How to Set Up MS Outlook

Microsoft Outlook is an effective way to maintain email accounts for your business website, or simply to maintain an exclusive email address. While opening Microsoft Outlook for the first time creates a new email profile automatically, you may need to create a profile for a specific need, such as keeping personal emails separate from business emails and the like. Follow these simple steps to set up a new email account with MS Outlook.

Difficulty: Easy

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

• Microsoft Office Outlook 2003 or 2007

Set up an email account with Microsoft Office Outlook

1. Click the Start Menu and select Control Panel. Make sure you're viewing the Control Panel in classic view. Verify this by checking the column in the left to see what option it gives you for changing the viewing options.

2. Double click on the "Mail" icon and the Mail Setup dialog box will appear. Select "Show Profiles."

3. Select the "General" tab. Under the heading "When starting Microsoft Office Outlook, use this profile," click on "prompt for a profile to be used," followed by clicking on "Add."

4. Type the name that you would like to use for the new email account in the "Profile Name" box and click OK.

5. Find "Email Accounts" dialog box and click "add a new email account" and then click "Next." Select the correct server option and then "Next" again.

6. Fill your account information in the boxes that appear and click "Next," followed by "Finish" and OK.

Tips & Warnings

• If you cannot find the Mail icon in the Control Panel, then you may not have installed Microsoft Outlook when you put Microsoft Office on your computer. Reinsert the installation CD, proceed with the custom installation process, and follow the prompts to install Outlook.

References

• Find more helpful information regarding the set up of accounts in Microsoft Office Outlook.