Millennials: Xerox is a company that was once known for making copiers.) In modern terms, the Cc field is used to send a copy of an email to one or more contacts (though its a bit redundant given that you can just as easily add multiple address to the To field).

In other words, those folks stay blind to the recipient(s) in the Bcc field.

But if youre an Outlook user, youve probably discovered the apparent lack of a Bcc field when you compose a new message.

This was Microsofts attempt to cut down on clutter, but its also potentially confusing.

Create a new email message.

Click the Options tab.

Find the Bcc icon in the Ribbon (its in the Show Fields section) and click it.

And however you set it in this initial email, itll stay that way in subsequent emails until you change it.

Got an earlier version of Outlook Check out Microsofts knowledge-base entry on revealing the Bcc box.

In any version of Outlook, you can click the To or Cc buttons to the left of their respective fields, which youd normally do to select multiple addresses from your contact list.

In that selection window, youll see the Bcc field, and you can add addresses to it directly -- no need to mess with any settings.

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