HGC Outlook Web App (OWA) 2013 Hosted Exchange Email User Guide

Below you will find brief information for Hosted Exchange Email Outlook Web App (OWA) 2013. This document details the features and functionality of the Hosted Exchange Email Outlook Web App (OWA) 2013, a cloud-based email service offered by HGC. This user guide will help you learn how to use various features of Hosted Exchange Email Outlook Web App (OWA) 2013 such as composing new emails, managing contacts, scheduling appointments, and managing tasks.

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1. Get Started ......................................................................................................................................................... 5

1.1 Login to Your Email Account .......................................................................................................... 5

1.2 The New OWA User Interface ........................................................................................................ 6

2. Email Messaging ................................................................................................................................................. 9

2.1 Compose a New Message .............................................................................................................. 9

2.2

2.1.1 Other Messaging Options .............................................................................................................. 9

Open in a Separate Window ........................................................................................................ 10

2.3

2.4

2.5

Selecting Recipients for Message ................................................................................................. 11

2.3.1 Add Recipients by Typing Name or Email Address ........................................................................ 11

2.3.2 Add Recipients from an Address Book ......................................................................................... 11

Add Attachment to Message ....................................................................................................... 12

2.4.1 Browsing a File and Insert ............................................................................................................ 12

2.4.2 Drag-and-drop ............................................................................................................................. 14

View Message ............................................................................................................................. 14

2.6

2.7

2.8

2.9

Read Message ............................................................................................................................. 14

Reply, Reply All, and Forward Message ........................................................................................ 14

Search Message........................................................................................................................... 14

Sorting Message .......................................................................................................................... 15

2.10 Conversation Threads .................................................................................................................. 16

2.11

2.12

Delete Message ........................................................................................................................... 16

2.11.1 Delete Messages from the Message List ..................................................................................... 17

2.11.2 Delete Messages from the Reading Pane .................................................................................... 17

2.11.3 Empty the Deleted Items Folder ................................................................................................. 17

Print Message.............................................................................................................................. 18

2.13 Working with Drafts .................................................................................................................... 18

2.13.1 Save Message to Send Later ........................................................................................................ 18

2.13.2 Finish a Drafted Message ............................................................................................................ 19

2.14 Set the Importance of a Message ................................................................................................ 19

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2.15

2.16

4.8

Email Signature ........................................................................................................................... 20

Mark Message as Unread ............................................................................................................ 20

2.17 Message Flagging ........................................................................................................................ 21

2.18 Message Categories..................................................................................................................... 21

2.18.1 Add a Category to a Message ...................................................................................................... 22

2.18.2 Create a Category ....................................................................................................................... 22

2.19 Read Receipt ............................................................................................................................... 23

2.20

2.19.1 Respond to the Request for a Read Receipt ................................................................................ 23

2.19.2 Request for a Delivery Receipt and Read Receipt ........................................................................ 24

Message Icons ............................................................................................................................. 24

2.21 Working with Folders .................................................................................................................. 25

2.21.1 Create New Folder ...................................................................................................................... 25

2.21.2 Managing Folders ....................................................................................................................... 25

3. Using OWA Offline ............................................................................................................................................ 27

3.1 Turn on Offline Access ................................................................................................................. 27

3.2

3.3

Turn off Offline Access................................................................................................................. 27

Points to Take Note ..................................................................................................................... 28

4. People (Contacts) ............................................................................................................................................. 29

4.1 Create a New Contact .................................................................................................................. 29

4.2

4.3

4.4

Create a Contact from a Message ................................................................................................ 30

Edit a Contact .............................................................................................................................. 31

Delete a Contact .......................................................................................................................... 31

4.5

4.6

4.7

Sorting Contacts .......................................................................................................................... 32

Search for a Contact .................................................................................................................... 32

Create a Group ............................................................................................................................ 33

4.7.1 Create a Personal Group .............................................................................................................. 33

4.7.2 Create a Shared Group ................................................................................................................ 34

Distribution Groups ..................................................................................................................... 34

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4.8.1 Join or Leave a Distribution Groups ............................................................................................. 34

4.8.2 Create and Manage Distribution Groups ...................................................................................... 35

4.8.3 Control Who Can Send to a Group ............................................................................................... 35

4.8.4 Set up a Moderated Distribution Group ....................................................................................... 35

Linking and Unlinking Contacts .................................................................................................... 36

5. Calendar ........................................................................................................................................................... 38

5.1 Quickly View Event Details .......................................................................................................... 38

5.2

5.3

Week View .................................................................................................................................. 39

Day View ..................................................................................................................................... 39

5.4

5.5

Month View ................................................................................................................................ 40

Open an Event in a Separate Window .......................................................................................... 40

5.6

5.7

Creating Calendar items .............................................................................................................. 41

5.6.1 Create an Appointment ............................................................................................................... 41

5.6.2 Create an Meeting ....................................................................................................................... 42

Sharing Your Calendar ................................................................................................................. 43

5.8 Modify an Existing Appointment.................................................................................................. 44

5.8.1 Modify an Appointment .............................................................................................................. 44

5.8.2 Cancel an Appointment ............................................................................................................... 44

5.8.3 Change a Recurrence ................................................................................................................... 44

5.9

5.10

Modify an Existing Meeting ......................................................................................................... 44

5.9.1 Reschedule a Meeting ................................................................................................................. 44

5.9.2 Cancel a Meeting ......................................................................................................................... 44

Respond to a Meeting Request .................................................................................................... 45

5.11 Calendar Reminders .................................................................................................................... 46

5.11.1 Activate Your Reminders Option .................................................................................................. 46

5.11.2 Set a Reminder to Snooze ............................................................................................................ 46

5.11.3 Dismiss a Reminder ..................................................................................................................... 46

6. Tasks ................................................................................................................................................................ 47

6.1 Open a Task in a Separate Window .............................................................................................. 47

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6.2

6.3

The Task List ................................................................................................................................ 48

Creating Tasks ............................................................................................................................. 48

6.4 Editing Tasks................................................................................................................................ 49

7. Automatic Replies (formerly known as Out of Office Assistant) ......................................................................... 51

8. Inbox Rules ....................................................................................................................................................... 53

8.1 Create a New Rule ....................................................................................................................... 54

8.2

8.3

8.4

Edit a Rule ................................................................................................................................... 54

Delete a Rule ............................................................................................................................... 54

Points to Take Note ..................................................................................................................... 54

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9. Email Account Management ............................................................................................................................. 56

9.1 Check the Size of Your Email Account .......................................................................................... 56

9.2 Dealing with Junk Emails ............................................................................................................. 57

9.3

9.4

9.5

Safe Sender and Recipients.......................................................................................................... 58

9.3.1 Add a Sender or a Domain ........................................................................................................... 58

9.3.2 Remove a Sender or a Domain..................................................................................................... 59

9.3.3 Edit a Sender or a Domain ........................................................................................................... 59

Blocked Sender............................................................................................................................ 59

9.4.1 Add a Sender or a Domain ........................................................................................................... 59

9.4.2 Remove a Sender or a Domain..................................................................................................... 59

9.4.3 Edit a Sender or a Domain ........................................................................................................... 59

Change Password ........................................................................................................................ 60

Sign out of OWA .......................................................................................................................... 61

Get Help ...................................................................................................................................... 62

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1. Get Started

1.1 Login to Your Email Account

Open your internet browser, and enter the following address:

https://hgcbizmail.hostedexchange.asia

Enter your email address in the Domain\user name field and your email password in the Password field.

