Microsoft Outlook 2007: Introduction for Beginners

Course Overview

This course will provide the skills you need to start sending and responding to email in Microsoft® Outlook® 2007, as well as maintaining the Calendar, scheduling meetings, and working with tasks and notes.

On completion of the Microsoft training course, Microsoft users will be well equipped to use Outlook

Related Courses

• Microsoft Outlook 2007: Intermediate
• Microsoft Outlook 2007: Introduction and Intermediate
• Microsoft Outlook 2007: MCAS Using Microsoft Office Outlook 2007 (with exam)
• Microsoft Outlook 2007: Advanced
• Microsoft Outlook 2007: New Features

Audience

This course is designed for any person with a basic understanding of Microsoft Windows who needs to use Microsoft (r) Outlook (r) 2007 to compose and send email, schedule appointments and meetings, manage contact information and tasks, and use notes.

Skills Gained

In this course, you will compose and send email, schedule appointments and meetings, manage contact information and tasks, and use notes.

• Identify the components of the Outlook environment. You will also perform simple tasks
• Such as sending and responding to email messages
• Compose messages
• Use folders to organize messages
• Set message options
• Manage contacts and contact information
• Customize the calendar by setting various calendar options
• Schedule appointments
• Schedule meetings
• Create and edit tasks
• Assign and track tasks
• Create and edit notes
• Share folder information

Prerequisites

The course requires that you are familiar with using personal. You should be comfortable in the Windows environment Specifically, you should be able to: launch and close programs; navigate to information stored on the computer; and manage files and folders.

Course Outline

Getting Started with Outlook

• Explore the Outlook Interface
• Send a Simple Message
• Reading Messages
• Reply to and Forward a Message
• Print a Message
• Delete a Message

Composing Messages

• Address a Message
• Format a Message
• Check Spelling and Grammar
• Attach a File

Organizing Messages

• Open and Save an Attachment
• Flag a Message
• Organize Content with Folders

Managing Contacts

• Add a Contact
• Sort and Find Contacts
• Find the Geographical
• Location of a Contact
• Manage Contacts

Scheduling Appointments

• Explore the Outlook Calendar
• Schedule an Appointment
• Assign Categories and Edit Appointments

Scheduling Meetings

• Schedule a Meeting
• Reply to a Meeting Request
• Propose a New Meeting Time
• Manage Meetings
• Print the Calendar

Managing Tasks and Notes

• Create a Task
• Edit and Update a Task
• Create a Note
• Edit a Note
• Display a Note on the Desktop

Setting Calendar Options

• Set Work Days and Times
• Display an Additional Time Zone
• Set Availability Options

Customizing Message Options

• Modify Message Settings
• Modify Delivery Options
• Change the Message Format
• Notify Others That You will be Out of the Office
• Create a Distribution List
• Insert a Hyperlink

Tracking Work Activities Using the Journal

• Automatically Record a Journal Entry
• Manually Record a Journal Entry
• Modify a Journal Entry

Managing Tasks

• Assign a Task
• Reply to a Task Request
• Send a Task Update
• Track Assigned Tasks

Sharing Folder Information

• Specify Folder Permissions
• Delegate Access to Folders
• Access Another User's Folder
• Send Calendar Information in an Email Message

Customizing the Outlook Environment

• Customize the Toolbar
• Create a New Toolbar
• Customize the Menu Bar
• Customize the Quick Access Toolbar
• Customize the To-Do Bar
• Create a Folder Home Page

Locating Outlook Items

• Sort Messages Using Multiple Criteria
• Find Messages
• Find Outlook Items Using Multiple Criteria
• Filter Messages
• Organize Messages
• Manage Junk Email