Outlook 2013. If you’re new to Outlook 2013, this free guide offers useful tips to help you find your way around. Need a guide for a different Office product? Download other Office 2013 Quick Start Guides.

Get started. Your first action is to set up your Outlook account. After that, you’ll be ready to start receiving and sending email, use the calendar, create contacts, and work with Outlook tasks. Setup is automatic if you used an earlier version of Outlook on the same computer.

In Outlook 2013 or Outlook 2016, choose File. Choose Account Settings > Account Settings. On the Email tab, choose your account (profile), and then choose Repair. Note: The Repair option isn't available if you're using Outlook 2016 to connect to an Exchange account.

Open Outlook. Enter your Microsoft 365 email address, and then select Connect. Enter any additional email addresses that you want to use and then select Next. If prompted, enter a password, and then select Sign in. After all your accounts have been added, choose if you want to set up Outlook mobile or wait until later. Select Done.

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Outlook.com is a free email service for your personal email. Anyone can go to https://outlook.com and sign up for a free email account. Previously known as Hotmail.com and Live.com, you can use Outlook.com if your email address ends in @outlook.com, @hotemail.com, @msn.com, or @live.com.