Click to sign in.

Choose your preferred display language and time zone.

Click to save.

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1.2 The New OWA User Interface

Once you have successfully logged in to your email account, you will be presented with the following screen.

Quick New Mail Button

Click to create a new message.

Folder List

The folder list shows the folders in your mailbox and other folders such as favorites and archive folders.

To expand and collapse a folder, click its triangle icon . To show or hide the left-hand pane, click the or icon at the top.

Search Window

Type what you want to search for here. This could be a sender or recipient’s name, or a word or phrase in the title or body of a message. Below the search box are filters that you can select to quickly find messages that are unread, that include your name in the “To” or the “Cc” line (to me), or that have been flagged. In addition to the filters, you’ll see the name of the folder you’re viewing and the view you’ve selected.

Message List

The message list contains each message in the current folder, showing the sender, the subject (title), and the first line of the message. Messages are normally grouped into “conversations” by default. Each entry in the list view has additional information, such as how many unread messages there are in a conversation, and icons to show if there’s an attachment, flag, or category associated with any messages in the conversation. If you select a conversation, you can then delete it, add a flag, or add a category by right-clicking and choosing from the drop-down menu, or by clicking the appropriate icon.

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attachment flag right-click for options drop-down menu c

Notifications, Navigation, and Settings a b a.

Notifications

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This section keeps you updated with emails, calendar or task reminder.

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A new mail notification icon reflects that you have new message. You can click on the icon to see a preview of the latest new message.

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A calendar icon reflects that you have appointment or task reminder. You can click on the icon to reveal the reminder. You may dismiss, snooze, or dismiss all.

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The icons appear only when there is a new message or an active reminder.

Navigation

Click here to switch to other areas of OWA - Mail, Calendar, People (Contacts), and Tasks.

Settings

Chat status, personal information, options, and help. Use this area to sign in to chat and to manage your chat status, change your personal information, go to options, or sign out of your account.

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Action Bar

You can respond to any message in the conversation by using the REPLY, REPLY ALL, or FORWARD links above the message. You can access more actions using the menu, for example to categorize the message or mark it as junk.

Reading Pane

The reading pane displays the conversation that you’ve selected.

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2. Email Messaging

2.1 Compose a New Message

Steps:

Click the icon in the top left corner. A new message form is displayed in the reading pane (or in a pop-up window, if you have disabled the reading pane).

Enter the recipients in the “To” and/or “cc” field. You can type the name of anyone who is in your contacts folder or establishment’s address list, or you can type the email address. The first time you enter a particular person’s name, OWA searches for that person’s address. In the future, the name will be cached so it will resolve quickly.

Enter a Subject for your message.

Type the message you want to send.

To add an attachment, click you want to attach.

then attachment at the top of the screen and browse to the file

To embed a picture, so that it is displayed in the message without the recipient having to open it, click

When you’ve finished and your message is ready to go, click

icon, then picture, and browse to the picture you want to add. icon to send.

2.1.1 Other Messaging Options

For a menu of other options, click the extended menu icon .

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Here you can choose from the following options:

Options Description

Save: Outlook Web App automatically saves your messages as you compose, but you can choose this option to force a save at any time.

Show bcc:

You can use bcc (blind carbon copy) to add a recipient while hiding their name from the other recipients.

Show from:

If you have permission to send from more than one address, you can use this field to change the ‘from address’ of the message you’re composing.

Set importance:

Use this to set message importance. This doesn’t change how Outlook handles the message, but lets the recipients know whether the message is of high or low importance.

Insert signature:

If you’ve created a signature in Mail settings, but didn’t configure it to be automatically added to your messages, you can add it by clicking here.

Switch to plain text / switch to

HTML:

HTML text can be formatted with bolding, underlining, colored text, a choice of fonts, etc. If HTML text is selected, a text-editing toolbar is displayed above the message body. Please note that your recipient(s) may be using a device that can’t display that formatting correctly.

Show message options:

Here you can set message sensitivity, or request receipts. The sensitivity settings are Normal, Personal, Private, and Confidential. They are only for information: they don’t change how the message is handled. You can request a delivery receipt to let you know when a message that you’ve sent has reached the recipients. A read receipt will tell you when a message that you sent has been marked as read. Some email programs allow recipients to choose whether or not to respond to read receipts.

2.2 Open in a Separate Window

By default, you read and create items in OWA either in the reading pane or in a window that overlays the main window. For most items, to open them in a separate window, look for the pop out icon in the upper corner of the item that you’re working on. Click it to open that item in a separate window.

To open a message that you’re reading in a separate window, click the extended menu icon and select

open in separate window.

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2.3 Selecting Recipients for Message

The following addressing options are available:

To: Sends the message to the selected recipient.

cc: Sends a Carbon Copy of the message to the selected recipient.

bcc: Sends a Blind Carbon Copy of the message to the selected recipient. The recipient’s name will not be visible to other recipients of the message.

2.3.1 Add Recipients by Typing Name or Email Address

Type the names or email addresses of the recipients on the To or CC lines in a new message. Use a semicolon (;) to separate multiple names.

When you type a name on the “To” or “cc” lines in a new message, Outlook will try to match or resolve the names. You can wait for this to happen automatically or select search contacts and directory to provide a list of suitable names from both your contacts and the global directory.

Resolved names are shown in bold. Unresolved names are shown in grey text.

2.3.2 Add Recipients from an Address Book

There are 2 separate address lists contained within your address book:

Global Address List: A directory containing the email address of all staff including any company mailing lists.

Contacts:

A list of your personal contacts.

To add recipients from an address book such as Global Address Book (GAL), you can also click on the “To” or “cc” link at the left of the line, or the sign at the end of the selected field.

You can search for a person in the Global Address List (GAL) or your Contacts folder. You can use the icon at the top of your contacts folders to collapse or expand them.

Once you have located your recipient, select the recipients and click add icon to add them to your message.

