Microsoft expanded the use of add-ins for Outlook 2016 for Mac, according to an announcement today. Add-ins are applications that work within the Outlook 2016 for Mac e-mail and calendar solution. Mac users will soon be able to do a lot more with Microsoft Office. Add-ins, extensions that allow third-party apps to run inside Office, will soon roll out to Mac versions of the Office suite.
Microsoft has plans to bring support for add-ins to Outlook 2016 for the Mac. The support will be rolled out to Office Insiders first, with a release to all users soon to follow. Add-ins allow Outlook users to accomplish tasks directly from their email inbox. Whether it’s scheduling a meeting at your favorite coffee shop, updating a CRM entry or paying your friends, you will soon be able to accomplish all this and more right from your inbox through add-ins in Outlook 2016 for Mac. In the coming weeks, add-ins in Outlook 2016 for Mac will begin to roll out—starting with Office Insider Fast.
All on the web and desktop—including Boomerang, Dynamics 365, Evernote, Giphy, Nimble, PayPal, Starbucks, Yelp, Uber, Wunderlist and Zomato—will be available as part of Office Insider Fast access. Users interested in getting early access to add-ins in Outlook for Mac, can join.
An Office 365 subscription is required to join this program. When add-ins are made available to Office Insider Fast users, Office Insider members will see the Office Store icon in Outlook. Just click the Store icon in the Outlook command bar to open the Office Store. Just search for the add-in you’re looking for and turn its toggle to On. The add-in command will then appear in your inbox you can start using it.
Microsoft is also rolling out new features to Outlook.com, which includes support for Connectors, which are similar to Office 365 Connectors. Starting today, the preview will roll out for the following connectors: Asana, Bing News, Bitbucket, GitHub, Twitter, Trello, Wunderlist and Yammer. More services will be added soon. To access Connectors for the inbox in Outlook on the web, click the Settings gear icon (top right) and select Manage Integrations. Click Connectors and then add the connector you wish to install.
The connector will allow you to subscribe to a rich set of notifications and you may configure additional settings based on your preference. Once configured, you will start receiving notifications from the connector.
Evernote for Outlook is available to and Office 365 users using Outlook 2013, Outlook 2016, and Outlook on the web. The add-in allows you to clip email messages and attachments from Outlook directly into Evernote. You can also attach notes from your Evernote account to any email you’re writing in Outlook. Getting started For Outlook.com users, you’ll need to check if your account has been upgraded to the new version.
If you’re not an Outlook.com user yet, you can to get the new version immediately and start using the Evernote Outlook add-in. To get started, simply follow the steps below:. If you’re using Outlook 2013 or Outlook 2016, click the File menu and then Manage Add-ins.
If you’re using Outlook on the web or Outlook.com, click the gear icon to the top right and then select Manage Add-ins. In the Manage Add-ins page, click the + sign and then select Add from the Office Store.
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Select the Evernote for Outlook add-in, followed by the Add button to begin installation. Note: Evernote for Outlook works in Outlook 2016 for Mac in message read experience only. Saving an Outlook email into Evernote Save important email conversations from becoming lost in a cluttered inbox and keep them together with related project notes and notebooks. With the Evernote for Outlook add-in, you can save an email (including its attachments) or entire threads directly into a notebook of your choice. You can also add tags and remarks on the spot. Once you’ve clicked Save, a clean version of your email will appear as an editable note in your Evernote account. Tip: If you receive weekly reports or status updates from your teammates by email, save them into an Evernote notebook.
This way, you will always have the reports on-hand as editable notes and save yourself from digging through your mailbox later on. Attaching notes to an Outlook email The Evernote for Outlook add-in also allows you to attach a note to an email.
You can select a notebook from the add-in sidebar or search for a specific note. Once you’ve selected a note to attach, a preview of that note will be displayed in your email.
Anyone who receives your email can then click on the preview and view the note in full. Read our or visit our for more information on using Evernote for Outlook, and never lose an important email again.