Tuesday, August 13, 2013

How To Configure An AT&T Email Account In Windows Mail

You can use your AT&T email account to access your emails through a web browser on any computer, no matter where you are. However, you may wish to save your email messages on your computer instead of a server. Well, you can do this with the help of a built-in application called Windows Mail. Given below are some simple instructions from our Windows Live help team that will help you get this done in a matter of few clicks.

Instructions
  • You can start out the process by launching the Windows Mail program, and then go to the menu labeled as Tools located in the top menu bar of the window.
  • Now, you need to click on the Accounts option and hit the Add button. After that, you need to click on the E-mail Account option and proceed to the next step by hitting the Next button.
  • Next up, you need to type in the name that you would like to be displayed in the From field on the messages that you send out.
  • Enter the complete AT&T email address that you are adding to Windows Mail and then press the Next button.
  • Once you do that, you need to go to the drop down menu that is located on the top of the window and click on the option that reads POP3. Enter the text pop.att.yahoo.com as the incoming server address and smtp.att.yahoo.com as the outgoing server address.
  • Following which you need to enter the full email address into the text field that is named as E-mail username and then enter your password.
  • Select to put a check sign in the option that reads Do not download my e-mail at this time and then hit the Finish button.
  • Go to your AT&T email account and click on the option named Properties. Select the tab that is named as Advanced. Type in ‘465’ in the text field named as Outgoing mail and ‘995’ into the Incoming mail.
  • Put a check sign in the box next to the option that reads This server requires a secure connection.
  • Finally, when you are done with the changes, click on the OK button to confirm your choice.
Now, that was some information about configuring AT&T email in Windows Mail. For any further information on this, please get in touch with our Windows Live Help team.

Equip Microsoft Word With Latest Updates

Microsoft allows you to update the various applications with the latest features and program fixes from the Microsoft website. Microsoft Office applications like Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook or any other applications can be updated from Microsoft’s official website. By equipping with the latest updates, Microsoft applications not only perform better but at the same time become more reliable and secure. Microsoft suggests all its applications to be updated at regular intervals so as to give you best user experience and work results. You may find similar interesting topics on Microsoft FAQ forums.

Here we will discuss about how to update Microsoft Word on your computer.

Instructions to update MS Word

  • Launch your web browser and go to the Microsoft Office Official website.
  • Click on the Microsoft Word link you see on the home page.
  • To check for updates, click on Check for Microsoft Updates button.
  • When the Microsoft Update page opens, you can see two options namely Express and Custom installations.
  • If you just need only the high-priority updates click on Express. If you need all possible Microsoft Office updates, choose Custom. The default suggestion from Microsoft is to choose Express.
  • Once you click on either of these update options, it will start a scan on your computer to check what all updates are required. The scanning might take from several seconds to several minutes depending upon the amount of updates needed. If you haven’t done any recent updates, it will take long, while the scanning completes quickly if you had performed any updates on your system recently.
  • Once the scanning is complete, you will get a page which displays all the high-priority updates that your system needs (in case of Express).
  • To start the update, click on Install Updates. This will start downloading the latest updates, and will get installed into your system.
  • After the updates are downloaded and installed, you must restart your system in order to effect the newly installed updates. You may either click Close to finish the update, or click Restart Now to complete the update. As soon as the system is rebooted, Microsoft Office will be installed with new updates.

From this page, you can also find updates for your other MS Office applications. You can follow the same procedure to install the updates for other Microsoft applications too. If you have any further queries or doubts, you may visit Microsoft FAQ forums or Microsoft Support Center and get more assistance.