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title: Zimbra Top 15 Zimbra Tips & Tricks
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# Top 15 Zimbra Tips & Tricks

### These Zimbra favorite features will save you time—big time!

#### Just for YOU! Zimbra's Top 15 Tips & Tricks is our gift to you and every Zimbra fan. Each tip has easy-to-follow graphics and video demos! Our promise? You will learn something about Zimbra you never knew!

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This guide covers the following topics:

1. Searching in Zimbra
2. Importing Into and Exporting From Zimbra
3. Changing Your Zimbra Preferences
4. Changing Your Zimbra Theme
5. Setting Zimbra Email and SMS (text) Reminders
6. Enabling Mandatory Spellcheck
7. Sorting Email
8. Enabling Two-Factor Authentication (2FA)
9. Creating an Appointment with the Mini Calendar
10. Creating an Email Alias, Distribution List or Contact Group
11. Launching an Email in a Separate Window
12. Turning on Zimbra’s Activity Stream
13. Switching from Conversation View to Message View
14. Sharing Your Zimbra Calendar Outside Your Organization
15. Sharing in Zimbra

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