The default settings minimize Outlook to the Taskbar, but you can make settings to minimize it to the Tray.

In some situation you may want to send your vCard in every message. This lets recipients enter the information in their address book quickly and without errors.

For replies and forwarded messages, you can choose to attach the original text, to include and indent the text, or to add a prefix to each line of the original message or reply without including the original text.

Outlook enables you to specify default fonts to use for different situations when dealing with e-mail. Additionally you can individually configure default font settings for composing new e-mail and replying and forwarding.

Creating custom menus in Outlook is a fun feature you can use to create a list of the options you use most often, and then plug them into a menu you name and use yourself.

If you frequently sign your messages using not only your name, but also additional information such as your job title and contact information, you'll appreciate Outlook's Signature feature. When enabled, it appends text of your choice to the end of every message that create and/or reply to.

AutoArchive in Outlook moves old items to an archive. You can customize it for more comfortable using of Outlook.

Using templates makes a work in Outlook easy and quickly. How to create a template, see in Using templates to facilitate more versatile E-mail Distribution. This tip is about how to create a toolbar button for creating new message using the template.

If Outlook's built-in arrangements don't provide the view you need, you can create your own grouping levels by customizing your view.

Sometimes you just need to have a quick preview of an e-mail before deciding whether to open it. Outlook provides a feature called AutoPreview that shows the first few lines of your e-mails.