Outlook 2013 Web App (OWA) User Guide Horizon School Division #205
Table of Contents How to Logon Opening View Navigation Mail Contacts Calendar 2
Access your Outlook Web App (OWA) using: mail.hzsd.ca Open browser and type in URL in address line 3
Login into your Outlook Web App using your Windows Username and Password. 4
Opening View in IE 10 New Mail Button Folder pane Selected View Pane Selected message (highlighted) Navigation Bar User’s name Settings message Reading pane 5
Navigation Bar 6 Mail – for managing your mail Calendar – for managing Calendar People – allows you to create groups for sending messages Tasks – Current To do list
MAIL 7
Reading New Mail Button Folder pane Selected View Pane Selected message (highlighted) message Reading pane 8
Folder Pane 9 Create and Navigate between folders Favorites section: add frequently used folders from Name folder Use Drag and Drop
Folders – Public Folders 10 Right-Click Favorites & Select “Add Public Folder” “Horizon Staff” should be listed unless you have already added it
Folders - Inbox 11
Folders - Drafts 12
Folders – Sent Items 13
Folders – Deleted Items 14
Selected View Pane 15 Selected View Pane
16 The message displayed in the Reading pane is highlighted The blue bar indicates unread message The check mark indicates the message is being viewed The Red X is for Deleting the message The Flag allows you to mark the message for follow up
Selected View: Context menu 17 Right click on any message in this view to reveal the context menu Some options are: Delete Move: To move the message to other folder Flag for follow up
Reading Pane – Displays Selected Message 18 SubjectSender Recipient Message
Selected View: Message Status Bar All messages Unread messages Flagged messages All messages to recipient 19
Creating a New Message 20 Click the New Mail Button to generate a message. Form appears
…Creating a New Message… Add the Cc and Subject matter information if applicable Type your Message in the body of the pane Click on Send button if new message 21
Replying to Selected message (highlighted) message Actions 22
Replying to an Message: ( Before Clicking Reply ) 23
Replying to a Message: ( After Clicking Reply ) Add the Cc and Subject information if applicable Type your message in the body of the pane Click on Send button if new message Also have Discard & Insert options Send button 24
Replying to an Message To gain access to more commands, click the Window button in the upper right corner of the Reply message 25
Outlook Auto-saves Drafts 26 If you walk away in the middle of an , Draft notice will appear
People 27
People View New Contact Button Folder Pane Contact List view PaneSelected Contact View Pane Contacts menu bar Edit contact Delete contact 28
Contacts List Options Can list contacts by: First name Last name Company etc. Contact menu lists options: All contact types People Groups People search Contacts menu bar Contact list options 29
Adding Contacts To add contacts, click The following box appears Click on contact 30
Adding Contacts Complete the information requested Click + button to add information Click Save 31
Contacts View 32 Added Contacts
Contacts – Address Books 33 Groupwise Personal Address Book Groupwise Global Address Book
Adding Groups To add contacts, click The following box appears Click on group 34
Adding Groups cont. Type the Group name and Enter Type group member address Outlook populates as you type Type Enter Save group 35 Form for adding Groups
View Added Group Added Group 36
Contact Menu Bar Views 37
Sending Group s Click on Mail icon 38
Sending Group s ( View after clicking on mail icon) Complete Subject Type Click Send Note: The To address is already filled in 39
Calendar 40
Managing Calendar Outlook has the following calendar views: Day Work Week Week Month 41
Monthly Calendar view 42
Weekly Calendar View 43
Work Week Calendar View 44
Daily Calendar View 45
Scheduling a Calendar Event 46 Click New Event Enter Event Information in the form that appears
Scheduling Repeat Options 47 Repeat Options To add attendees Click + Sign
Scheduling a Calendar Event: Attendees 48 Select attendees by clicking + sign Can select individuals or groups Click OK
Scheduled Event Calendar Entry 49 Received request to Join event
Tasks 50
Tasks View – For Adding Tasks 51 Click to add New Tasks
Tasks + Flagged Items 52 Flagged Items
Tasks 53
Basic Navigation 54
Navigation Bar - Signing Out 55 Click down arrow to Sign out of OWA
Navigation Bar - Settings Refresh your view - check for new messages Set automatic replies to Out of Office setting Display settings – modify default view of OWA layout Change Theme – change the background theme of your OWA window within browser Settings 56
Settings: Automatic Reply for Out-of Office 57
Automatic Reply for Out-of Office (John Doe’s Out-of-Office to Ned) 58
Out-of-Office – Your Automatic Update Reminder 59 Automatic pop-up reminder
Display Settings – Message List 60 Message List: Layout Preview Text
Display Settings – Message List 61 Sender’s Name on Top
Display Settings – Message List 62 Subject on Top
Display Settings – Reading Pane 63 Reading Pane: Layout
Show Reading Pane on Right 64
Show Reading Pane on the Bottom 65
Show Reading Pane on the Bottom 66
Settings – Change Theme 67 Select Theme Click OK to change Theme
Change Theme 68 New Theme
Settings - Options 69
Recommended Browser Listing 70
Recommended Browser Listing cont. 71
House-Cleaning Tips Cleanup Tips “It is time to do some fall cleaning.” Time to clean up your box. Rules of thumb, if it’s over a year old, delete it. (Of course if it is important, you may keep it.) Then review your less than a year old s, especially with attachments. s with important attachments; Save to new desktop folder. Empty your GroupWise “Trash” and “Junk Mail.” 72