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Quick Steps
Many e-mails you receive involve more steps than reading it and
simply leaving it in your inbox. Sometimes you need to move it to
another folder and create a meeting or appointment, forward it to
others and delete the e-mail, or any combination of tasks. Rapidly
respond to items in your mailbox by creating and defining common
tasks that can be executed in one quick and easy step.
Quick Steps enable you to do the following:
 Spend less time in your inbox or calendar by reducing the
number of clicks needed to take action.
 Forward an e-mail to your team and delete the original; flag,
categorize, and file an e-mail into a specified folder; and do more
in a flash.

Available in:
 Look for Quick Steps on the Home tab of the Ribbon,
in the Quick Steps group.
 The first time you click on a pre-built Quick Step, other
than Reply & Delete, a prompt will display, enabling
you to customize it to fit your work style.
 If you’re an Exchange user, when you first click the To
Manager or Team E-mail Quick Step, e-mail
addresses for your team will automatically populate.
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Use Quick Steps to perform

The all-new Outlook Social Connector connects you to the social
and business networks you use, including Microsoft SharePoint,
Windows Live, or other popular third-party sites, such as
Facebook, LinkedIn, and MySpace, so you can get more
information and stay in touch and up-to-the-minute.
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Access
everything from e-mail threads to status updates from those in
your networks in one single, centralized view without leaving
Outlook.
 Synchronize your contact data right into Microsoft Outlook
and obtain information about your friends and colleagues.
See status updates from third-party social networks, recently
posted files—even view shared photos.
 Connect to SharePoint My Site social information and
receive updates from your workplace such as newly posted
or tagged documents, site activity and more.

Available in:
 To find available providers for your social networks, click
the View tab, click People Pane, and then click Account
Settings. In the resulting dialog box, click the link near the
top titled View social network providers available
online.
 When viewing a message with multiple recipients you’ll
see a photo for each person at the top of the People Pane.
Click a photo to quickly view more information about that
person such as communication history or status updates.

 Easily track your communication history. Use the Outlook Social Connector to display a quick view of related Outlook content

you can also reach out to them through a voice call.

Available for:
 Get used to this adorable little button. This is the
presence icon. You’ll see it in your favorite Microsoft Office
applications next to a person’s name and be able to easily
determine when they are available.
 Some features described in this section require Microsoft
Exchange Server 2007 or later.

 If your contact is unavailable, you can send them an e-mail or schedule a meeting right from the contact card.

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Instant messaging and presence information require one of the following: Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007 R2 with Microsoft Office Communicator 2007 R2, Windows
Live Messenger, or another instant messaging application that supports IMessenger. Voice calls require Office Communications Server 2007 R2 with Office Communicator 2007 R2 or
an instant messaging application that supports IMessengerAdvanced.