Here are some best practices for earning Microsoft Rewards points so you can redeem them for gift cards, games, sweepstakes, nonprofit donations, and more.

If you need instructions for adding an email account using advanced settings, go to Use advanced setup to add a POP or IMAP email account in Outlook for PC. Outlook won't accept my password. If Outlook won’t accept your password and you know you’re using the right password for your Gmail account, you might have an older version of Outlook that doesn't currently support this faster Gmail ...

Select Start > Settings > Personalization.The preview window gives you a sneak peek of your changes as you make them. In Personalize your background, you can select a picture, a solid color, or a slideshow of pictures you create.Or you can choose Windows spotlight to see a new image from around the world every day.

RAM. 16 GB (recommended) Storage type. Solid State Drive or SSD (recommended) Processor architecture. x64 or ARM64. Virtual Machine Platform. This setting needs to be enabled.

Battery Life: Lowering your refresh rate can save battery power by reducing the amount of energy your display consumes.This can be useful when you are using a laptop or tablet and want to extend your battery life.

Notes: Meeting recordings won't capture whiteboards, annotations, shared notes or content shared in the stage view by apps, and also won't include videos or animations embedded in PowerPoint Live presentations.

Add an interactive checklist. Checklist is a feature that allows you to insert an interactive list in Word for Web. You can check and uncheck the checklist and keep track of the tasks that you are performing.

This is a subscriber-only, Microsoft 365 feature. Find your version. Design ideas for one photo Applies to: PowerPoint for Microsoft 365 Current Channel: Version 1511 or later Semi-Annual Enterprise Channel: Version 1602 or later Multiple photos, color extraction, and facial recognition

This article is for Outlook.com. If you're using Outlook for Windows, see Fixes or workarounds for recent issues in Outlook for Windows.. If you're having problems accessing Outlook.com, you can see the status of Microsoft Office Online Services at the Service Health portal.. If you're having problems sending or receiving email, read how to Fix Outlook.com email sync issues.

When you need to protect the privacy of an email message, encrypt it. Encrypting an email message in Outlook means it's converted from readable plain text into scrambled cipher text.