How to Make Outlook Work for You

The Microsoft Office Suite is the "go to" set of programs in which most people are familiar with. However, Outlook is the only one of these that seems to be the least understood. Its purpose is to better organize your emails, calendar events, contacts and tasks all in one.

Here are some ways to tweak the settings on your outlook to better fit your daily habits and needs.

The position of your column labels are not permanently placed. Feel free to click and drag them around and reorder them. Customize your bar so that it is more convenient for you.



If you are not comfortable with dragging and dropping, you may reorganize the columns by right clicking on any of the headings and selecting Customize Current View. Then select Fields, which is the top button on the next screen. Now select from the Available Fields list to add column headings, or you may select the area titled "Show these fields in order" to remove them. You may re-order them by dragging and dropping in the right-hand box.

You can also rename the column headings to ones that you'd prefer. For instance, instead of "From" you can set it to say "Sender". Right click on the column you wish to change and go to customize view, select format columns. Select From and in the Label area type in the new label you want. Click OK, and then OK. Your new column headings should then be customized to your liking.

In result, your Outlook will be easier for you to use because it is set your work style and personal preferences!