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Outlook - Creating a draft Tutorial

In this video, you will learn about creating a draft using Microsoft 365. The video covers the process of using Office apps like Word, Excel, and PowerPoint to be creative and work together securely.
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Objectifs :

Understand how Outlook automatically saves unsent email drafts and learn how to manage these drafts effectively.

Chapitres :

Automatic Draft Saving in Outlook
Outlook automatically attempts to save an email message that you are creating but have not yet sent every three minutes. This feature ensures that a draft of your message is created, allowing you to save it at any time, especially when you try to close the message without sending it.
Closing Messages and Saving Drafts
When you close Outlook after composing an email, a prompt appears asking if you want to save your changes. If you click 'Yes', your message is saved directly to your Drafts folder. You can later retrieve and finish composing the email from this folder.
Managing Unsaved Emails
If there are unsent emails in your Inbox, Outlook will notify you that these messages have drafts. This feature is particularly useful if you are interrupted while writing. You can easily return to these messages, finalize them, and send them. Once sent, the notifications disappear, and the emails are removed from the Drafts folder.
Customizing Auto-Save Settings
In the Mail options under the 'Save Messages' section, you can customize the automatic saving of unsent items. You can specify the time interval after which messages will be automatically saved and change the destination folder for these saved messages.

FAQ :

How does Outlook save my email drafts?

Outlook automatically saves drafts of your email messages every three minutes if you haven't sent them. You can also manually save a draft at any time before closing the message.

What happens if I try to close an unsent email in Outlook?

When you try to close an unsent email, Outlook prompts you to save your changes. If you choose 'Yes', the email is saved to your Drafts folder for later completion.

Where can I find my saved drafts in Outlook?

Saved drafts can be found in the Drafts folder within Outlook. You can access this folder to finish and send your messages.

Can I change the auto-save settings in Outlook?

Yes, you can change the auto-save settings in the Mail options under the save messages section, where you can specify the time interval for automatic saving and the destination folder for saved messages.

What does it mean when Outlook indicates there are drafts in my Inbox?

If Outlook indicates that there are drafts in your Inbox, it means that you have unsent email messages that are saved as drafts, allowing you to return to them later.

Quelques cas d'usages :

Managing Interrupted Email Compositions

When composing an email and getting interrupted, users can rely on Outlook's auto-save feature to ensure their work is not lost. This allows them to return to their drafts later, finalize the message, and send it without losing any content.

Customizing Email Draft Management

Professionals can customize their Outlook settings to automatically save drafts at specific intervals, ensuring that important messages are preserved even if they forget to save manually. This is particularly useful in fast-paced work environments.

Organizing Drafts for Better Workflow

Users can utilize the Drafts folder to organize their unsent emails, allowing them to prioritize which messages to complete and send first. This can improve overall email management and response times.

Training New Employees on Email Practices

When onboarding new employees, trainers can emphasize the importance of using Outlook's draft-saving features to prevent loss of information and improve communication efficiency. This can help new users adapt quickly to the email system.

Glossaire :

Outlook

A personal information manager from Microsoft, primarily used as an email application, but also includes calendar, task manager, contact manager, note-taking, journal, and web browsing.

Draft

An unfinished email message that is saved for later completion and sending.

Inbox

The main folder in an email application where incoming messages are received and stored.

Mail options

Settings within an email application that allow users to customize how their email is managed, including saving and sending preferences.

Automatically saving

A feature that allows the email application to save drafts of messages at specified intervals without user intervention.

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to automatically save an email message that you create

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but you have not yet sent.

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In actual fact, a draft of your message is created

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and you can save it at any time

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when you try to close your message without sending it.

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When closing, Outlook displays a message

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asking if you wanna save your changes or not.

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By clicking on Yes, your message is then sent directly

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to your Drafts folder.

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You can then finish it later by finding it in this folder.

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If you have unsent emails

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in the list of messages in your Inbox,

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Outlook will tell you that these messages have a draft.

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This is very handy, especially if you have been interrupted

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when writing these messages.

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Well, I'll be able to go back to these messages,

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finalize them, and then send them.

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Once sent, these indications disappear,

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as well as their presence in the folder Drafts.

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Finally, in the Mail options,

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in the save messages section,

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you have the option of automatically saving items

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that have not been sent after a certain time,

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and specifying here the number of minutes

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after which they will be automatically registered.

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You can also change the destination folder

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for saved messages.

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