Configuring Outlook2010

Configuring Outlook2010 is fairly straightforward and not that much different than with previous version If you have a Existing PST file you want Outlook2007 to use, it requires just a bit more to do but saves time in the long-run The steps below detail both procedures.
1.	After installing Outlook, click on the Outlook icon on the desktop
2.	This will bring up the following screen. Click on Next
3.	You will then see the screen to create a new profile. The default name is Outlook but you can also change it to be the person's name
4.	Click on the Ok button
5.	If you have an Exchange account, it can often be faster to enter the information on the first screen
6.	If you have a POP account, typically it is better to Manually configure the server settings. Then click Next
7.	Select the default of Internet E-mail and click on Next
8.	Enter in all the information give by your e-mail provider
9.	If there are additional settings like requiring the Outgoing Server to have authentication or ports be changed, click on the More Settings button
10.	You can change the name
11.	If your Outgoing Server requires authentication, click on the Outgoing Server tab
12.	Check My outgoing server (STMP)  requires authentication
13.	If ports need to be changed, click on the Advanced tab
14.	From here you can change the Incoming and Outgoing ports, check if SSL is required.
15.	You can also check to leave mail on the server. This would be useful if you were checking mail from two different computers or devices (like a cell phone or tablet)
16.	Click ok
17	Then click on Test Account Settings
The following section details the steps necessary to configure Outlook to use an Existing PST file or configure it to use one other than the Default
1	Start Outlook
2.	Go to Tools / Account Settings
3.	Click on the Data Files tab
4.	Click on the Add button
5.	Select the type of PST file you want to use
6.	Browse to the location of the PST file you want to use and click on OK
7.	Click on Ok again
8.	Highlight the Outlook file you want to use
9.	Click on Set as Default. Click OK at the following warning
10,	Close and Restart Outlook
11.	Go to the Go to Tools / Account Settings / Data Files tab as before
12.	Highlight the default PST file that got created
13	Click on Remove. Click Yes at the following prompt
14.	Now you will just have the one PST file that you want to use.
15.	Click on the Close button