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outlook 2010 is a personal information
manager that is included with Microsoft
Office 2010 you may already know that
Outlook is used for email but it's also
used to manage your calendar contacts
and tasks in this video we're going to
give you a quick overview of the outlook
interface like other office programs
there is a toolbar at the top of the
screen called the ribbon and you'll use
this to access most of the commands that
you'll need to view more commands you
can click on a different tab each tab is
divided into groups so if you know what
type of command you're looking for you
can often find it by looking at the
group names
if you don't want to see the ribbon you
can hide it by clicking this arrow in
the upper right corner and it will
automatically reappear whenever you
click a tab but I'm going to click the
arrow again so the ribbon stays visible
just above the ribbon is the quick
access toolbar by default it only has a
couple of buttons but you can click the
drop down arrow to add more
the main part of the window is called
the view pane right now this is showing
my inbox but it will show different
information depending on which feature
you're currently using to the left is
the navigation pane and you can use this
to choose which folder appears in the
view pane in the lower left are the view
tabs and you can use these to switch
between different views in Outlook on
the right side of the screen is the
to-do bar which shows calendar and
appointment information and just like
the ribbon you can minimize it if you
want more screen space and at the bottom
of the page are several view options and
these let you zoom in and out and you
can also switch to reading view which
minimizes the toolbars to let you focus
on the view pane to show the toolbar so
you can go back to normal view if you
want to save open or print something
you'll need to click the file tab which
takes you to backstage view on the left
side you'll see several tabs that you
can click to view different options by
default it's showing the account
information and this is where you would
go to adjust your account settings or
set up an automatic reply if you're
going to be out of the office
open lets you import information like a
calendar or a list of contacts you'll go
to print if you want to print an email
or calendar help lets you view Microsoft
Office help and finally options will
open a dialog box that lets you
customize Outlook
you may want to take a few minutes to
familiarize yourself with all of these
different toolbars and features and then
you'll be ready to start using Outlook