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Instructions for adding a Bowdoin email account to the Microsoft Outlook desktop app on Windows. Covers adding the account, authenticating at the Okta login, completing the setup prompts, and activating Office with a Bowdoin account. Applies to Bowdoin students, faculty, and staff using a Windows computer.

Explains how to turn the Focused Inbox feature off or on in Outlook on macOS, Windows, the web, and iOS/iPadOS. The Focused Inbox splits the inbox into Focused and Other tabs, and users can change this setting themselves. Applies to Bowdoin students, faculty, and staff.

Explains how to open a mailbox that has been shared with you in Outlook for macOS, Classic Outlook for Windows, New Outlook for Windows, and Outlook on the web. Also covers how to make a shared mailbox appear under your own inbox in Outlook on the web. Applies to Bowdoin faculty, staff, and students.

Explains how to switch between Classic (Legacy) Outlook and New Outlook on Windows 11 and macOS, where to find the toggle on each platform, and how to decide which version to use. Applies to Bowdoin students, faculty, and staff using the Microsoft Outlook desktop app.

Explains how to turn on and use the Undo Send feature in Outlook on the web, New Outlook for Windows, and Outlook for Mac, and how to set up a delayed-send rule in Classic Outlook for Windows. Undo Send gives a short grace period to cancel a message after clicking Send. Applies to Bowdoin students, faculty, and staff.

Instructions for exporting email and contacts from Outlook for Windows to a PST file. The exported file can be imported into another copy of Outlook or kept as an archive, which is useful before a Bowdoin email account is closed. Applies to Bowdoin students, faculty, and staff using the Outlook desktop app on Windows.