. Same If you have a web based e-mail also.
- Bcc = Blind carbon copy
- 25-Subject
- What your e-mail is about goes here.
- 26-Font Style
- The style of the font you want to use is here. You have many to choose from.
- 27-Font size
- The size of the font is here. The size, as well as the color deside if your e-mail will even get read. If the print is to small, or color to light, or dark. Most won't even bother to read your mail. So pick carefully.
- 28-Paragraph Style
- The style that you are currently using.
- 29-B
- Makes your text BOLD
- 30-I
- Makes your text italic
- 31-U
- Underlines your text.
- 32-A
- You pick the color of your text here. Be careful what you choose, if you want your e-mail read.
- 33-List
- Inserts a numbered list, as you type your e-mail.
- 34-Bullets
- Inserts a bullets list as you type your e-mail.
- 35-Decrease Indent
- Decreases indention on a e-mail, or another way of putting it is, moves the text to the left just a tad bit for you. Click this again if you dont need it for every line.
- 36-Increase Indent
- Increases indention on a e-mail, or another way of putting it is, moves the text to the right just a tad bit for you. Click this again if you dont need it for every line.
- 37-Align left
- Moves all text to the left.
- 38-Align center
- Moves all text to the center
- 39-Align right
- Moves all text to the right
- 40-Justify
- Beats me what this is.
- 41-Insert Horizontal line
- Inserts a horizontal line where ever your curser happens to be.
- 42-create a hyperlink
- Inserts a URL that is clickable. [other options to on this.]
- 43-Insert a picture
- Use this to place a picture in your e-mail.
- 44-Text area
- The place that you write your e-mail