Course Description

If you have been using Microsoft® Office Outlook® 2007 as a communications tool, then you know how to send a mail message; schedule appointments and meetings; and create contacts, tasks, and notes. This course is the second in a series of three Microsoft® Office Outlook® 2007 courses. In this course, you will customize your Outlook environment, Calendar, mail, folders, and also track, share, assign, and quickly locate various Outlook items.

Course Objective: You will customize your environment, Calendar, and mail messages to meet your specific needs as well as track, share, assign, and quickly locate various Outlook items.

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Performance-Based Objectives

Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:

• customize the Calendar by setting various Calendar options.
• customize message options.
• track work activities using the Journal.
• assign and track tasks.
• share folder information.
• customize the Outlook environment.
• locate Outlook items.
• work with public folders.

Course Content

Lesson 1: Setting Calendar Options
Topic 1A: Set Work Days and Times
Topic 1B: Display an Additional Time Zone
Topic 1C: Set Availability Options

Lesson 2: Customizing Message Options
Topic 2A: Modify Message Settings
Topic 2B: Modify Delivery Options
Topic 2C: Change the Message Format
Topic 2D: Notify Others That You will be Out of the Office
Topic 2E: Create a Distribution List
Topic 2F: Insert a Hyperlink

Lesson 3: Tracking Work Activities Using the Journal
Topic 3A: Automatically Record a Journal Entry
Topic 3B: Manually Record a Journal Entry
Topic 3C: Modify a Journal Entry

Lesson 4: Managing Tasks
Topic 4A: Assign a Task
Topic 4B: Reply to a Task Request
Topic 4C: Send a Task Update
Topic 4D: Track Assigned Tasks

Lesson 5: Sharing Folder Information
Topic 5A: Specify Folder Permissions
Topic 5B: Delegate Access to Folders
Topic 5C: Access Another User's Folder
Topic 5D: Send Calendar Information in an Email Message

 

 

Lesson 6: Customizing the Outlook Environment
Topic 6A: Customize the Toolbar
Topic 6B: Create a New Toolbar
Topic 6C: Customize the Menu Bar
Topic 6D: Customize the Quick Access Toolbar
Topic 6E: Customize the To-Do Bar
Topic 6F: Create a Folder Home Page

Lesson 7: Locating Outlook Items
Topic 7A: Sort Messages Using Multiple Criteria
Topic 7B: Find Messages
Topic 7C: Find Outlook Items Using Multiple Criteria
Topic 7D: Filter Messages
Topic 7E: Organize Messages
Topic 7F: Manage Junk Email

Lesson 8: Working with Public Folders
Topic 8A: Create a Public Folder
Topic 8B: Add Users to a Public Folder
Topic 8C: Post Information in a Public Folder
Topic 8D: Send an Email Message to a Public Folder