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Choosing Color and Sound Options | Get Sound or Visual 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

  • Changing the appearance of your mouse pointer, or

  • Displaying an envelope icon in your system tray.

You can choose any or all of these means of notification.

 

 

Mouse actions

Keyboard actions

1

On the menu bar:

n         Select Tools.

n         Select Options.

On the menu bar:

n         Open the Tools menu by pressing ALT+T.

n         Select Options by pressing O.

2

In the Options dialog box:

n         Select the Preferences tab.

In the Options dialog box:

n         Move to the Preferences tab by pressing CTRL+TAB.

3

On the Preferences tab, in the E-mail area:

n         Select E-mail Options.

On the Preferences tab, in the E-mail area:

n         Select E-mail Options by pressing M.

4

In the E-mail Options dialog box, in the Message handling area:

n         Select (or clear) the Display a notification message when new mail arrives check box to turn the option on (or off).

To choose more e-mail notification options:

n         Select Advanced E-mail Options.

In the E-mail Options dialog box, in the Message handling area:

n         Turn on (or turn off) the Display a notification message when new mail arrives option by pressing ALT+N.

To choose more e-mail notification options:

n         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:

n         Select (or clear) the check box for the options you want:

n         Play a sound.

n         Briefly change the mouse cursor.

n         Show an envelope icon in the system tray.

n         Select OK.

In the Advanced E-mail Options dialog box, in the When new items arrive area:

n         Select (or clear) the Play a sound check box by pressing ALT+P.

n         Select (or clear) the Briefly change the mouse cursor check box by pressing ALT+B.

n         Select (or clear) the Show an envelope icon in the system tray by pressing ALT+E.

n         Press ENTER.

6

To close the dialog boxes:

n         Select OK twice.

To close the dialog boxes:

n         Press ESC twice.

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