Outlook Express

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Outlook Express is an "email client": a program used for sending and receiving emails.

For some exercises that will help you learn how to use Outlook Express, click here

Contents 1 Writing and sending an email 2 Adding an email address to the address book 3 Opening and saving attachments 3.1 Opening and saving picture attachments 4 Email acount settings

Writing and sending an email

1. Open the Outlook Express program;
2. Click on the "Create New Message" button towards the top left-hand corner of the screen - it looks like a piece of paper in front of an envelope;
3. A new window will open titled "New Message". There are three things you need to fill in in this window:
   1. In the field marked "To:", type in the email address of the person you want to send an email to. If their address is already in your address book, just start tpying in their name until their full name appears; when this happens, hit the "Enter" key on the keyboard;
   2. Now click in the white rectangle towards the bottom of the window, and write your email;
   3. Finally, click in the field marked "Subject:", and enter a subject for your email - that is, a short summary of what the email is about.
4. When you have entered all of this information, click the "Send" button towards the top-left of the screen. Your email will now be sent.

Adding an email address to the address book

1. Make sure that the Outlook Express program is open;
2. Click on the "Addresses" button in the toolbar at the top of the screen. This looks like a little address book;
3. A new window will open, called "Address Book". To add a new address to the address book, the first thing you will need to do is click the "New" button toward the top left of the screen, and then click on "New Contact...";
4. Another new window will open. In this window, fill in the space for "First:" and "Last:" with the first and last names of the person you are adding to the address book;
5. Next, add the person's email address in the space for "E-Mail Addresses", and then click the "Add" button. Note that an email address never contains any spaces;
6. Click the "OK" button: the window where you entered your contacts information will disappear, and you will be taken back to the address book window. Now do one of the following:
   1. If you want to add another address, follow these instructions through again from step 3.
   2. If you are finished with adding addresses to the address book, simply close the address book window by clicking on the "X" in the top right-hand corner.

Opening and saving attachments

Opening and saving picture attachments

You will often receive emails from friends which have pictures attached to them. It is possible to save these pictures onto your computer's harddrive so that you have a copy of them.

To save a copy of a picture attached to an email:

1. Double-click on the email in the email list so that it opens in a new window;
2. Near the top of this new window, below the information which tells you who sent you the email and when it was sent, is a list of all the files attached to the email. Double-click on the picture you would like to open;
3. The picture opens in a new window. At the bottom of this window is a row of icons. One of these icons, usually the third one from the right, is a small blue and white square disk. Left-click this icon;
4. This will open up a new window which allows you to choose whereabouts on your computer the picture is saved. For the moment, just click the "Save" button to save a copy of the picture. If you would like more information about saving to different locations on your computer, see saving files.
5. The picture should be saved at the default location on your computer: often this is the Desktop.

Email acount settings

Different ISPs require different settings to allow you to use an email client such as Outlook Express.

• Tiscali: http://www.tiscali.co.uk/help/email/oe_settings_start.html
• GMail: http://mail.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?ctx=%67mail&hl=en&answer=12103