Course Length
Full day
Prerequisites
Windows Introduction or equivalent experience
Course Description
This class is designed to introduce participants to Microsoft Outlook, an information management program used to coordinate messages, contacts, calendar, and tasks.
Course Topics
- Customize the Navigation Pane
- Display and customize Outlook Today
- Use the Office Button and Quick Access toolbar
- Display the contents of a mail folder
- Create, send, open, print, and delete a message
- Work with Desktop Alerts
- Use AutoPreview and the Reading Pane
- Respond to and forward a message
- Format message text
- Choose a theme for new messages
- Create and delete a signature
- Display the “bcc” field
- Specify the importance and sensitivity level
- Request a delivery receipt or read receipt
- Save a draft of a message
- View unread messages only
- Recall a message
- Flag an item for follow up and mark follow up complete
- Specify message security settings
- Attach a file to a message
- View, preview, open, save, and edit attachments
- Use the Out of Office Assistant
- Find a message or item using instant search
- Assign a color category
- Create, move, rename, and delete a mail folder
- Move messages to a different folder
- Specify junk e-mail options
- Add a name to the blocked senders, safe senders, or safe recipients list
- Change e-mail options
- Navigate to a specific date
- Create, edit, and delete an appointment
- Schedule, edit, and delete a recurring appointment
- Create, edit, and delete an event
- Change the current calendar view
- Print a calendar
- Change the default reminder and calendar options
- Create and delete a group schedule
- Schedule a meeting and a recurring meeting
- Read and respond to a meeting request
- Review meeting responses
- Change the details for a meeting
- Send a message to attendees
- Cancel a meeting
- Cancel one instance and all instances of a recurring meeting
- Create, edit and delete a contact
- Attach items to a contact
- Print contact information
- Create and delete a distribution list
- Turn the To-Do bar off and on
- Change To-Do bar options
- Create a task and a recurring task
- Edit a task and mark as completed
- Respond to a task reminder
- Assign, update, and delete a task
- Accept or decline a task
- Send a task status report
- Work with assigned tasks
- Create, edit, and delete a note
- Change note options
What Participants Receive
Each participant receives a guide containing step-by-step instructions.
