
In the resulting dialog, choose Options from the Tools menu. On the Home tab, click Address Book in the Find group. If you want Outlook to default to your contacts list, do the following: Addresses you add yourself will be in your personal contacts list. If you're on Exchange, the GAL is usually members of your organization. The default is Start With Global Address List. Outlook uses a global address list, and that works fine for most of us. SEE: 20 pro tips to make Windows 10 work the way you want (free TechRepublic PDF) 2: Custom address book I start in my Inbox for the account I use the most.įigure A Select the folder you want Outlook to open when launched.
In the Outlook Start And Exit section, use the Browse button to locate the folder or window where you want to start working ( Figure A).To specify the folder that Outlook selects when launching, do the following: It's only a few clicks, but you can change this setting and have Outlook open right where you want to start.
Instead, they go straight to a mail folder and start working. When you first launch Outlook, it displays Today view, which a lot of people don't use. Note: This article is also available in the free PDF Make Office 2016 work your way by changing these default settings. There's no downloadable demonstration file, and none of these settings is appropriate for 365 Mail. I'm using Outlook 2016 (desktop) on a Windows 64-bit system.
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