Outlook 2003 Getting Started
Course Information
This course is designed to introduce the concepts of Outlook and the facilities used in everyday working routines.
Delegates will be able to communicate confidently through e-mail and automate their diary management through the calendar utility.
Pre-requisites
Those attending this course should have a basic understanding of the Windows environment and be comfortable with using a mouse.
Course Objectives
By the end of this course delegates will be able to:
* Recognise the common components that comprise Outlook- Read and respond to incoming mail messages.
- Compose, address, check and send e-mail messages.
- Insert attachments into outgoing messages and manage attachments received.
- Create and correspond with contacts.
- Recall messages sent in error.
- Create a personal address book for external and groups of users for frequent distribution.
- Delete unwanted items and restore items accidentally deleted.
- Archive old and unwanted items and restore old items previously archived.
- Manage Outlook items efficiently by organising items in personal folders.
- Create tasks and monitor task progression.
- Manage appointments using the calendar item.
- Schedule meetings with other people in the organisation at a time convenient to all
- Print Outlook items such as e-mails, address book and diary.
- Apply and create Categories to organise items.
- Find specific items utilising the Outlook search and sort mechanisms
What you will learn:
Lesson 1 – What is Outlook
Group bar
Information viewer
Toolbar
Lesson 2 – Sending Mail
Creating an email
Sending an email
Reading and replying to email
Formatting, spell checking and cc
Importance and tracking
Voting buttons
Create an auto signature
Lesson 3 – Finding Items
Sort and filter Outlook items
Use the find facility
Lesson 4 – Attachments
Reading and saving attachments
Sending attachments and shortcuts to other users
Lesson 5 – Contacts
Add and manage contacts
Automate email and letter creation to these contacts
Lesson 6 – Out of Office Assistant
Activating / de activating the out of office assistant
Applying rules for out of office
Lesson 7 – Recalling Mail
Recall mail sent in error
Lesson 8 – Address Books
Creating a personal address book
Populating the address book
Distribution groups
Lesson 9 – Archiving
Manual archiving
Automatic archive
Restoring from archive
Lesson 10 – Folders and Groups
Creating folders
Moving / deleting items
Creating and modifying a group bar
Lesson 11 – Tasks
Creating / editing a task
Marking a task as complete
Assigning a task to another user
Lesson 12 – Appointments and Events
Scheduling / editing appointments
Changing working hours
Lesson 13 – Delegate Access
Give other users access to your mailbox items
Open items of users you have access to
Lesson 14 – Meetings
Schedule meetings
Invite others to your meeting electronically