When you have finished selecting your recipients, click to confirm and return to the message (or to remove).

To remove recipients from a message, right-click the name and then choose remove, or select the name and press the Delete key from your keyboard.

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2.4 Add Attachment to Message

When composing email, you could add attachments by browsing a file and then insert or drag-and-drop.

2.4.1 Browsing a File and Insert

Click icon and select attachment to attach a file.

Browse for the file you want to attach and click Open.

The file is attached. You may attach multiple files.

To embed a picture, so that it is displayed in the message without the recipient having to open it, click icon, select picture.

Browse for the picture you want to embed and click Open.

The picture is embedded. You may embed multiple pictures.

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2.4.2 Drag-and-drop

Drag a file from desktop or file explorer and drop it inside the message content.

from desktop or file explorer

2.5 View Message

When a new message is received, a new mail notification icon will be shown. You could click it to view immediately.

2.6 Read Message

Click on a message in the list to display it in the reading pane. Alternatively, you can double-click on an email from the list pane to open the message in a new window.

2.7 Reply, Reply All, and Forward Message

In the reading pane or message window, click the response option you want.

Add any additional recipients if needed.

Enter the content of your message.

When you have finished, click to send.

Note: when replying to an email, the corresponding previous email content will be appended under your new message; however no attachments will be included. Attachment can be included by clicking .

2.8 Search Message

Enter the word, name, or phrase that you want to search in the search Mail and People text box at the top of the center pane and click icon to search.

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You can refine or edit your search result by using the options displayed in the left pane, above the folder list.

To clear the filter/sort/search fields, click the discard icon to the right of the search box.

2.9 Sorting Message

By default, messages are grouped by conversation and sorted by the date received, with the newest messages on top. To change the sorting and grouping preference, click the sort arrow at the top of the list view.

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2.10 Conversation Threads

Conversation view shows all messages with the same subject as a threaded conversation, no matter what folder they are stored in. if you want to review a conversation from the main window, click the arrow by the subject line to expand or collapse the conversation.

click to expand or collapse

You can change this option by clicking the sort arrow at the top of the list view and choosing the off option for conversations. When you turn off conversations, messages are displayed in the reading pane individually.

2.11 Delete Message

You can delete messages in several ways:

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Delete messages from the message list.

Delete messages from the reading pane.

2.11.1 Delete Messages from the Message List

Select the message that you want to delete from the message list and press the DELETE button on your keyboard, OR

Mouse-over the message that you want to delete in the message list and click the icon, OR

Right-click on the message that you want to delete in the message list and choose delete from the menu options.

Tip: to delete multiple messages at once, hold down the CTRL button of your keyboard (Windows computer) as you select multiple message from the message list.

2.11.2 Delete Messages from the Reading Pane

Click the extended menu icon and choose delete.

2.11.3 Empty the Deleted Items Folder

Right-click the Deleted Items folder and click empty.

Click ok to confirm that you want to permanently delete the items in the Deleted Items folder.

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2.12 Print Message

To print a message, click the extended menu icon within the message and click print.

2.13 Working with Drafts

If you can’t finish writing a message right away, or want to wait a bit before you send it, you can click away from it and come back to it later to finish it. OWA automatically saves your message as you create it and adds it to your drafts folder. Alternatively, you can save an unsent message manually and send it later.

2.13.1 Save Message to Send Later

When you finished drafting your message, click icon and click save from the drop-down menu.

The message will be saved to your Drafts folder.

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2.13.2 Finish a Drafted Message

Click on the Drafts folder.

Click on the message you were working on to see it in the reading pane.

Click or, if you’ve decided you don’t want to send the message after all, click

If you still want to send the message, finish editing it and click .

2.14 Set the Importance of a Message

You can alert the recipient of the importance of a message. The message will appear on the recipient’s computer with an additional icon denoting high or low importance.

If the message is of high importance:

Click on the icon.

Select set importance from the drop-down menu.

Select high.

If the message is of low importance:

Click on the icon.

Select set importance from the drop-down menu.

Select low.

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2.15 Email Signature

You can either automatically insert a signature in every single outgoing message or alternatively you can manually insert a signature as and when it is required.

Before inserting a signature you need to create it. Click on icon at the top right corner and click

Options.

Click settings on the left panel and click mail on the top pane.

Under the email signature, enter your email signature. Your email signature can be in HTML format, containing multiple lines and hyperlinks.

Be default, your signature will only be applied when composing email. To add your email signature when replying or forwarding, you could check Automatically include my signature on messages I send.

Click save.

To return to your mail box, click on icon at the left top corner.

2.16 Mark Message as Unread

If a message is unread, its subject line is shaded in blue color with a blue vertical line to the left of the message.

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You can mark a message as unread by:

Right-click on the message you want to mark as unread and click mark as unread from the menu options,

Click on the mark as unread in the reading pane.

2.17 Message Flagging

You can flag messages for follow up actions.

Un-flagged message flagged message completed message

Task

To flag a message:

Actions

Right-click on the message in the message list and click flag from the menu options, or simply click on the flag icon . The flag turns red .

To mark a flag as complete:

Click on the flag icon on the flagged message. The flag icon will turn into a tick icon .

To clear a flag: Right-click on the flag and select clear flag from the menu options.

To set a date and reminder: Right-click on the flag and select the reminder time.

2.18 Message Categories

You can organize your messages by assigning specific colors to individual messages.

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Message with 3 categories assigned to it

Message with 1 category assigned to it

Message with no category assigned to it

2.18.1 Add a Category to a Message

Right-click on the message that you want to categorize and select categorize.

Select the category that you want to assign to the message. Repeat until you have assigned all relevant categories.

To remove a category, click clear categories.

2.18.2 Create a Category

Right-click on the message that you want to categorize and select categorize.

Click on Manage categories in the menu options.

In the pop-out window, click to add new category.

In the add new category window, click on the arrow to select a new color that you want for the new category and enter a name for the new category.

Click ok.

To delete a category, simply click on the icon of the category that you want to delete in the

manage categories window.

Click ok to confirm the delete action.

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2.19 Read Receipt

2.19.1 Respond to the Request for a Read Receipt

Some senders may request a read receipt from you so they know when their message has been read.

You can choose whether or not to send a read receipt.

Click on icon at the top right corner and click Options.

Click on settings on the left panel and click mail on the top panel.

Under read receipts, click on the radio button to choose your respond preference.

Click the save button at the bottom of the page.

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2.19.2 Request for a Delivery Receipt and Read Receipt

You can request for a delivery receipt to let you know when a message that you’ve sent has reached the recipients. A read receipt will tell you when a message that you sent has been marked as read.

In the message you want to request for a delivery receipt or read receipt, click the extended menu icon and select show message options.

