If you have bought a tablet or ultrabook running the low power (long battery life) version of Windows 8.1 called Windows RT, such as a Microsoft Surface, you will in addition to the Outlook app also have some full Microsoft Office programs installed on the desktop (though you can’t install more desktop programs in Windows RT). This includes the full version of the company’s email and contacts software Outlook.
Outlook is Microsoft’s full business email program. Indeed, if you use email at work you’ve probably been using Outlook for ages. It supports advanced features such as setting up appointments with other people, support for work email servers (commonly called Exchange servers), and it also includes built-in support for Skype calling and social net‐ works such as Facebook and LinkedIn.
When you first start Outlook on the desktop in Windows RT (and these instructions are the same if you have purchased the full version of Microsoft Office for Windows 8.1) you will be asked if you want to set up an email account. The instructions are straightforward and by just typing your name, email address, and pass‐ word, Outlook is able to set up many different account types, including Gmail.
You can also set up email accounts after this when running Outlook by clicking the File tab on the Ribbon and then clicking the Account Settings button. In Account Settings you can add, remove, and manage email accounts (perhaps to update a password).
Outlook is Microsoft’s full business email program. Indeed, if you use email at work you’ve probably been using Outlook for ages. It supports advanced features such as setting up appointments with other people, support for work email servers (commonly called Exchange servers), and it also includes built-in support for Skype calling and social net‐ works such as Facebook and LinkedIn.
When you first start Outlook on the desktop in Windows RT (and these instructions are the same if you have purchased the full version of Microsoft Office for Windows 8.1) you will be asked if you want to set up an email account. The instructions are straightforward and by just typing your name, email address, and pass‐ word, Outlook is able to set up many different account types, including Gmail.
You can also set up email accounts after this when running Outlook by clicking the File tab on the Ribbon and then clicking the Account Settings button. In Account Settings you can add, remove, and manage email accounts (perhaps to update a password).
Note: Outlook in Windows RT and Office 2013 has a special touch mode which can be activated by clicking the touch button (which looks like a hand with a pointing finger) in the very top left of the Outlook window.
Outlook on the desktop is controlled by a Ribbon interface, and these are the tabs you will see across the top of the window. They are…
• File, which contains the main program and email account options and settings
• Home has controls for creating new email, replying to or for‐ warding email, and setting up rules and categories for your email
• Send/Receive is where the button to manually check your email is to be found (the standard behavior of Outlook is to check for email every 30 minutes, though this can be changed in the Options, found under the File tab)
• Folder contains tools to help you organize and manage your email through the use of folders
• View contains controls for choosing how email is displayed in Outlook
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