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Microsoft 365 for the web training
Outlook on the web
  • Get to know Outlook on the web
  • Create and reply to email
  • Organize your inbox
  • Create a signature and automatic reply
  • Schedule an appointment or meeting
  • Create and edit a contact
  • Search for email, contacts, and events
Word for the web
  • Get to know Word for the web
  • Change document layout
  • Insert tables and pictures
  • Collaborate online
  • Cool things in Word for the web
PowerPoint for the web
  • Get to know PowerPoint for the web
  • Designing slides
  • Insert pictures, shapes, and more
  • Animations and transitions
  • Create a presentation with others
  • When you're ready to present
Share your documents
  • Share your documents
  • Create a shareable link
  • Secure your docs only to specific people
  • Share with someone outside your organization

Search for email, contacts, and events

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Outlook on the web
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Search in Outlook on the web lets you quickly find email, contacts, or events.

  1. Select the Search box.

  2. Type what you're looking for.

  3. To refine results:

    • Select Filters and change options like Folders, From, To, Subject, Keywords, Date ranges, and Attachments.

    • Use an Advanced Query Search keyword, like To: or From:.

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