Outlook provides much flexibility when it comes to creating and formatting e-mail messages. Often, however, all you want to do is to quickly create and send a basic message. Here’s how:

1. If the Mail pane is displayed, click the New button on the toolbar or press Ctrl+N to create a new, blank e-mail message. If another pane is displayed, click the down arrow to the right of the New button and select Mail Message from the list. The new message appears, as shown in Figure 27-15.
2. Type the recipient’s address in the To field, or click the To button and select a recipient from your address book.
3. Type the message subject in the Subject field.
4. Type the body of the message in the main section of the message window.
5. Click the Send button.

FIGURE 27-15
A blank e-mail message ready to be composed and sent.

That’s all there is to it. Depending on Outlook’s Send and Receive options, your message is sent immediately or placed in the Outbox to be sent the next time a Send or Receive is performed. If you want to be sure that the message is sent immediately, press F9.

You can also create a new e-mail message using settings other than the defaults by selecting New Mail Message Using from the Actions menu. Then, from the submenu, do one of the following:

• To create a message based on stationery, select one of the recently used stationeries that are listed (if any) or select More Stationery to select from all available stationery.
• To create a message in a format (HTML, Rich Text, or plain text) other than the default, select the desired format.

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