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# Introduction to the Outlook Add-in

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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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![](/files/UPgvOy0rbfQhzOaA1yWS)

#### 🔎 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.

![](/files/RDqoVGkvD7GjsO7bvtsL)

#### 📎 Attachment

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

![](/files/IIKPiNhMb6bexq4zOn5L)

#### 📅 Calendar

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

![](/files/kk5CLcF2pRekSvZywtLH)

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.