How to optimize and use Outlook mobile app on your Phone

How to optimize and use Outlook mobile app on your Phone a great balance between its utility and feature power. The app has a brand-new design and an intuitive UI that makes it extremely easy to navigate while on the go. You can further optimize this experience by following the steps below for an iPhone.

Optimize the Outlook mobile app for iOS device

You can customize Outlook for iOS to stay connected the way you want. Scroll through the handy tips below to optimize the app for your mobile.

1. Configure Focused Inbox
2. Set Swipe options
3. Turn Organize By Thread Off/On
4. Change or update Outlook notifications
5. Change the Calendar view
6. Add the Outlook app to the dock/home screen
7. Hide the built-in email and calendar apps
8. Add Outlook calendar widget
9. See conversations and notifications from your favorite contacts

Keep your Outlook app up-to-date

As we configure these settings, we can maximize our mobile productivity.

1] Configure Focused Inbox

Your inbox is split into two tabs with Focused Inbox- one for your most important emails, and the other for the rest. Focused Inbox is turned on by default.

Tap Settings.

Click on “Focused Inbox” at the bottom of the page, then click the button next to it to toggle the setting.

2] Set Swipe options

Tap Settings > Swipe Options. Tap Swipe Right or Swipe Left and select an action to quickly take action on emails in your inbox.

3] Turn Organize By Thread Off/On

Threading is a process where an email service sorts messages so that all the replies and forwards are grouped together. This helps prevent your Inbox from getting cluttered and difficult to read. In the Outlook mobile app for iOS, you can choose to organize your mail by thread. This arranges your messages as conversational threads based on the message subject. Threading is turned on by default, but you can turn it off if you prefer.

Tap Settings.

Scroll down to ‘Organize mail by thread’. There, toggle the setting.

4] Change or update Outlook notifications

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The Head to ‘Settings,’ then select ‘Notifications.’ Scroll down your app list to ‘Outlook’ and update your notification preferences.

5] Change the Calendar view

The calendar view in Outlook can be easily changed to suit your liking and working style. For example, you can easily switch between day, week, or month views, or change your work week start day and time. To do so, simply switch to the Calendar view.

To access your Calendar, tap the icon in the bottom right corner.

Next, use the ‘View’ icon to select the desired view.

• Agenda
• Day
• 3-Day view

You can choose what to do with the messages you receive in your inbox.

Tap the message to open it, then tap the ellipses (3 horizontal dots), and tap an action.

6] Add the Outlook app to the dock/home screen

iOS users can easily add Outlook to the ‘dock’ on their home screen by holding their finger on the Outlook app icon and dragging it to the dock/app bar at the bottom of their screen. To make room in your Dock for another app, simply hold your finger on the app you want to move and drag it onto the home screen.

7] Hide the built-in email and calendar apps

You might have more than one email account but not use all of them at the same time. As such, it’s better to hide the unused email and calendar apps, not in use, currently. Here’s how to do it. MailKeep your finger pressed on the native email app on your device, whether that’s Mail or Calendar. This way, you can be sure that you’re always using the most up-to-date version of the app with the latest security features.

The apps are shaking, so drag one on top of the other to create a new folder. You can’t remove these apps, so they’ll stay on your device.

8] Add Outlook calendar widget

To add the Outlook calendar widget to your iOS device, swipe down from the top of your screen to bring down the notification center. Then, swipe to the right to view your widgets and scroll to the bottom.

Edit option is visible there.

The Outlook app is listed as a widget. You can add the app as a widget by pressing + adjacent to it. To access your widgets, swipe down or swipe to the left-most screen on the home screen.

9] See conversations and notifications from your favorite contacts

Adding contacts to favorites allows you to quickly find and send emails to them. To mark a contact as a favorite: 1. From the People or Companies tab, select the contact. 2. Click the down arrow next to the contact’s name. 3. Select Add to Favorites.

To add a contact to your favorites, open their profile card and select the star in the upper right corner. You can add multiple favorite contacts in the same way. Once done, you can view all recent conversations with them displayed before your other messages.

10] Keep your Outlook app up-to-date

It is always advisable to keep your app up-to-date. The Outlook mobile app can be updated from your device’s app store. If you find the ‘Open’ option instead of ‘Update’, then you are on the latest version of Outlook for iOS and there is no need to update.

There’s no need to worry about keeping track of different email accounts or managing your messages with the Outlook app – simply download it from your device’s respective store and get started!