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If you are struggling to read emails within outlook you can increase the view size by holding down Ctrl and while holding Ctrl use the mouse scroll wheel to quickly set the zoom percentage.

If you want a more precise method of zoom, open the email you want to read and press the Zoom option. This will allow you to manually pick a percentage or use one of the presets.

To access public folders on outlook, simply press on the "..." icon and select folders. After this, you can scroll down the list until you are met with "Public Folders - your email address".

Expanding this will allow you to view all the public folders on your email.

In outlook, you can quickly add your countries public holidays to your calendar saving you the hassle of manually searching and adding these holidays.

Within File > Options > Calendar. Select add holidays and enter your country. Pressing 'Okay' will populate your calendar with all the public folders.

When you want to set an out of office, you need to specify how long you want this message to run on your account. The default is one day until you change this.

Open the File menu and select Automatic Replies (Out-Of-Office) this is where you can switch the feature on and type the information you want to send back to those that email you within the running time of the OoO.

To create a new contact in outlook, you need to be in the contacts section to start with. 

After you reach this section, using the 'New Contact' option in the top menu type the name of the contact you want to create.

When you open Outlook, the reminders tab will open up showing you all your reminders that are within a certain time of expiration or due date.

Alternatively, you can go to View and select 'Reminders' which will open the reminders window.

Under the View section, select Reading Pane. This will give you 3 options, the default is to have the pane on the right. However, you can switch it off if you'd like to and you can also move it to the bottom of outlook.

Each of the different ways will change how you can quickly see your emails.

You can follow up on an email conversation by either pressing the little icon on the email, the little red flag and by default, this will flag the email for completion by the end of the day. 

Use the follow-up tag on the home tab to specify what day you want to make this email as completed by.

To add appointments on outlook, you need to first navigate to the calendar section.

Double-clicking on the day you want to add the appointment to will generate you a blank template where you can insert details for the appointment and the time the appointment starts.

To create a new signature to use on new emails or when replying to emails, you need to navigate to File.

Open the options box and go to the 'Mail' section. Click on the button labelled 'Signature' and press New.

To force update your inbox, you can navigate to the Send/Receive tab and select Send/Receive all folders.

Alternatively, using the Send/Receive Groups then selecting inbox will manually force your inbox to download any new emails.