How to shift to Working online mode from offline in Outlook?

As we all know that MS Outlook is a desktop-based email client and is mainly used for sending and receiving email. Sometimes due to three primary reasons, its functionality may be a hindrance. Such as –

1 – Insure the email account.
2 – Internet issue.
3 – Accidently enable offline mode.

In this blog, I am going to describe a simple solution for sifting to the online mode from offline. So let’s get started –

Visual Cues of Offline mode.

Some visual cues indicate whether you are working online or offline in MS Outlook. If this icon is showing on the right bottom side of MS Outlook, it means you are working in offline mode.

One more visual clue

If this icon is showing on the taskbar of your computer, then it means you are in offline mode.

Steps to follow for switching to Online mode.

1 – Open MS Outlook
2 – Click on Send/Receive >> Click on Work Offline to change its status.

Note – If the “Work Offline” button has shade in the background, that means you are not connected to the internet.

3 – If the shadow is removed from the background of the work offline icon. It means you have successfully shifted to online mode.

What if you are still offline?

There are many reasons “why your Outlook shows in offline mode”. Let’s take a look at some of the common occurrence reasons.

1 – If your internet is working fine, there might be chances of a problem with the mail server. To check this you have to log in to your email with a website (outlook.com). If you are not able to send/receive email from the website. Then contact your admin.

2 – If you can send/receive email from the website. It means the mail server is fine. But there might be possible chances that your system needs updates.

3 –  If the system is up to date. There may be a problem with the account setting.

Tips to reconnect to Outlook –

A – Check for updates –

1 – Open MS Outlook >> Click File.
2 – Click Office Account >> Office Updates.

B – Creating a new profile

There might be a chance of a problem in your current account setting. So we recommend you to remove the current profile and add a new one.

Steps to remove profile

1 – Open MS Outlook >> Click on file >> Account setting.
2 – Account Setting >> Select the profile you want to remove >> Click remove.

Steps to Add new profile

1 – Open MS Outlook >> Click on file >> Add Account.

Is your OST file gone corrupted?

As we all know that Outlook stores profile data in OST (offline storage table) file format in the users’ system. Sometimes when we continue to work offline in Outlook all the data is stored in OST. There are chances of this OST file getting corrupted due to various reasons. In this situation, you need a tool to repair OST file so that any unsynchronized is retrieved.

MailsSoftware OST to PST converter is one of the excellent tools, that migrates even an orphaned .ost complete data, after repairing all bugs to the PST file.

Conclusion

I hope this blog helps you to solve your problem of shifting to online mode from offline. Apart from these, there are other many reasons why you are not able to work online in MS Outlook. The situation may arise when your offline work Is not automatically synchronized due to corrupted or damaged OST. To solve this issue, use the highly recommended MailsSoftware OST to PST converter.