In the message options window, check the checkbox for Request for a delivery receipt if you want to know when the message you are sending has reached the recipients.

Check the checkbox for Request for a read receipt if you want to know when the message that you are sending has been marked as read.

Click ok.

2.20 Message Icons

Messages within your inbox are displayed with various icons allowing you to know their status quickly.

Item Description

Notification of a delivered message. You will only get a notification if you’ve requested for a delivery receipt.

Notification of a read message. You will only get a notification if you’ve requested a read receipt.

Notification that a message was not delivered.

High importance message.

Low importance message.

Message containing one or more attachment(s).

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Once you have actioned a message, other icons will be displayed:

Item Description

Message you have replied to

Message which has been forwarded

Flagged message

Unflagged message

Previously flagged message which is now complete

Categorized message

2.21 Working with Folders

You can create folders in your mail area to help you organize and find your messages. The left panel display all the folders you have access to. When you select a folder, items from that folder are displayed in the message list.

2.21.1 Create New Folder

Right-click on the folder which the new subfolder is to be created in (to create a new top-level folder, right-click your name at the top of the list) and select create new folder.

In the blank field, type in the name of the new folder and press ENTER on your keyboard to save your changes.

2.21.2 Managing Folders

To expand or collapse the subfolders, click the arrow by the parent folder. When you right-click on a folder, a drop-down menu appears. This menu gives you other useful options for managing and quickly finding your folders.

Options

1. Rename:

Descriptions

Select rename, enter a new name in the blank field and press ENTER on your keyboard (Note: for folders that you cannot rename e.g. inbox, this option is greyed out).

2. Delete:

Select delete and click ok to confirm. This moves the folder to the

Deleted Items folder. It’s not permanently removed until you empty or manually delete the folder from the Deleted Items folder.

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3. Empty:

Select empty and click ok to confirm. This moves all items in the folder to the Deleted Items folder. It’s not permanently removed until you empty or manually delete the folder from the Deleted Items folder.

4. Add to favorites:

This adds the folder to the Favorite folder, making it easier to find.

Note that this doesn’t move the folder.

5. Move

Select move and choose the folder that you want to move to and click

ok. (Note that you can also move folders by dragging and dropping).

6. Mark all as read:

This marks all items in the folder as read.

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3. Using OWA Offline

Offline access allows you to use OWA on your laptop or desktop computer when you’re not connected to the

Internet. After you’ve enabled offline access, Outlook Web App will work in an offline mode as needed depending on your network connection. When you’re online, Outlook Web App will automatically update the offline information. To use offline access, you will need at least Internet Explorer 10, Safari 5, or Chrome 24.

Most tasks that you can do online are available when you’re offline. Tasks you can do while offline include but aren’t limited to:

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Reading and responding to messages.

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Sending new messages.

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Viewing and editing your calendar.

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Responding to meeting requests.

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Viewing and editing your contacts.

If you try to do something that’s not available offline, you will either see an error message, or what you did will change back. Anything that you do while offline will be uploaded to the server when you reconnect to a network.

3.1 Turn on Offline Access

Select Settings at the top of the OWA window and select Offline settings.

Select Turn on offline access.

Select OK. OWA will walk you through the steps to set up and use offline access.

Warning: You should not turn on offline access on a computer that you share with others.

3.2 Turn off Offline Access

Click Settings at the top of the Outlook Web App window and select Offline settings.

Select Turn off offline access.

Select OK.

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3.3 Points to Take Note

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Offline access may not make all of your email and calendar information available offline. Some of the available features and limitations are:

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The last few days of messages. Supported folders include Inbox, Drafts, and any folders viewed within the last few days, up to 20 folders. If you’ve viewed more than 20 folders in the last few days, the most recent 18 plus Inbox and Drafts will be available.

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In each folder that’s available offline, you will see three days of content, or 150 items, whichever is larger.

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Attachments aren’t available when offline.

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The previous month and future year of your calendar.

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A limited set of upcoming calendar reminders. If you’re offline for a long period of time, calendar reminders will stop working until you go online and Outlook Web App can download current information.

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Only your primary Calendar will be available offline.

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All the items in your Contacts folder, plus any people that you email often and any that you’ve emailed recently.

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Offline access doesn’t include archived folders, Team folders, tasks, or Favorites.

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You can’t search for or sort items in your mailbox when offline, and the built-in filters won’t work when you’re offline.

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You have to enable offline access on each computer that you want to be able to use Outlook Web App on when not connected to a network.

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Offline access for Outlook Web App is designed for portable computers such as laptops and notebooks. It can't be enabled in browsers on smaller devices, such as tablets and smartphones.

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Your web browser determines where on your computer the offline information is stored and how much space it can use. If your offline information won’t fit in the space that’s been set aside, you may be prompted to increase it. If the space can’t be increased, less of your information will be available when you’re offline.

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4. People (Contacts)

This is where your contacts are stored. From here, you can find, create, and edit your contacts. Also, you can search for contacts in your organization’s directory.

To access the People section (contacts). Click on the People link located on the main toolbar.

Create a new contact by clicking icon.

All the places you can find contact information.

Search. Type a person’s name here to search for them in your contacts and in your organization’s address book.

List of all contacts in the current folder.

The contact card for the selected person.

Actions you can take directly from the contact card. Select the icons to send a message or schedule a meeting.

4.1 Create a New Contact

Select the folder under My Contacts that you want to create the contact in, then select

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Select create contact.

In the blank contact form, fill in any details that you want. Select the icon to see more options for that type of information. For example, if the person you’re adding to your contacts has multiple phone numbers, select the icon next to Phone to add phone numbers.

to save your changes or to cancel.

When you’re done, select

4.2 Create a Contact from a Message

You can add any contact that you see in a message to your Contacts. To add a contact from a message:

Select the name to see the contact card.

Select Add to Contacts.

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Add any additional information you want.

Click to add the card to your Contacts, or

to cancel.

4.3 Edit a Contact

Steps:

Find and select the contact that you want to edit. (You can only edit contacts in the folders under My

Contacts).

When you select a contact, you’ll see their details in the reading pane.

To edit their information, click Edit.

Make any changes that you want, and click to save your changes or to cancel.

4.4 Delete a Contact

Find and select the contact that you want to delete.

When you select a contact, you’ll see their details in the reading pane.

Click on the icon and click delete OR you may press the Delete key on your keyboard.

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Click ok to confirm that you want to delete or click cancel.

4.5 Sorting Contacts

To change the sorting preference, click the sort arrow at the top of the contact list and select your preference from the drop-down list.

4.6 Search for a Contact

Enter the name of the person you want to search for in the search box and click the search icon .

You may refine you search by clicking one of the filters below the search box: All, People, groups, or

Rooms. The default filter is All.

