Outlook on the Web

• View Your Calendar: Go to the Navigation Menu, and select Calendar.
  
• Schedule an Appointment: Click the New button.  Add the details of the appointment, including the title, location, date and time.  Click Save.
  
• Schedule a Meeting with Others: Open an existing appointment or create a new appointment (see above.)  You will add people invited to the meeting in the column titled People.  Use the Add People text box to type an email address, search the DePaul Address Book, or search your own contacts.  Click Save.
• Make an Appointment Private: You have the option of hiding details of certain calender appointments from those  with whom you share your calendar.  When editing the details of your appointment, click the box labeled Private.  To others viewing your calendar, the appointment will still be visible on your calendar, but the title will be labeled "Private."  All other details, besides the date and time, will be hidden.
• View a Specific Date: Directly above your calendar is written out the date or dates currently being displayed.  Use the left, right, and down buttons to navigate to another date.  To jump back to today's date, use the Today button in the upper right of your calendar, just to the right of the "Day, Work Week, Week, Month" menu.
• View Calendar by Day, Week, or Month: To the top right of your calendar it says Day   Work Week   Week   Month.  Use these buttons to change your calendar's view.  

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  Open a Shared Calendar

  To open a calendar that has been shared with you, click Add Calendar, then select From directory.  Search for the user or resource account in the directory and click Open.​

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  Share Your Calendar

  To share your calendar with another user, click Share.  Begin typing in the text box titled Share with to search the directory for the user.  Customize the sharing email in the fields below and click Send.

People: You can search for a DePaul employee or resource account in the DePaul Directory from the People page of Outlook on the Web.

1. Go to the Navigation Menu and select People.
   
2. On the left-hand side of the screen, select Directory.
   
3. Above that you will find the Search People text box, marked with a magnifying glass icon.  Use thi​s box to search the directory by first name, last name, or username.
   
4. Matching directory entries will be displayed.  Select the correct entry, and their directory information will be displayed to the right.
   

Email:  You can also search the DePaul Directory directly from the To field, when drafting an email.

1. When drafting and email, click To. (Alternatively, you can click Cc to add someone to the Carbon Copy field.)
   
2. Using the Search People text box, type a first name, last name, or username.  Click the magnifying glass to search.
   
3. Matching directory entries will be displayed.  Click the plus(+) sign next to their name to add them to the To field. 
   
4. You may continue searching and adding entries to the To field as many times as needed.  When you are done, click Save.

• Open Your Contacts: Go to the Navigation Menu and select People.  Click on Your Contacts and Directory in the lefthand column to switch between the contacts you have saved and the DePaul Directory. 
  
• Find a Contact:  Use the blue search bar in the lefthand column titled Search People to find a contact.  Click Enter or the magnifying glass to search.  You will be given the option to restrict your search to your contacts, the directory, or both.
• Send a Message to a Contact from People: Once you have located a contact in the address book, click on their name to view their contact card to the right.  If you click on their email address, a new email window will pop-up with their address in the To field.
• Send a Message to a Contact from E-Mail: You can also send a message to a saved contact without coming to People.  When drafting and email, click To. (Alternatively, you can click Cc to add someone to the Carbon Copy field.)  Using the Search People text box, type a first name, last name, or username.  Click the magnifying glass to search.  Matching Contacts will be displayed.  Click the plus(+) sign next to their name to add them to the To field.  You may continue searching and adding entries to the To field as many times as needed.  When you are done, click Save.
• Create a New Contact:  From within People, click New.  Enter the contact's information, and click Save.​

Outlook on the Web works in a browser, and lets you get your email whenever you are online. Keyboard shortcuts and navigation for the online experience are different from Outlook 2016 desktop. If you use a screen reader, this article can help, as well as these most commonly used Keyboard Shortcuts for Outlook on the Web.

Alternatively, you can decide to use the Light version of Outlook on the Web. It has an HTML interface that some people prefer to use with a screen reader. For more information about the Light version of Outlook, see the next section titled Outlook Light.​​

1. Log into outlook.depaul.edu.  

2. Go to  Settings > Options > General > Light Version.

3. Check the Use the light version of Outlook box.

4. Choose Save.

5. Sign out of the Outlook, close your browser, and sign in again using a supported browser. You may need to close all open browser windows before you can sign in again.​