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Turn offline access on or off. Offline is turned on by default in new Outlook for Windows. To turn it off or on, do the following: Select Settings > General > Offline. Select the toggle Enable offline email, calendar, and people to turn offline access on or off. Select Save.

In Outlook on your desktop, choose File > Open & Export > Open Outlook Data File. Choose the Outlook data file you want to open. Expand the top level of the Outlook data file in the Outlook Navigation pane to see the subfolders in the file. Click each subfolder to see the contents. To search for a specific email, use Outlook's built-in search ...

Learn Excel skills from beginner to advanced with video tutorials, templates, and tips from Microsoft Support.

Get more out of your email with Outlook.com. We've streamlined search to make it easier than ever to find what you're looking for. New features like Files and attachment previews let you see your pictures and files without leaving your inbox. And now you can add emojis and GIFs to your messages.

Turn search history off or on Your search history shows what you searched for, the dates of your searches, and sites you have gone to. Also, based on results that you've clicked, it can help improve your search results.

Defragment your Windows 10 PC. Windows 10. Optimizing your drives can help your PC run smoother and boot up faster. To optimize them: Select the search bar on the taskbar and enter defrag. Select Defragment and Optimize Drives. Select the disk drive you want to optimize. Select the Optimize button. Defragment your Windows 10 PC.

How to access and change the privacy settings in Windows 10 and 11.

If you need to develop complex statistical or engineering analyses, you can save steps and time by using the Analysis ToolPak. You provide the data and parameters for each analysis, and the tool uses the appropriate statistical or engineering macro functions to calculate and display the results in an output table. Some tools generate charts in addition to output tables.

Manage background activity for apps in Windows Some apps let you manage background activity, which determines what they can do when they’re in the background and not actively in use. Apps that can run in the background can send and receive notifications, sync information, and stay up to date. If you find that an app is using a lot of battery when running in the background, you can change the ...