You may further refine your search by selecting the scope in the navigation pane. The default scope is

My Contacts and Directory.

To clear your search result, select the discard icon next to the search box.

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4.7 Create a Group

You can create two types of groups in Outlook Web App. The first is a personal group, which is a group that is stored in your Contacts folder and can contain entries from your personal Contacts and from your organization’s address book. The other is a shared group (this is depending on the settings on your account).

Please refer to Distribution Groups section for more information.

4.7.1 Create a Personal Group

Select the folder under My Contacts that you want to create the group in, then select and select create group.

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In the blank group form, enter the group name that you want in the Group name field and any notes in the Notes field.

To add members, type the name of the person you want to add in Members. OWA will search for a match in your Contacts and in your organization’s address book. If a match isn’t found, you can search for that person. You can also type an email address directly in Members. Press Enter on your keyboard to add your selection to the group.

When you’re done, click to save your changes or to cancel.

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4.7.2 Create a Shared Group

Please refer to Distribution Groups section for more information.

4.8 Distribution Groups

Use Distribution Groups to create, join, or leave distribution groups that are in your organization’s address book. You can also create distribution groups that will appear in your organization’s address book. Note:

These features may not be available or may be only partly available depending on your account settings.

4.8.1 Join or Leave a Distribution Groups

Use Join or leave a distribution group to see and manage the distribution groups you’re a member of.

To join a distribution group:

Click on icon at the top right corner and click Options.

Click on groups on the left panel.

Under Distribution groups I belong to, click on the Join icon .

In the dialog box, select the group you want to join. You can search for a group by typing all or part of its name in the search window, and then selecting the search icon . Click to clear the search results.

Sele ct the group you want to join.

Click the Join icon .

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To leave a distribution group:

Click on icon at the top right corner and click Options.

Click on groups on the left panel.

Under Distribution groups I belong to, click on the Join icon .

Select the distribution group that you want to leave and click Leave icon .

4.8.2 Create and Manage Distribution Groups

Create and manage distribution groups shows the distribution groups that you’re listed as an owner of. Use it to create new groups and manage existing groups that you own.

To create a new group:

Click on icon at the top right corner and click Options.

Click on groups on the left panel.

Under Distribution groups I own, click New.

In the dialog box, add the information needed to create your distribution group.

Click Save.

To edit a group or review information about a group:

Click on icon at the top right corner and click Options.

Click on groups on the left panel.

Under Distribution groups I own, in the dialog box, select the group that you want to edit. You can search for a group by typing all or part of its name in the search window, and then selecting the search icon . Click to clear the search results

Click Edit and make the changes you want.

Click Save to save your changes, or Cancel to leave without saving.

To delete a group that you own, find it in the list and select Delete .

4.8.3 Control Who Can Send to a Group

After you’ve created a group, you can edit it to control who can send messages to it. By default, only people inside your organization can send to distribution groups in your organization’s address book.

To determine who can send to your group:

Click on icon at the top right corner and click Options.

Click on groups on the left panel.

Under Distribution groups I own, select the distribution group that you want to change the settings for.

Select Edit .

Select Delivery management.

Choose the delivery management settings.

Select Save to save your changes, or Cancel to leave without saving.

4.8.4 Set up a Moderated Distribution Group

Messages sent to a moderated distribution group can be screened by a group moderator before being sent to all members of the group. If you own a group, you can set up moderation rules for the group.

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To configure a moderated distribution group:

Click on icon at the top right corner and click Options.

Click on groups on the left panel.

Under Distribution groups I own, select the distribution group that you want to make a moderated group.

Click Edit .

Select Message approval.

Choose the message approval settings you want and add group moderators.

Select Save to save your changes, or Cancel to leave without saving.

4.9 Linking and Unlinking Contacts

OWA detects contacts that have the same or very similar display names and will link them into a single view.

To see which contacts have been linked, choose a contact card, and then in the reading pane under Linked contacts, select Manage. This will display the linked contacts, if any, for that card. You can also choose the contacts that you want to link.

You can view all the contacts linked to this contact card. If a link has been added that you want to remove, select it to view it or unlink it.

Suggested links shows links that might match this person.

You can find additional contacts to link by searching.

Any changes you make will be saved automatically as you make them. Close the window when you’re done.

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5. Calendar

Your calendar allows you to create and track appointments and meetings. You can create multiple calendars, link to other people’s calendars, and even share your calendar with other people. A meeting that you’ve been invited to will show the organizer and include links to respond to the invitation. If the organizer has included an online meeting invitation, you’ll see a link to join the meeting.

You can view your calendar in four different views: Day, Work week, Week, and Month.

5.1 Quickly View Event Details

You can click any event in your calendar to see a quick view of that event. An event that you create will show you as the creator and have a link to edit or delete the event.

A meeting that you’ve been invited to will show the organizer and include links to respond to the invitation.

If the organizer has included an online meeting invitation, you’ll see a link to join the meeting.

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5.2 Week View

Week view is the default view when you first visit your calendar in OWA. You can change that to Day, Work

week, or Month by using the options in the upper corner.

Create a new event by clicking New event icon or an all-day event.

. An event can be an appointment, a meeting,

Use the calendars to navigate from one date to another. Shading indicates the week you’re currently viewing, and darker shading marks the current date. You can use the calendar icon at the top to collapse or expand this side of the calendar view.

You can view more than one calendar at a time. This section lets you create other calendars, such as a calendar just for a specific project or to track personal appointments. You can also add other people’s calendars and select which to display. If you select multiple calendars to display, they’ll be merged into a single view with each calendar given a different color.

This is another area that you can use to navigate from one day to another. Click any date to jump to that date. Or click the arrows on either end to see the dates before or after those displayed.

The main window, where calendars will be displayed. Double-click any white space in this window to create a new calendar item. Or, click and drag to create a new item in the time you’ve selected.

Select the view you want, and share or print your calendar.

5.3 Day View

The day view is most useful if you have a very busy schedule, or if you want to view multiple schedules side by side. The controls remain the same, only the view has changed.

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5.4 Month View

The month view can be very crowded. To make it more usable, there’s an agenda displayed for the selected day:

Shading shows the current date.

Slightly lighter shading shows the selected month.

Shading shows the selected day and the number tells how many non-displayed items there are on each day. Double-click an item to open it. You can create a new event on any date by double-clicking the white space on that date.

Shaded item is an all-day event.

The agenda for the selected day. You can create a new item on the current date by double-clicking the white space in the agenda.

