About the Navigation Pane

The Navigation Pane, located next to the main window, is made up of two areas:

An expandable folder list that provides access to your personal Microsoft Office Outlook Web Access folders (your Inbox and Calendar, for example) and any folders you create.
The folders are displayed in a hierarchy that you can expand to view the folder contents or collapse to view only the top-level folder. The plus sign icon next to a folder indicates that the folder contains other folders (subfolders). To view the subfolders, click the plus sign .
A set of buttons that provide one-click access to your Inbox, Calendar, Contacts, and Tasks folders and to your organization's public folders. An Options button allows you to set user options, such as calendar or task reminders.

A horizontal splitter bar Horizontal Splitter Bar image located between the folder list and the buttons allows you to collapse the buttons into a button tray:

Button Tray image

When you click any folder or button in the Navigation Pane, its contents are displayed in the Outlook Web Access main window.

About toolbars

Your Inbox, Calendar, Contacts, Tasks, and Public Folders have their own toolbars with buttons specific to their function. There are several buttons, however, that are for more general administrative functions and are available in more than one location. They are described in the following table.

Button	Description
	Displays Help that is specific to the window you're working in.
	Allows you to create a new item, such as an e-mail message, a contact, or a task. This menu is always available. The icon displayed varies, depending on the window you're working in, as does the list of options displayed when you click the arrow next to the button.
	Checks the server for new messages. This button also refreshes your browser window.
	Allows you to search your Microsoft Exchange mailbox folders and your organization's public folders. You can base your search on one or more message characteristics, such as sender, subject line, or text in the message body.
	Allows you to organize messages and other items in your mailbox. You can move messages from one folder to another, or copy them to a different location.
	Moves the selected item—such as a contact, appointment, or message—to the Deleted Items folder. Hold down SHIFT when you click this button to permanently delete the selected items.
	Permanently deletes all items in the Deleted Items folder. You can, however, recover deleted items for a limited time after removing them from Deleted Items. Contact a system administrator about the expiration period for deleted items.
	Allows you to select a Reading Pane, which provides two ways to preview messages without opening them. You can preview messages in the bottom half of the view or side-by-side with the list of messages. You can also turn off the Reading Pane. You can also set the size of the Reading Pane for each folder. In the message list, place your pointer over the line that separates the Reading Pane from the messages, click, and then adjust the pane to the size you want.
	Opens the Find Names dialog box, which allows you to search your organization's global address list or your contacts. You can also address a new message from the Find Names dialog box by selecting a name from the list and clicking Add recipient to...New Message. Note You can't use the Find Names dialog box to search for distribution lists in your Contacts folder.
	Allows you to quit Outlook Web Access. This helps prevent others from using the computer to view the contents of your mailbox. Important Click Log Off before you close your Outlook Web Access browser window or navigate to another Web site.

Note To format your e-mail messages with different fonts and colors, use the Formatting toolbar.

About the folder bar

The Outlook Web Access folder bar displays your current location in the folder hierarchy and allows you to choose how folder items are displayed. The folder bar is located just above the main toolbar.

Depending on which folder is displayed, you can sort and view messages by specific characteristics by clicking the arrow next to the folder name. For example, you can view only the unread messages in a folder or view all messages by sender or subject.

You can also view your contacts and tasks by characteristics specific to those items. For example, you can view all completed tasks. For more information about contact and task views, see Sort contacts and Sort tasks.

Scrolling to pages

A folder often contains more items than can be displayed in a single window. To scroll through the contents of a folder, click Previous Page Button image and Next Page . You can also click First Page and Last Page to jump to the beginning or end of folder contents. To go to a specific page, in the Items box, type a page number, and then press ENTER.