Webmail - Oulook Web Access Premium Features

If your mailbox had been migrated to our new Exchange 2007, you'll find a collection of new and exciting email features awaiting for you when using Webmail (Outlook Web Access).


　

1. Use Webmail in the Language of Your Choice

Webmail now supports multi-language interface. To customize the language of your choice:

- Go to Options and choose Regional Settings

- Next select the language you want Webmail to use and then click on Save

 

　

2. Auto-complete mail names

When you type the first letter of the recipient under the To, Cc or Bcc boxes, Auto-complete now suggests possible matches based on names you have typed previously.
　

　


　

　

3. Full Features Address Book

To display the full Address Book, click on the icon as shown opposite. This will display the Global Address List, Contacts, and Meeting Rooms (Resources) which can be browsed and searched

Similarly you can do a quick search by entering the person's name in the text field and press Enter as shown


　

Displaying User details – Now you can see more of a  person's details on the address book from Office location, Phone to Job title, etc.. This even include his or her Calendar free/busy availability.
Accessing the Address Book –  when composing a mail clicking on the To or Cc, Bcc buttons will display the Address Book too

　
Quick User Properties Preview – You can now right-click on your recipient’s name in the To, Cc or Bcc fields to view their properties or confirm their identities, e.g. from office location and phone number before you send out that mail

　

  4. Composing mail

HTML or Plain Text – now you can choose to format your message in HTML (using formatting like bold, italic, bullets, font colours, etc. for your text) or simply in no frills  Plain Text.


Note: These features are also available to you when scheduling a meeting invitation in Calendar mode.

　

　

　

 Message formatting options – You can click on the drop down arrow on the font toolbar to view more formatting options when composing your message in HTML
Spelling check your messages – You can click on spell check after composing your mail to highlight any misspelled words.

Simply right-click on the highlighted misspelled word will display you the list of alternative suggested words for you to choose or replace too.

　

　

5. Viewing Attachments using Webmail Document Viewer

Now you can read Word, Excel, PowerPoint, or Acrobat attachments as web pages (HTML) without these software installed on the computer.

Just click on the [Open as Web Page] link to quickly view the document in a web viewer. This is particularly handy if you are accessing Webmail from an Internet or Public kiosk computer, etc.

 It is, of course still possible to Download or Open the attachment in the usual way.

　

　

6. Accessing Fileshare or SharePoint from Webmail

You can now access your files saved in file shares i.e. \\server\myfolder etc. or your SharePoint site from within Webmail

Webmail also allow you to save these links as Favorites for ease of access next time too
　


Note: You are only able to access or download files in your file shares but not upload them to the folders
　

　


　


7. Enhanced Out of Office Assistant

The new Webmail allows you to schedule specific out of office time periods when to turn this on and off - saving you having to remember to turn the Assistant on before your leave the office and off again on your return.



Choose what category of Sender to send auto replies to
You can choose to have Out-of-Office replies sent to Internal senders, External senders, or to External Senders in your personal Contact list only, etc.
　

Create different messages
You can even customize different Out-of-Office reply messages to Internal and External senders.
　

　

8. Enhanced Rules and Alerts Settings in Webmail

Now you can edit existing rules or setup complex rules and alerts in Webmail too. To do so:

- Go to Options and click on Rules