Click the Notes icon on the Outlook Bar to open the Notes folder.

Click New on the Standard toolbar to open a new note window.

Start typing the note text in the note window.

Click the Close button to save the changes and close the note window.

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To see how the note date and time feature works, start by creating a new note. Type some text and notice the date and time at the bottom of the window. Close the note and wait a few minutes. When you reopen the note you see that the time has not changed.

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To place a copy of a note on the Windows desktop, just drag it from the Notes window in Outlook and drop it on the desktop.

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You can insert blank lines in a note simply by pressing Enter twice.

Outlook adds an icon to the Notes window for the new note.

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To edit a note, just double-click on the note in the Notes folder. When the note opens, you can edit it just as you would any other text document. You are limited to keystroke shortcuts, though, because there are no buttons or menus in the note window. For instance, to copy and paste text, you will have to select the text, press Ctrl+C, move your cursor to where you want the text inserted, and press Ctrl+V. When you have finished making changes to the note, just click the Close button in the note window to close it.

Click the Notes icon on the Outlook Bar to open the Notes folder.

Click to select the note you want to delete.

Click the Delete button on the Standard toolbar.

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You can select a note and press Delete to delete it. You can also select more than one note and delete them all at the same time.

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Hold down the Ctrl key while clicking notes to select multiple notes for deletion.

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As with other Outlook items, notes you delete are placed in the Deleted Items folder. Unless you have emptied the Deleted Items folder, you can recover the notes if needed by opening it and dragging the notes back to the Notes folder.