Microsoft Outlook Express Tips #8



*1.  CHECK THAT FOR ME, WILLYA?

July 22nd, 1999

You don't run outside to your mailbox every twenty minutes to 
check if you got new mail, so why should you do it with your 
e-mail inbox? Set it so it automatically retrieves new mail 
without you having to click Send and Receive. 

- 1. Click Tools + Options. 
- 2. On the General tab, check the box entitled Check for new
     messages every 'x' minutes. 
- 3. Enter in minutes how often Outlook Express should check
     for messages. 
- 4. Click OK. 

Outlook Express will now automatically retrieve your 
new messages.


*2. IT'S GOTTA BE HERE SOMEWHERE

July 23rd, 1999

We all know people who will talk your ear off IRL (that's 'In 
Real Life' for all you non-geek types.) Those same people will 
send you an e-mail the size of a novel just to tell you about 
their weekend. If you're suspect there's a nugget of 
information you actually want buried in all that chatter, 
you'll have to search for it. Luckily, that's not so hard to do. 

- 1. Open the e-mail; or, if you're using Preview Pane, click on
     the message so you can see the text in the Preview Pane.
- 2. Click Edit + Find Text. 
- 3. Enter in a word that's included in what you're looking for,
     like "contract" (or maybe "muzzle"). 
- 4. Click Find Next. 

The cursor will jump to the text you're looking for bypassing 
all the mumbo-jumbo you don't want to read.


*3. LOST? NO, FOUND --PART 1 OF 2

July 26th, 1999

In the last tip, we showed you how to search for specific words 
within a message. But what if it's a whole e-mail you're 
looking for? Not a problem -- Outlook Express has a very 
powerful search feature that lets you look for messages using 
multiple criteria. 

Have you ever just been positive that you got a message about 
something important, but can't find it? If you can remember the 
sender, another recipient, the subject line, or even a key word 
or phrase, you can find it using the search feature. 

- 1. Click on your inbox. 
- 2. Click Edit + Find Message 
- 3. Enter in your search criteria -- either the sender's name
     or e-mail address in the From field, other recipients in
     the Sent to field, the subject in the Subject field, or a
     word or phrase in the Message Body field. 
- 4. Click Find Now. 

Outlook Express will come up with a list of messages based on 
your criteria -- hopefully the one you're looking for 
is included.


*4. LOST? NO, FOUND - PART 2 OF 2

July 27th, 1999

In the last tip, you learned how to search for an e-mail 
message in your inbox. But what if that message isn't in your 
inbox but buried in a folder somewhere? No problem! To search 
in folders and subfolders, follow the steps below. 

- 1. From your inbox, click Edit + Find Message. 
- 2. Under the box that says Look Under, you'll see a
     drop-down box. 
- 3. Select the folder you want to search in, or select Inbox,
     and put a check in the box next to Include Subfolders.
     This will search every folder in your inbox. 
- 4. Click Find Now. 

Ta-da!


*5. PASS IT ON

July 28th, 1999

Now that you're a seasoned pro with this Internet thing, you're 
probably connected to a few Usenet newsgroups. Have you ever 
received an e-mail that you wanted to forward directly to a 
newsgroup, instead of copying and pasting into a new message? 
Well, you can. There's no menu option, but we're a little 
sneaky here at Tipworld, and we came up with a workaround. 

- 1. Make sure that the desired newsgroup is showing in the
     left pane of your Outlook Express window. 
- 2. Click once on the e-mail you want to forward, and drag it
     onto the newsgroup you want to forward it to. 
- 3. A new post will pop up with the mail message in the body.
     Edit as needed, and click Send.


*6. STEALTH MESSAGES -- PART 1 OF 2

July 29th, 1999

Want to really impress your computer-illiterate friends?  Show 
them how you can create and fire off an e-mail message quickly, 
without even loading Outlook Express. How, you ask? 

- 1. Select Start + Run. 
- 2. Type "mailto:" (without the quotes) in the Open box. 
- 3. Click OK. 
- 4. This will bring up a Compose Message window. Compose as
     usual and click Send.


*7. STEALTH MESSAGES -- PART 2 OF 2

July 30th, 1999

In the last tip, we showed you how to call up a Compose Message 
window and send an e-mail without ever loading Outlook Express 
by clicking Start + Run. Today we'll show you another way to do 
the same thing by putting a shortcut on your desktop. 

- 1. Minimize all your application windows by clicking the
     Minimize button in the top right corner. 
- 2. Right-click on your desktop, and select New + Shortcut. 
- 3. In the Command Line box, type in "mailto:"
     (without the quotes). 
- 4. Click Next. 
- 5. Give your shortcut a name -- perhaps "See How Clever I Am."
- 6. Click Finish. 

Now you have an Outlook Express shortcut on your desktop. 
Whenever you want to compose a new message, simply 
double-click on it.


*8. BIG BLUE
 
August 2nd, 1999

Have you ever wondered what that big blue E in the upper-right 
corner is for? What, you never noticed it? It's time to start 
exploring your desktop a little more! And that's exactly what 
happens when you click the E. An Explorer window opens and 
transports you to the Microsoft Outlook Express Home page, 
where you can find help files, updates, and articles. 

So grab your Panama hat and start exploring!


*9. SEND THE WHOLE ROLL

August 3rd, 1999

A reader asks, "Can I send more than one picture as 
an attachment?" 

No problemo! What you can't do, though, is select them all at 
the same time (using the Ctrl key). 

- 1. Click the Compose Message button and compose your message
     as usual. 
- 2. Choose Insert + Picture. 
- 3. Click Browse and navigate to the directory where your
     image is stored. 
- 4. Click the image file you want, choose Open, and click OK.
- 5. To insert more images, repeat Steps 2 through 4. 
- 6. When you're done adding files, click Send.


*10. WHEN THEY DON'T GET THE PICTURE

August 4th, 1999

A reader asks, "Sometimes people can't see the images I insert 
into e-mail messages--what's the deal?" 

Here's a nifty little trick that makes sure the message 
recipient gets the picture: 

- 1. Choose Tools + Options and click the Send tab. 
- 2. Click the Settings button. 
- 3. Make sure the Send Pictures with Messages option
     is checked. 
- 4. Click OK twice to get out of the dialog box.
