{"id":155575,"date":"2016-02-18T08:47:09","date_gmt":"2016-02-18T06:47:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/?p=155575"},"modified":"2016-02-18T08:47:09","modified_gmt":"2016-02-18T06:47:09","slug":"outlook-com-updated-and-improved","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/software\/155575-outlook-com-updated-and-improved.html","title":{"rendered":"Outlook.com updated and improved"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The new version of Outlook.com is now out of preview, and offer users many new features.<\/p>\n<p>Microsoft\u00a0said it is rolling out the service to users worldwide. \u201cIf you are currently using Outlook.com, you\u2019ll get these upgrades soon,\u201d said Microsoft.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou do not need to take any action to get the upgrade, and all your settings and data will be automatically transferred.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Microsoft\u00a0highlighted the following new features:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The new Outlook.com is built on an Office 365-based infrastructure.<\/li>\n<li>You can now view or edit Word, PowerPoint, and Excel documents and photos while simultaneously replying to the original message.<\/li>\n<li>Get more done using partner add-ins.<\/li>\n<li>Make your emails fun by adding GIFs from GIPHY.<\/li>\n<li>Use the Yelp add-in in Outlook to find and suggest restaurants, shopping destinations, and other local businesses.<\/li>\n<li>The Wunderlist add-in helps you to move \u201ctask-centric\u201d emails straight to your to-do list.<\/li>\n<li>The ability to use @Mentions when typing in the body of an email, to add someone to an email conversation by name.<\/li>\n<li>Microsoft added a quick way to find and insert emojis into your emails in Outlook.com.<\/li>\n<li>The new Outlook.com has tools to help you prioritize essential emails.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/s_EjuAhnGUs\" width=\"630\" height=\"354\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">More\u00a0on Microsoft<\/h3>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/security\/105233-microsoft-steps-up-outlook-email-protection.html\">Microsoft steps up Outlook email protection<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The new version of Outlook.com is now out of preview, and offers a wide range of new features.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":140998,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18,16],"tags":[36,123,17998,17198,18252],"class_list":["post-155575","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-internet","category-software","tag-active","tag-microsoft","tag-office-365","tag-outlook","tag-outlook-com"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/155575"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/23"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=155575"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/155575\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":155587,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/155575\/revisions\/155587"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/140998"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=155575"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=155575"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=155575"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}