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E-Mail Features |
Note: Get additional help at any time from within Studentmail, by clicking on the Help icon to access Outlook Live's online help.
Studentmail features 10GB of e-mail storage to cope with the demands of modern communication. The storage space allocation includes all calendar appointments, sent items, deleted items and other e-mail folders. Reminders are sent when you get close to reaching your quota.
1. View mailbox size instantly
| Hover mouse over your mailbox name to display the maximum allowed mailbox size and current usage. |  |
2. Composing mail
Note: These features are also available to you when scheduling a meeting invitation in Calendar mode.
Create a New message A new Untitled Message window opens. |
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| HTML or Plain Text – choose to format your message in HTML (allowing full Messaging Formatting, e.g. bold, italic, bullets, font colour, etc.) or Plain Text. |  |
Message formatting options – Click on the drop down arrow on the font toolbar to view more formatting options. Tick the checkbox next to an option to display it on the message window toolbar for future ease of use. |
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| Spell check – Click on spell check after composing your mail to highlight misspelled words – simply right-click on a highlighted word to view alternative options. |
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| Personal Properties – Right-click on a recipient’s name to view their properties, e.g. office location and phone number, where available. |  |
3. Auto-complete mail names
| When composing mail, when you type the first letter of a mail name in the To, CC or Bcc boxes, Auto-complete suggests possible matches based on names you have typed previously. |  |
4. Full featured Address Book
This displays the Global Address List and Contacts. It is browseable and fully searchable.
| Access or search the Address Book – at any time from the main toolbar (click on Book icon, as illustrated opposite); when composing mail, from the message window toolbar, or by clicking on the To or Cc buttons. |  |
Display details – Click on an entry in the address book to display details for that person in the Reading Pane opposite. Details displayed include Calendar availability. Note: Can't see the Reading Pane? |
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Show/Hide Reading Pane icon at the top of the Address Book window.5. Attachments - Web Ready Document Viewing
| Read Word, Excel, PowerPoint, or Acrobat attachments as web pages (HTML) – no need to have MS Office or Acrobat Reader installed on your computer. Click on the [Open as Web Page] link to quickly view the document in a web viewer. It is, of course still possible to Open or View an attachment in the usual way. |  |
6. Check for messages
| You can force Studentmail to search for any new messages that have arrived in your Inbox. Click on the Check Messages icon on the far right of the Mail toolbar. |  |
7. Arrange messages
| Expand the menu next to Arrange by by clicking on the arrow next to Date. You can choose to arrange your messages from options including Conversation (shows threads of specific message topics), Type, Attachments, Importance, Flag Due Date, and Flag Start Date. |  |
8. Reading Pane
| Buttons for Reply, Reply all and Forward are integrated into the Reading Pane of E-mail messages, so you can quickly respond. |  |
| Buttons for responding to Calendar items (i.e. Accept, Tentative, and Decline) are integrated into the Reading Pane of Calendar invites, so you don’t need to double-click on an invite in order to respond. |  |
9. Labelling (Categories)
Click on the Categories icon (next to the flag) to colour code messages, in addition to or instead of flagging. Note: You can also categorise Calendar items, Contacts and Tasks. |
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10. Search
Find items in your mailbox quickly and simply via the integrated search bar. Click on the double-headed arrow to perform an advanced search. Note: The integrated search is also available in Contacts and Tasks views. |
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11. Right-click options
No need to open additional dialog boxes!
Right-click on a mail folder to view quick options, e.g. Mark All as Read, Create New Folder, Copy Folder, etc.
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| Right-click on a message to view quick options, e.g. Reply, Forward, Delete, or Move to Folder, or Copy to Folder, etc. |  |
12. Message Flagging
Flags can now be associated with start dates for Tasks. Right-click on a flag to view options. |
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