604 Chapter 21 Send and Receive E-Mail Messages
You can format the text of your message to make it more readable by including headings,
lists, or tables, and you can represent information graphically by including charts, pictures,
clip art, and other types of graphics. You can attach files to your message and link to other
information, such as files or Web pages.
For the purposes of this book, we assume that you know how to enter, edit, and format
content by using standard Microsoft Word techniques, so we don’t discuss all of them in
this book. We demonstrate many of these techniques within the step-by-step exercises,
though, so keep an eye out for any new features that you aren’t yet familiar with.
See Also For extensive information about entering and editing content and about formatting
content by using character and paragraph styles, Quick Styles, and Themes, refer to Microsoft
Word 2010 Step by Step, by Joyce Cox and Joan Lambert (Microsoft Press, 2010).
Tip You can also personalize a message by having Outlook add a predefined e-mail signature.
You can specify different signatures for new messages and for replies and forwarded messages.
For example, you might want to include your full name and contact information in the signature
that appears in new messages, but only your first name in the signature that appears in replies
and forwarded messages.Saving and Sending Messages
At regular intervals while you’re composing a message, Outlook saves a copy of the
message in the Drafts folder. This is intended to protect you from losing messages
that are in progress.If you close a message composition window before sending the message, Outlook prompts you
to save a draft or to save or discard the existing draft.You can save a message draft at any time by clicking the Save button on the Quick
Access Toolbar in the message window.