# Introduction to the Outlook Add-in

Within this guide we'll go through an introduction to the Outlook add-in and how to use it.

### Interface

The Outlook add-in has an intuitive interface, but we'll run the options and what they do below and the corresponding icon (in emoji form).

#### 📨 Recents

This is the default option you will land on when opening the add-in. It will display a list of recent emails from the currently selected email's recipient for the past 30 days. \
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You can change if you'd like to see recent emails "From" or "To" this person by clicking the dropdown within the top right.\
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![](https://3588767136-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2FMAeLhCZPTsyBa6vlfTk8%2Fuploads%2FBNHKjTAtsEZ8EavYFgZK%2Fimage.png?alt=media\&token=df50b791-4e97-442a-9cfe-2a6b30885967)

#### 🔎 Search

The search option allows you to search across your entire archive directly from within the Outlook add-in. It's a very handy tool if you're looking for something quickly.

![](https://3588767136-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2FMAeLhCZPTsyBa6vlfTk8%2Fuploads%2FFfWucDkWrMdXZJ2HrbW7%2Fimage.png?alt=media\&token=5b7450df-dd2d-4c82-af60-ea46e2ee79c4)

#### 📎 Attachment

View all your recent attachments to/from the currently selected email recipient. Never forget or lose attachments again.

![](https://3588767136-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2FMAeLhCZPTsyBa6vlfTk8%2Fuploads%2FMDcU0pKtykUEeMAu2tMq%2Fimage.png?alt=media\&token=79f15fc4-f4d3-40eb-bb89-8dd0134d1f50)

#### 📅 Calendar

The calendar options allows you to see all previous and upcoming meetings with the current recipient.

![](https://3588767136-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2FMAeLhCZPTsyBa6vlfTk8%2Fuploads%2FFmQDM3gmT0wRW3GF5BOs%2Fimage.png?alt=media\&token=8c66068b-aafc-495c-9bd3-1a37bf07d7e1)

The Outlook add-in is a handy tool to have pinned on your side bar. You can also Search your archive directly from within the add-in, we'll be looking at this on the next page.


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