5.5 Open an Event in a Separate Window

By default, you read and create events on an overlay on the main calendar page, but that isn’t always what you need. Sometimes you need to be able to view an event in a separate window. You can pop any event out into a new window by clicking the pop-out icon in the upper corner of the message.

click pop-out icon to open in a separate window

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5.6 Creating Calendar items

To open a new calendar item in any view, you can click new event icon or double-click any white space. In the day, work week, and week view, you can click or drag to select a block of time. Or you can type the subject directly on the calendar. Double-click the new item to open it and add other details.

5.6.1 Create an Appointment

Click new event icon

or double-click the calendar to open a new calendar item form.

Enter a short description of the event.

Add a location if you want.

Select the starting date and time.

Select the duration. Select All day for an all-day event. All-day events appear at the top of the calendar. If the duration you want isn't displayed, select Custom at the bottom of the list. You can then enter an end time instead of selecting a duration.

Use Show as to choose how you want the time to appear on your calendar.

Change or turn off the reminder.

If you have more than one calendar, choose which calendar to save it to.

Set a repeating pattern if you want this event to repeat.

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Mark it as Private if you don’t want anyone you’ve shared your calendar with to see the details.

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Use the Notes area to add any other information you want.

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Click Save to save your changes or Discard to cancel.

5.6.2 Create an Meeting

A meeting is a calendar event that you send to other people. You create a meeting the same way you do an appointment, but you invite attendees and may add a resource such as a conference room.

After you’ve selected new event icon , you follow most of the same steps. To turn a calendar item into an invitation, start by entering the names of people you want to invite in the Attendees field.

You can type names directly in the Attendees field to add them.

Enter a location, or select Add a room to see a list of available conference rooms from your organization’s address book. Select Scheduling Assistant to show the calendars of attendees.

You can also add or remove attendees and automatically schedule resources such as conference rooms.

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To see the availability of attendees and conference rooms, select Scheduling Assistant. When you’re done, click to save your changes or to cancel. Either will take you back to the event form where you can make any other changes you want before sending.

If online meetings are enabled for your account, you can add an online meeting link by selecting Online meeting.

By default, Request responses is turned on, but you can turn it off if you don’t want to know who has accepted or declined the invitation. If you leave request responses on, you’ll receive a message as each attendee accepts or declines your invitation.

Click cancel.

to save your changes and send the invitation to the attendees or to

5.7 Sharing Your Calendar

With a few clicks, you can share your calendar with other people in your organization. Start by clicking at the top of the calendar window.

Enter the name of the person you want to share your calendar with in the Share with box. Outlook Web

App will automatically search for them in the address book. After they’ve been found, they’ll be automatically added to the list of people to share with. You can add as many people as you want.

Choose how much information you want to share. Full details lets that person see all the information about events on your calendar, except events that you’ve marked as Private. Limited details will show the subject and location. Availability only shows only that you have an event at a particular time, but no other details. Private events will always show only as busy.

You can edit the subject if you like.

If you have more than one calendar, choose which you want to share. Most people share their default calendar (called Calendar), but you can share any calendar that’s part of your mailbox.

After you’ve added everyone you want to share with and what level of access you want them to have, click to send the sharing invitation to the people you’ve added, or to cancel.

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5.8 Modify an Existing Appointment

5.8.1 Modify an Appointment

Within the Calendar double click on the appointment to open it.

Click .

Make the required changes and click to save and close.

5.8.2 Cancel an Appointment

Within the Calendar double click on the appointment to open it.

Click

to delete.

It will be removed from your Calendar.

5.8.3 Change a Recurrence

Within the Calendar double click on the appointment to open it.

Click and select edit series.

Make the relevant changes.

Click to save and close.

5.9 Modify an Existing Meeting

5.9.1 Reschedule a Meeting

Within the Calendar double click on the meeting to open it.

Change the date and time as required remembering to check the attendee’s schedules.

. An update will be sent to all

Once all the relevant changes have been made, click attendees.

5.9.2 Cancel a Meeting

Within the Calendar double click on the meeting to open it.

Click to cancel the meeting.

You will be prompted to send a cancellation message to the other attendees.

Click yes. Type in your message to the attendees and click . The attendees will be automatically notified and the meeting will be deleted from all attendees’ Calendars.

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5.10 Respond to a Meeting Request

If you receive a meeting request from another person you can accept, decline or tentatively accept the meeting. You can also forward the request to another user.

The meeting request will appear in your inbox with icon.

Select the message to read in reading pane or double-click to open it in a separate window.

You can click on the relevant buttons to perform the following actions.

Item Description

Accept the meeting and add it to your calendar. A response will be sent to the meeting organizer.

Tentatively accept the meeting. The meeting is added to your calendar as a tentative appointment. A response will be sent to the meeting organizer.

Decline the meeting. Nothing is added to your calendar.

Delete the meeting request.

Reply to the sender without accepting or declining the meeting.

Reply to all invitees without accepting or declining the meeting.

Forward the meeting request to another person

Flag the meeting request for follow up, setting dates and reminders as required.

Extended menu for more options: reply by IM, reply all by IM, delete, categorize, mark as junk, print, view message details.

You may right-click on the message for more options such as move to inbox and more.

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5.11 Calendar Reminders

5.11.1

Activate Your Reminders Option

Perform the below steps to ensure your Reminders are activated:

Click on icon at the top right corner and click Options.

Click settings on the left panel and click calendar on the top pane.

Under reminders section, check the checkbox for show reminder alerts.

Click save at the bottom of the page.

5.11.2

Set a Reminder to Snooze

When you receive a reminder, you can set a reminder to snooze if you want to receive another reminder later.

Click the arrow to select a time period for the reminder to prompt again.

Click snooze. You will be reminded again at the specified time.

5.11.3

Dismiss a Reminder

You may want to dismiss a reminder, which closes the reminder dialog box and cancels all future reminders. When the reminder appears, click dismiss. You can dismiss multiple reminders at one time by clicking dismiss all.

click to select a time period for the reminder to prompt again. click to dismiss or dismiss all reminder(s). click snooze to receive another reminder later.

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6. Tasks

You can use the Tasks folder to keep track of things that you need to do but don’t necessarily want to put on your calendar.

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Create a new task by clicking icon.

Use this column to view Flagged items and Tasks, or just Tasks.

Filters: select the filter depending on what items you want to see. Tasks and flagged items that don’t have a date associated with them and that aren’t completed will appear only when you select all.

List of items that meet the current filter criteria. Click any item to view it in the reading pane. You can use the controls in the list view to make changes to an item’s status. For example, you can mark a task as complete or remove a flag from a message.

The reading pane, where the content of the items you’ve selected is displayed. You can use the controls in the upper corner to make changes to the item if it’s a task. If it’s a message, the controls will be the same as you would see while reading your mail.

6.1 Open a Task in a Separate Window

By default, you read and create tasks in the reading pane, but that isn’t always what you need. Sometimes you need to be able to view or edit a task in a separate window.

