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If you feel overwhelmed by the number of e-mail messages you get each day,
you’re not alone. Billions and billions of e-mail messages fly around the
Internet each day, and lots of people are feeling buried in messages. You dis-
cover the secrets of sorting and managing your messages in Chapter 6.
Answering E-Mail
When you open an e-mail message in Outlook to read it, buttons labeled
Reply and Reply to All appear at the top of the message screen. That’s a hint.
When you want to reply to a message you’re reading, click the Reply button.
A new message form opens, already addressed to the person who sent you
the message. If you’re reading a message sent to several people besides you,
you also have the option of sending a reply to everyone involved by clicking
the Reply to All button.
When you reply to a message, the text of the message that was sent to you is
automatically included. Some people like to include original text in their
replies, some don’t. In Chapter 5, I show you how to change what Outlook
automatically includes in replies.
Creating New E-Mail Messages
At its easiest, the process of creating a new e-mail message in Outlook is
ridiculously simple. Even a child can do it. If you can’t get a child to create a
new e-mail message for you, you can even do it yourself.
To create a new e-mail message, follow these steps:
1. Click the Mail button in the Navigation Pane.
Your message list appears.
2. Click the New button in the toolbar.
The New Message form appears.
3. Fill out the New Message form.
Put the address of your recipient in the To box, a subject in the Subject
box, and type a message in the main message box.
4. Click Send.
Your message is on its way.
If you want to send a plain e-mail message, that’s all you have to do. If you
prefer to send a fancy e-mail, Outlook provides the bells and whistles —
some of which are actually useful. You might (for example) send a High
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