Microsoft Outlook 2021: Extras

Name: Microsoft Outlook 2021: Extras
Author: KIwanna Brackett

Learn how to use advanced features in Outlook to gather feedback, manage email messages, and customize your email communication

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In this lesson we will review how to send polls and track votes. You can create an instant real time poll in seconds using your email messages in Outlook. You have the ability to add a question in the body of your email. And use the Voting feature to be. Able to receive a response from your recipients. In Out Look when you open up the application to begin this process, you. Would generate a new email message by clicking the New Email button on the Home tab. In the body of your email message, you'll type in the message or the. Question that you want to oppose a response to. And to solicit a response using the. Voting feature, you'll go to Options and. Use the Voting button to be able. To enter the response that you want. To receive from your recipients. You have three choices either approve or reject depending on the question yes or no responses yes, no and Maybe. To select the choice that you want. To use, you will basically click on that option. So for this question, I want the. Response of either yes or no. Click here and you'll notice that a. Message pops up here at the top that lets you know that a voting button has been added to your email. You'll continue to type your message as. Desired, entering in the recipient that you plan to email, subject any other information you want and click Send to deliver the message. Once the message is sent, this is. What the recipients will receive. So you'll see in their inbox they'll. Receive your email message and there'll be a note here that says this message includes voting buttons. Click here to vote. So the recipient will click here and. Then we'll give them the option to. Either reply yes or no. They will click on the response that. They want to send and they should. Receive a message that says you have chosen to respond either yes or no, send the response now or edit before sending. So they want to send a response now. You'll click OK and that will then deliver a message to you indicating that. You'Ve received a response from the recipients of your email. You should receive an email message that. Lets you know that you've received an approval or a yes response from your recipient. This can help you in being able. To get feedback from all of those. That you may need to get feedback quickly using that voting feature and you. Can use the email replies to track a response. Stay tuned for the next lesson where I will show you how to clean up conversations and folders. Thanks for watching.

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Course Description

Outlook provides advanced features and settings that provide ways to collaborate with others within your organization, manage email communication and backup data files in different locations. These skills are essential for professionals who wish to communicate and collaborate effectively.

In this course on Extras in Microsoft Outlook 2021, you will learn how to send polls and track voting responses in Outlook. We will also explore ways to manage email communication using the cleanup conversation feature in Outlook to reduce the number of messages in mail folders. Outlook also provides ways to create personalized signatures for your email messages and we will learn how to set them up and apply them to outgoing email communication. You will also learn how to backup information from your Outlook account for later use, as well as how to access information offline using features for managing and organizing Outlook data files.

What You'll Learn

Send and track polls to collect feedback and voting responses from email recipients
Use the cleanup conversation feature to reduce and manage messages in mail folders
Create personalized signatures and apply them to outgoing email messages
Back up Outlook account information for later use
Manage and organize Outlook data files to access information offline

Key Takeaways

Outlook's advanced features support collaboration within an organization, email communication management, and backing up data files to different locations.
The cleanup conversation feature helps reduce the number of messages in mail folders.
Outlook lets you create personalized signatures and apply them to outgoing email communication.
Backing up Outlook information and managing data files allows you to reuse information later and access it offline.
These skills are essential for professionals who want to communicate and collaborate effectively.

Frequently Asked Questions

Who is this course for?

It is for professionals who wish to communicate and collaborate effectively using the advanced features and settings in Microsoft Outlook 2021.

What topics does this course cover?

It covers sending polls and tracking votes, cleaning up conversations and folders, creating and inserting signatures, and working with Outlook data files.

What skills will I gain?

You will learn to send and track polls for feedback, use cleanup conversation features to manage messages and folders, create and add signatures, and back up and work with Outlook data files. Related skills include Microsoft Outlook, Email Management, and Outlook Add-Ins.

What can I do with Outlook data files after this course?

You will be able to back up information from your Outlook account for later use and access information offline by managing and organizing Outlook data files.