When you’re creating a new task or editing an existing one, you can pop it out into a new window by clicking the pop out icon in the upper corner of the message.

To open a task that you’re viewing in a separate window, click the extended menu icon and select open

in separate window.

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6.2 The Task List

Tasks includes tasks that you’ve created and messages that have been flagged.

You can switch between viewing Flagged Items and Tasks and just Tasks by using the folder list.

You can further choose which items to view by using the filters at the top of the task list: all, active, overdue, and completed.

You can use icons in the task list to complete some quick tasks. Click to delete a task. Click or to mark a task as completed. To mark a completed task as not completed, click . To change the date associated with a flag or mark the item complete, right-click on the flag.

6.3 Creating Tasks

To create a new task, click the . A simple task form will be opened in the reading pane. If you want to have more details, click show more details.

Enter a subject for the task.

Enter the Start Date and Due Date.

Enter the Status and Priority.

If you wish to receive a reminder tick the Reminder checkbox and select a timescale from the list.

Attach a file if required.

Set the Repetition if necessary.

When you’re done, click to save your changes or to cancel.

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6.4 Editing Tasks

To edit a task, select it in the list view, and then click click to save your changes or to cancel.

in the reading pane. When you’re done,

Flagged messages will appear just as they would if you were viewing your Mail. You can respond to them from within Tasks. You can change their flag status by right-clicking the flag in the Task list and then clicking the value you want.

When you edit a task, you can click the extended menu icon to see more things you can do. Click it to see options to delete, add a category, or mark the task as complete.

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7. Automatic Replies (formerly known as Out of Office Assistant)

You can use automatic replies whenever you want to let people who send you email know that you won’t be responding to their messages right away. After automatic replies are turned on, they’ll be sent once to each sender.

Do the following steps to turn on or modify automatic replies:

Click on the icon at the top right corner and click Set automatic replies. This setting is also located in OWA options. You may access it by clicking on icon and click Options. Click on organize email on the left pane and click on automatic replies on the top pane.

Use the following information to help you set up your automatic reply:

Setting Description

Don’t send automatic replies Select this option to turn off automatic replies.

Send automatic replies

Send replies only during this time period

Select this option to turn on automatic replies.

Select this check box, and then enter a start time and end time to control when automatic replies are sent. If you don't set a time period, your automatic reply will remain on until you turn it off, and you’ll be reminded you have automatic replies turned on each time you sign in to your mailbox.

Send a reply once to each sender inside my organization with the following message:

Use this box to create a message that will be sent only to senders who are inside your organization. This option may not be available.

Send automatic reply messages to senders outside my organization

Select this check box if you want automatic replies to be sent to senders outside your organization.

Send replies only to senders in my Contacts list

Select this to limit automatic replies to senders who are in your Contacts folder. Senders who aren't in your Contacts folder won't receive the automatic reply.

Send replies to all external senders

Select this to send your reply to all senders outside your organization.

Send a reply once to each sender outside my organization with the following message:

If you've selected Send replies to all external senders, enter the reply you want sent in this box.

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8. Inbox Rules

You can set up rules to automatically perform certain actions on incoming messages. The Inbox rules page shows you an overview of all your Inbox rules. From here, you can review what a rule does, turn rules off or on, create new rules, edit existing rules, or delete rules that you no longer need.

Settings used to manage inbox rules.

Rules are processed in the order listed.

The information pane shows a summary of the criteria and actions for the selected rule.

Item Description

Use this to create a new Inbox rule.

Highlight a rule, and then click here to view or edit the details of a rule.

Highlight a rule, and then click Delete to delete it.

Use this to move the selected rule up in the list. Rules are processed from top to bottom.

Use this to move the selected rule down in the list.

Use this to refresh the list of rules.

Use the check box next to a rule to turn it on (box checked) or off (box not checked).

Rule

The name of the rule

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8.1 Create a New Rule

Click to create a new rule.

The new rule window has three sections, select your preference accordingly and click save to save the changes.

Section Description

When the message arrives and:

Use this box to select criteria for your rule. Use the down arrow to view and select the criteria you want to use.

If the criteria have additional options, enter them in the window that appears.

Do the following:

More Options

Use this box to select the action you want taken when a message arrives that meets the criteria you selected.

Use More Options to:

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Add additional conditions or actions to a rule.

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Add exceptions to a rule by selecting Add Exception.

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Turn on or turn off the option to stop processing more rules. By default, the option to stop processing more rules is turned on. With this option on, when a message comes in that meets the criteria for more than one rule, only the first rule will be applied. Without this setting, all rules that the message meets the criteria for are applied.

For example, without Stop processing more rules selected, if you have a rule to move all messages sent to a public group to a particular folder and another rule to move anything from your manager to another folder, and your manager then sends a message to that group, you'll find a copy of the message in both folders. If you want only the rule that moves messages from your manager to be applied, put that rule higher in the list than the rule that moves messages sent to the group, and then edit the first rule to add the option to stop processing more rules.

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Create a custom name for a rule.

8.2 Edit a Rule

You can edit any rule by selecting it and choosing to open the rule so that you can change the conditions or actions of the rule.

8.3 Delete a Rule

If you have a rule that you no longer want, you can select it and then click delete to remove it. If you just want to turn the rule off for a while, remove the check mark next to the rule.

8.4 Points to Take Note

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When you create a new rule in Outlook Web App, you may receive a warning that some rules that were created in Outlook and are currently disabled will be deleted. Before you delete those rules, you may

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want to sign in to your account using Outlook and check the rules to see if you want to keep them.

Enable any rules you want to keep.

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Rules are run from top to bottom in the order in which they appear in the Rules window. To change the order of rules, click the rule you want to move, and then click the up or down arrow to move the rule to the position you want in the list.

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Some types of messages won't trigger Inbox rules, including:

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Delivery status notifications, which include non-delivery reports and system messages.

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Read receipts and delivery receipts that are generated by an e-mail client.

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Some automatic-reply (Out of Office) messages.

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You don't have to use the Inbox rules tab to create a rule. You can also create rules directly from messages. To create a rule directly from a message:

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Right-click the message in the message list pane, then select Create rule.

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Or while you view the message in the reading pane, select the extended menu and then select Create rule from the menu.

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Each rule you create will take up space in a hidden section of your mailbox. This section is limited to 64

KB. The actual amount of space a rule uses depends on several factors, such as how long the name is and how many conditions you've applied. When you reach the 64 KB limit, you'll be warned that you can't create any more rules. If that happens, you'll have to delete or simplify some of your existing rules before you can create more. Some ways you can reduce the space used by rules are:

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Delete rules you no longer need.

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Shorten the names of your rules.

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Combine one or more rules that do the same thing.

