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Outlook
Web Access 2003: Options
Outlook Web Access provides several ways
to customize program features, functionality, and appearance.
To customize these features, click Options
in the Navigation Pane.
| Important: |
When you change any settings
for the following options, you must click Save
and Close for your changes to take effect. |
The Out of Office Assistant
generates automatic replies to email messages that you receive
while you're away. Each time you activate the assistant,
Outlook Web Access sends an automatic reply to someone the
first time they send you a message.
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Click Options
in the Navigation Pane.
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To enable the Out of Office
Assistant, under Out of Office Assistant, click
I'm currently out of the office.
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In the text box, type
the message you want people to receive when they send
you email messages while you're away.
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To disable the Out of
Office Assistant, click I'm currently in the office.
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To change the number of
items displayed per page in your Inbox or other folders,
select a number in the list next to Number of
items to display per page. The higher the number,
the longer each page takes to refresh.
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To indicate what to display
after you move or delete an item, select an action in
the list next to After moving or deleting an item.
Outlook Web Access can open the next item in the list
(the default), open the previous item, or return to the
window you moved or deleted the item from and select -
but not open - the next item in the list.
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To enable pop-up message
notifications on your computer when you receive new e-mail
messages, select the Display a notification message
when new mail arrives check box.
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To be notified with a
sound when new messages arrive, select the Play
a sound when new mail arrives check box.
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To append a custom signature
to each message you send, click Edit Signature.
In the Signature dialog box, type and format the signature
you want to use, and then click Save and Close.
Select the Automatically include my signature
on outgoing messages check box
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To set the font you use
for new, replied to, and forwarded messages, click Choose
Font . In the Font dialog box, select a font,
style and size, and then click OK .
Reading
Pane Options
Use the following options to
determine whether items displayed in the Reading Pane will
be marked as read or left as unread. Even if you view an
item in the Reading Pane, you may want to leave the item
marked as unread as a reminder to return to it later.
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To mark items you view
in the Reading Pane as read, select the Mark item displayed
in Reading Pane as read check box. To set a delay for
when the item is marked as read, type a number in the
Wait [ n ] seconds before marking item as read
text box. The default is five
seconds.
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To mark items you view
in the Reading Pane as read after you select another item
in the list, select the Mark item as read when
selection changes check box. This is the default
setting.
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To leave items you view
in the Reading Pane marked as unread, select Do
not automatically mark items as read.
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To prevent the spelling
checker from checking words in UPPERCASE letters, select
the Ignore words in UPPERCASE check box.
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To prevent the spelling
checker from checking words that contain numbers, select
the Ignore words with numbers check box.
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To automatically check
spelling before a message is sent, select the Always
check spelling before sending check box.
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To select a dictionary,
select a language from the drop-down list.
Privacy
and Junk E-Mail Prevention
Outlook Web Access helps you
control unwanted and unsolicited messages ("junk e-mail")
and block links to external content that can make you the
target of junk e-mail messages.
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To turn on the junk e-mail
filter, select the Filter Junk E-mail check box. To add
or modify e-mail addresses or domains in your junk e-mail
lists.
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To prevent Outlook Web
Access from downloading Web beacons, select the Block
external content in HTML email messages check
box.
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To send a read receipt
automatically whenever one is requested, select Always
send a response.
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To never send a read receipt,
select Do not automatically send a response.
Appearance
You can customize the appearance
of Outlook Web Access by selecting a color scheme that matches
your current Windows theme or color scheme.
Date
and Time Formats
To set the date and time formats
used in your message folders and calendar items, use the
drop-down lists to select your preferred format for the
different styles.
Calendar
Options
- To set the day your calendar displays as
the beginning of the week, select the appropriate day from
the Week begins on list.
- To set the times Outlook Web Access will
display for each business day, select the appropriate times
from the Day start time and Day
end time lists.
- To select when Outlook Web Access will
begin numbering weeks for the current year, select the appropriate
option from the First week of year list.
The week numbers are displayed in the date picker window
in Calendar. If you don't want weeks to be numbered, select
Do not display week numbers.
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To receive reminder messages
before your appointments and meetings, select the Enable
reminders for Calendar items check box.
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To receive reminder messages
for tasks that are coming due, select the Enable
reminders for Task items check box.
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To also be reminded with
a sound, select the Play a sound when a reminder
is due check box.
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In the Default
reminder list, select the amount of time before
the item occurs that you would like to receive a reminder.
Contact
Options
You can select which address
book to search first when resolving the name of a contact.
Change
your Windows password - currently only available on campus
in the LRC
Changing your password for
your e-mail and to log onto the computers are done the same
way. Once you have logged into a computer press "Ctrl+Alt+Del"
and you will be prompted with a box that has the option
on it to change your password.
Recover
items you've deleted
After you delete an item from
your Deleted Items folder it is permanently deleted. However,
you can recover a deleted item if you change your mind about
deleting it.
| Important: |
Deleted items are recoverable only
for a limited time. The amount of time you have to recover
an item is configured on the computer running Exchange
Server. For more information, contact a system administrator
in your organization. |
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1. Click Options
in the Navigation Pane.
2. Under Recover Deleted Items,
click View Items. |
| Tip: |
Another way to open this window is
to select your Deleted Items folder from the Navigation
Pane, and then click Recover Deleted Items
 on the
toolbar. |
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3. In the Recover
Deleted Items dialog box, select the item you want to
recover. Hold down CTRL or SHIFT to select multiple
items. |
| Note: |
If the item you want to recover isn't
there, it's likely that the recovery time has expired
for that item. |
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4. To return the selected
items to your Deleted Items folder, click Recover
on the toolbar, or click Permanently Delete
to permanently destroy the items. |
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