Faster Outlook.com with IE10

Internet Explorer 10 incorporates HTML5 and CSS3 leaving appart menues and complements bars.

Also you can use the whole screen to web and browse with templates that are included . New interface and design are also introduced.

You can also see the official site of Redmond company which explains new Microsoft browser features also added on Outlook.com

Outlook.com mail is a free service which competes with Gmail and now has as a tool new Web IE 10. Better browsing speed and tech are the most important reasons of the selection of this Explorer to be part of Outlook.com

May 5, 2013

Create an online Office doc on Outlook.com

Here is a tutorial that shows you how to create an online Office doc on Outlook.com. Follow these steps:

Enter to your Outlook.com account with your account name and password
On the main menu, go to Outlook icon on the upper left side of your screen and click on the arrow. Options will be displayed
Click on ¨SkyDrive¨ shown as a cloud icon
Once you are on SkyDrive, you can see different Office docs options and the button of ¨Create¨
Edit and setup different office docs online just by a click
SkyDrive interface is no different from the original so any task or doc you must create, will be so simple and similar as you were doing it before. You don´t need to create a directory or install the software in your PC.

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May 3, 2013

Block a contact on Outlook.com

New Outlook.com has many options to custom your inbox so you must follow a setup process which is very simple. Here´s a common problem that many people have, about the reception of many e-mails from unknown contacts. The solution is very simple: you have to block a contact on Outlook.com. Just follow these steps:

Can you block a contact on Outlook.com? The answer is very easy and positive. Spam also known as trash mail is a common example of blocking Outlook.com emails. Here´s the tutorial:

To execute the block of contacts you must enter to your Outlook.com account by introducing your mail name and password
With your opened session, go to ¨Setup¨ icon which is on the upper right corner of the screen and select ¨More setup options¨
There, you can search and click on the option ¨Avoid trash mail¨ and then select ¨Safe and blocked senders¨.
Select the option ¨Blocked senders¨ and add the mail addresses you want to block. That´s all.

May 1, 2013

How to create rules on Outlook.com (Tutorial and Video)

If you want to manage your Outlook.com mail Messages, you must create Outlook.com rules. If you have done this process on Hotmail, you won´t have any trouble at creating rules on Outlook.com. Here are the steps you can follow to create rules on Outlook.com.

Click on the ¨tools¨ icon
Go to ¨more options¨
Click on ¨Rules to manage new messages¨
On the first slide list, click the field you are going to put the rule
On the second slide list, enter logical condition
On the text box, enter the information about you want to decide to use or not the rule.
Select the action which must be done with messages that fill the rule: move to a created folder, move to a new folder, delete messages, add a category, delete a category, marking or sending actions, etc.
Once you have setup the rule, click on ¨Save¨

Here´s a tutorial video that shows you how to create rules on Outlook:

Via: a-outlook

April 30, 2013

Microsoft Calendar updates on Outlook.com

Although Microsoft has launched Outlook.com, one of the most interesting features was the new user´s interface for Outlook.com mail. The calendar hasn´t been updated till now and you still couldn´t remove Hotmail theme. However, Microsoft updated the Calendar for Outlook.com, which means that user´s information is placed on the center and visual notes are shown on second place.

As it happened with updating Hotmail to Outlook.com, new Outlook.com calendar has many colours and a minimalist style on which you can watch a new interface.

It is very important to mention that this new Outlook.com update will be soon on every Outlook.com user and also a new update with Skype is being introduced. You can enter to Skype from Outlook.com inbox. New specific functions of Outlook.com calendar are not still revealed but we think that the main changes are focused on the interface and other functions are kept still the same like birthday dates, share events, etc.

April 27, 2013

More security measures for Outlook.com

Microsoft is improving it´s mail service Outlook.com and announced the arrival of new features. The company is launching new security measures for Outlook.com so users can have DMARC certificates support and EV. The first one is a Domain Based on Messages id, reports and agreements. It is focused on phishing attacks and make secure senders (Banks for example, that are not real and want to steal confidential information).

EV Certificates guarantee reliable sites. It requieres 2048 bit code which is more secure than current SSL. Company has said also that these new Outlook.com security measures can be also added to SkyDrive on the short term. Users that migrate from Hotmail or live.com to Outlook.com will have the same level of protection.