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Remove criteria from rules.

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When you create a forwarding rule, you can add more than one address to forward to. The number of addresses you can forward to may be limited, depending on the settings for your account. If you add more addresses than are allowed, your forwarding rule won’t work. If you create a forwarding rule with more than one address, test it to be sure it works.

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9. Email Account Management

9.1 Check the Size of Your Email Account

You can check the size of your email account by clicking the icon at the top right corner and click

Options.

Click the account on the left pane and you will see your existing usage and quota displayed in the center pane.

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9.2 Dealing with Junk Emails

You can use the block or allow settings to help control unwanted and unsolicited email messages by creating and managing lists of email addresses and domains that you trust and those that you don’t.

To manage junk email settings, click on icon at the top right corner and click Options. Click block or allow on the left panel.

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Settings Description

Don’t move email to my Junk

Email folder

Select this option if you want to turn off junk email filtering. If you select this, you won’t be able to use any of the other options on this page.

Selecting this option doesn’t turn off the junk email filtering that’s been set by your administrator.

Automatically filter junk email Select this option if you want to use junk email filtering. This filter is in addition to the junk email filter that’s been set by your administrator.

Safe Senders and Recipients Safe senders and recipients are domains and people you don’t want diverted to your Junk Email folder. Add senders you trust and recipients that you don't want to block to this list.

Trust email from my contacts If you select this check box, email from any address in your contacts folders will be treated as safe.

Blocked Senders Blocked senders are domains and people you don't want to receive email messages from. Messages received from any email address or domain in your blocked senders list are sent directly to your Junk Email folder.

Don’t trust email unless it comes from someone in my

Safe Senders and Recipients list or local senders

In addition to Safe Senders and Recipients and Blocked Senders, you can use this setting to treat all email as junk unless it comes from someone included in your Safe Senders and Recipients list or from senders in your organization’s address book.

9.3 Safe Sender and Recipients

Safe senders are domains and people you always want to receive email messages from. Safe recipients are recipients that you don't want to block, usually groups that you’re a member of. Messages received from any email address or domain in your safe senders and recipients list are never sent to your Junk Email folder.

However, they may be blocked before they reach your mailbox by junk email filtering settings on the server that hosts your mailbox.

9.3.1

Add a Sender or a Domain

In the safe sender and recipients section, enter the email address or domain that you want to mark as safe in the enter a sender or domain here text box and click icon or press Enter on your keyboard.

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For example, to mark all emails from address that end in abc.com as safe, enter abc.com in the box.

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To mark a particular person as safe, enter that person's full email address. For example, to mark all messages from [email protected] as safe, enter [email protected] in the text box.

Click save to save your changes.

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9.3.2

Remove a Sender or a Domain

To remove an entry from the safe senders and recipients, click the entry to highlight it, and then click icon.

Click save to save your changes.

9.3.3

Edit a Sender or a Domain

To change an entry in safe senders and recipients, click the entry to highlight it, and then click icon.

Make any changes you want.

Click save to save your changes.

9.4 Blocked Sender

Blocked senders are domains and people you don't want to receive email messages from. Messages received from any email address or domain listed in your blocked senders list are sent directly to your Junk Email folder.

9.4.1

Add a Sender or a Domain

To add an entry to blocked senders, enter the email address or domain that you want to block in the enter a sender or domain here text box, and click icon or press Enter on your keyboard.

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For example, to block all email from addresses that end in abc.com, enter abc.com in the text box.

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To block a particular person, enter that person's full email address. For example, to block all messages from [email protected], enter [email protected] in the text box.

Click save to save your changes.

9.4.2

Remove a Sender or a Domain

To remove an entry from the blocked senders list, click the entry to highlight it, and then click icon.

Click save to save your changes.

9.4.3

Edit a Sender or a Domain

To change an entry in blocked senders, click the entry to highlight it, and then click icon.

Make any changes you want.

Click save to save your changes.

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9.5 Change Password

Click on icon on the top right corner and click change password. Alternatively, you can click on icon and click Options, click account and click Change your password on the right pane, or click on icon and click Options, click settings and click password on the top pane.

Enter your current password.

Enter your new password and confirm your new password.

Click save to save your changes.

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10. Sign out of OWA

You must remember to log out of your email account to prevent other users from accessing your mail and potentially abusing your account. To sign out, click on your name on the top menu and click sign out.

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11. Get Help

We are glad to assist you with any enquiry or issue on the setup and use of service. Please contact our

Customer Support and Service via phone at 3160 3160.

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Key features

Compose and send emails
Manage contacts
Schedule appointments
Manage tasks
Work offline
Set up inbox rules
Manage email account
Change password

Frequently asked questions

Open your web browser and go to https://hgcbizmail.hostedexchange.asia. Enter your email address in the Domain\user name field and your email password in the Password field. Click to sign in.

Click on the New Mail button in the top left corner. A new message form is displayed in the reading pane.

Click the Attach icon, select attachment, browse for the file you want to attach and click Open. The file is attached.

Enter the word, name, or phrase that you want to search in the search Mail and People text box at the top of the center pane and click the Search icon.

Select the message you want to delete from the message list and press DELETE, or mouse-over the message and click the Delete icon, or right-click on the message and choose delete from the menu options.

Right-click on the folder where you want to create the new folder in and select create new folder. In the blank field, type in the name of the new folder and press ENTER on your keyboard to save your changes.

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OUTLOOK WEB APP (OWA) 2013 USER GUIDE

Table of Contents

1.

Get Started

1.1

Login to Your Email Account

1.2

The New OWA User Interface

2.

Email Messaging

2.1

Compose a New Message

2.2

Open in a Separate Window

2.3

Selecting Recipients for Message

2.4

Add Attachment to Message

2.5

View Message

2.6

Read Message

2.7

Reply, Reply All, and Forward Message

2.8

Search Message

2.9

Sorting Message

2.10

Conversation Threads

2.11

Delete Message

2.12

Print Message

2.13

Working with Drafts

2.14

Set the Importance of a Message

2.15

Email Signature

2.16

Mark Message as Unread

2.17 Message Flagging

2.18 Message Categories

2.19 Read Receipt

2.20 Message Icons

2.21 Working with Folders

3.

Using OWA Offline

3.1 Turn on Offline Access

3.2 Turn off Offline Access

3.3 Points to Take Note

4.

People (Contacts)

4.1

Create a New Contact

4.2

Create a Contact from a Message

4.3

Edit a Contact

4.4

Delete a Contact

4.5

Sorting Contacts

4.6

Search for a Contact

4.7

Create a Group

4.8

Distribution Groups

4.9

Linking and Unlinking Contacts

5.

Calendar

5.1

Quickly View Event Details

5.2

Week View