Creating and Sending Messages 605
To resume working on a message that’s been saved as a draft and closed, display the Mail
module, click the Drafts folder in the Navigation Pane, and then double-click the message
you want to work on.
After you finish composing a message, you can send it by clicking the Send button located
in the message header or by pressing Ctrl+Enter. The first time you press this key combina-
tion, Outlook asks you to confirm that you want to designate this as the keyboard shortcut
for sending messages.
When you send the message, Outlook deletes the message draft, if one exists, and stores
a copy of the sent message in the Sent Items folder.
Tip Each account you access from Outlook has its own Drafts folder and its own Sent Items
folder. Outlook automatically saves draft messages and sent messages in the folder affiliated
with the e-mail account in which you compose or send the message.
You can change the location in which Outlook saves message drafts and sent messages from
the Advanced E-mail Options dialog box.
In this exercise, you’ll compose an e-mail message, save an interim message draft, and
then send the message.SET UP You don’t need any practice files to complete this exercise. Display your
Inbox, and then follow the steps.- On the Home tab, in the New group, click the New E-mail button.
A new message window opens.
Tip By clicking the New Items button, you can choose to create any type of Outlook
item such as an appointment, contact, fax, message, note, or task, or an organizational
item such as a contact group or data file, without leaving the module you’re working in.- In the To box, type your own e-mail address.
- In the Subject box, type SBS Tradeshow Schedule.
Important The subject of this message begins with SBS (for Step by Step) so that you
can easily differentiate it from other messages in your Inbox and Sent Items folders
and can delete it later.- At the right end of the message window title bar, click the Close button.
Outlook prompts you to save a message draft.