Remember that phishing are very common and consist when a person enters to a web page simulating being another person or company. You must avoid this kind of messages coming from apparently real people by not clicking on senders who don´t belong to your Outlook.com contact list.

April 26, 2013

Outlook.com reaches over 60 million users

Things can´t get any better every day for Microsoft. Outlook.com service announces that has reached 60 million users since it was found on last July. According to Microsoft, this mail service has turned into the most powerful of web history. Also Microsoft announced that 12 million users are enjoying Cleaning options and similar Tools to manage their Outlook.com inbox. 25 million users of Oultook.com have started to use SkyDrive to share more than 500 million images and Office documents.

We must remember that Outlook.com is on the first step of development. However, Microsoft has decided to leave this step and move forward with new Outlook.com. New publicity campaigns have been launched.

According to these numbers, Microsoft says that Outlook.com is even better than old Hotmail.

Also remember that transition process is available. If you are a Hotmail user and want to start using Outlook.com, you can select the option ¨Change to Outlook.com¨, with no need to create a new address or a new contact list.

Enjoy Outlook.com. We´ll be in touch with lattest Outlook.com news.

February 11, 2013

Outlook.com on Blackberry

Blackberry Smartphones are known by their simplicity when it happens to setup email reception. Also Microsoft and Blackberry joint venture to offer services on Blackberry Cloud Business Cloud. Outlook.com users on Blackberry can preview attached files with no need to download them.

Blackberry allow to add up to ten emails accounts with push tech. Also gives the chance to send attached voice messages like attached on mails. To do that you must select the option voice note, tape the message and send it as an attached file on an email.

Via: a-outlook.com

February 8, 2013

Quick Answers on Outlook.com

There´s a new Outlook.com tool that is commonly used by new users. Most of them find it very interesting and consider that you can gain a huge space on the mail system. Quick answers is a great tool that you can use with no need to leave your outlook.com inbox.

This service is very simple and fast with less complications as they were on Hotmail.com. When you use Quick Answers on Outlook.com, the reading panel is replaced for an editing area exactly the same as you are used to watch when you create an Outlook.com message. From now on you can send and answer emails adjusting formats and adding attached files with no need to open another window.

Via: mail-outlook.com

February 7, 2013

Adding your Gmail address on Outlook.com

Here are the steps if you want to send new messages from your Gmail account as if it was an Outlook.com one:

1. On Outlook.com click on Setup on the upper right corner of your screen. Select ¨More mail options¨

2. Click on Send / Receive mails from other accounts and then click on ¨Add a new account¨ to send mails from it.

3. Enter your Gmail address and click on ¨Send checking message¨

4. Now you must return to your Gmail inbox where a message from Outlook.com must be there. Open it and then click on the checking link.

That´s all, now when you write a new Outlook.com message you will have the option to select from your Gmail account the sent message.

February 7, 2013

Import Gmail Contacts

Outlook.com won´t be very useful with no Gmail addresses notes. Fortunately you can import it very easy. Just follow these steps to import Gmail contacts:

Click on the little arrow next to Outlook logo. Select ¨People¨
Where it says ¨Adding people to contact list¨, click on Google contacts
Follow the instructions to ¨connect¨ Outlook.com to your Google addresses notes.

Depending on how many contacts you have, it can take a few minutes (or more) to fill your contact list with all the addresses. You can also use TrueSwitch (as we explained before) and import also Google calendar.

February 2, 2013

TrueSwitch. How to import old Gmail messages

Now that you have setup Gmail to resend all your future messages to your Outlook.com account, might happen that you wish to import all your past and present messages.

Outlook.com offers a very simple method to do that with a free service called TrueSwitch. You can copy an entire mail in a free and easy way. We are saying ¨Copy¨, which means that you don´t delete your Gmail messages, just copy them on your Outlook.com account so you can manage.

To use it, just enter your Gmail address and password, then your Outlook.com address and password (TrueSwitch was originally designed to work on Hotmail and in fact, nowadays it refers to this service. However, it works very good with outlook.com. As you can watch on TrueSwitch options section, you can copy the addresses notes and calendar.

Keep in mind that you can take more than a day to import your entire mail. Fortunatelly, TrueSwitch keeps all the Gmail labels reffering to the appropriate Outlook.com folders.

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