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Setting up outlook notification options in Outlook 2000

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Receiving Visual or Audio Notification When New Messages Arrive

You can change how Outlook notifies you when new messages arrive. Outlook can notify you by displaying a text message, playing a sound, or changing the appearance of your mouse pointer.

Step Mouse actions Keyboard actions
1 On the Tools menu:

  • Select Options.
 Display the Tools menu by pressing ALT+T.

  • Select Options by pressing O.
2 On the Preferences tab, in the E-mail area:

  • Select E-mail Options.
 On the Preferences tab:

  • Select E-mail Options by pressing M.
3 In the E-mail Options dialog box, in the Message handling area:

  • Select or clear the Display a notification message when new mail arrives check box.
 In the E-mail Options dialog box, in the Message handling area:

  • Select or clear the Display a notification message when new mail arrives check box by pressing ALT+N.
4 If you would like to be notified by a sound and a change in the appearance of your mouse cursor:

  • Select Advanced E-mail Options.
 If you would like to be notified by a sound and a change in the appearance of your mouse cursor:

  • Select Advanced E-mail Options by pressing ALT+A.
5 In the Advanced E-mail Options dialog box, in the When new items arrive area:

  • Select or clear the check box for the options you want.
 In the Advanced E-mail Options dialog box, in the When new items arrive area:

  • Select or clear the Play a sound check box by pressing ALT+P.
  • Select or clear the Briefly change the mouse cursor check box by pressing ALT+B.
6 To close the Advanced E-mail Options dialog box:

  • Select OK.
 To close the Advanced E-mail Options dialog box:

  • Press ENTER.
7 To close the E-mail Options dialog box:

  • Select OK.
 To close the E-mail Options dialog box:

  • Press the TAB key to move to OK.
  • Press ENTER.
8 To close the Options dialog box:

  • Select OK.
 To close the Options dialog box:

  • Press the TAB key to move to OK.
  • Press ENTER.

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