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OUTLOOK TIP - Don't Type an Appointment,
Drag & Drop the Message Asking for the Appointment

Problem:
An email was sent to you requesting your presence at an event. The message contains lots of information about the event that you need to type in the appointment. You hate to type.

Preliminaries:

  • The Outlook Bar and contents of the Inbox are displayed.
  • The message is selected (not open).

How to Create the Appointment from the Message:

Point on
the message (the highlighted email in the example)
Drag the message onto the Calendar icon on the Outlook Bar
 

Change the date, title, etc. of the appointment

 

The body is filled in with the contents of the message

 

Date Selection
Save and close the appointment
 
The new appointment appears on your calendar

 

 

  

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