Replying to an Email
You have opened and read an email and want to reply to the sender, or to the group of people who were included on the email. The simple method is to press and hold down the Control key and hit the letter r. Release the Control key. Type your reply and then press and hold down the Alt key and hit the letter s to send the reply. If you want to reply to the group of people who received the email, press and hold down the Alt key and hit the letter l. Type your reply, and then press and hold down the Alt key and hit the letter s to send the email to the entire group of people. Try the following activity until you feel you are quick and efficient. When you are finished practicing, move to the "BACK" link at the bottom of this page to move to the "Outlook Lessons" web page.
1. Open Outlook.
2. Open an email.
3. Press and hold down the Control key and hit the letter r
4. Release the keys.
5. Type your reply message.
6. Press and hold down the Alt key and hit the letter s to send the reply.
7. Open an email that was sent to more than one person.
8. Press and hold down the Alt key and hit the letter l
9. Release the keys.
10. Type the reply.
11. Press and hold down the Alt key and hit the letter s to send the email to the entire group.
12. Do steps "1 through 11" above until you are quick and efficient--you may have to have others send you emails in order to practice, or you can email yourself.