Power Session Outlines
Microsoft Outlook 2000
All courses below
are 90 Minute Workouts®. Click a course title for a complete
outline. (Note: Outlook 97 and 2002 courses are also available.)
Outlook
2000 Overview & Mail Basics
Objective:
Learn the functionality of the Outlook application
with a focus on the basic features of Outlook 2000 mail.
Prerequisite
Skills:
Comfortable with the Windows environment.
Course
Description:
Are you new to Microsoft Outlook? Do you want to learn about the basic
components of the application, as well as how to read, send, reply to, delete,
and file e-mail messages?
Attend this
course if you want to:
- Become
comfortable with the Outlook screen and the different components of Outlook.
- Send e-mail
messages in Outlook.
- Format the
text of a message.
- Spell check
your messages.
- Save a message
as a draft so you can complete it later.
- Read incoming
messages.
- Reply to
messages you receive.
- Forward
messages to other people.
- Attach a
separate file to an e-mail message.
- File messages
into folders.
- Print a
message.
- Delete a
message you no longer need.
- Exit Outlook.
Objective:
Learn to schedule appointments, meetings, and events
into your Outlook calendar.
Prerequisite
Skills:
Comfortable with the basics of Outlook 2000.
(Suggested Course: Outlook 2000 Overview
& Mail Basics)
Course
Description:
Do you want to learn how Outlook can help you manage your meetings and
appointments? Do you want to schedule meetings with your co-workers and ensure
you pick a time during which they are available? Do you want an easy way to
track whether invitees are planning to attend a meeting you scheduled?
Attend this
course if you want to:
- Understand the
different calendar views.
- Schedule
appointments and events on your calendar.
- Create
repeating entries on your calendar.
- Add details to
a calendar entry.
- Invite others
to a meeting.
- Find available
free time for those you want to meet with.
- Accept or
decline meeting invitations you receive.
- Track attendee
responses for meetings you schedule.
- Reschedule a
meeting.
- Add or remove
attendees for a meeting you scheduled.
- Cancel a
meeting.
- Modify or
delete calendar entries and meetings.
- Open someone
else's calendar to check their schedule.
- Print your
calendar.
Outlook
2000 Mail Advanced
Objective:
Learn to enhance your use of Outlook 2000 by using
advanced messaging features.
Prerequisite
Skills:
Comfortable with the basics of Outlook 2000.
(Suggested Course: Outlook 2000 Overview
& Mail Basics)
Course
Description:
Are you always typing the same information at the close of each of your mail
messages? Are you spending too much time addressing messages to groups of
people? Do you want a quick way to inform people when you are out of the office
and unable to respond to e-mail messages?
Attend this
course if you want to:
- Add a
signature to the end of your e-mail messages.
- Create and use
personal distribution lists.
- Share personal
distribution lists that you create.
- Use public
distribution lists.
- Add people to
your Outlook Contacts list.
- Send a message
to someone in your Contacts list.
- Use the Out of
Office Assistant to notify people when you are not available to respond to
messages.
- Create rules
to automatically perform certain actions on messages that meet specified
criteria.
- Mark a message
as having high or low priority.
- Flag a message
to provide additional instructions or requests to the recipient.
- Use voting
buttons to solicit responses from recipients.
- Track messages
to know when the recipient receives and/or reads the message.
- Search for
specific messages within your mailbox.
- Recall a
message you sent.
- Apply
stationery to a message.
- Archive mail
messages.
Outlook
2000 Tips & Shortcuts
Objective:
Learn time-saving tips as well as methods in which the
Outlook components can be integrated for optimum use.
Prerequisite
Skills:
Course
Description:
Are you using the most efficient methods for accomplishing tasks in Outlook?
Could you save time by customizing your Outlook components?
Attend this
course if you want to:
- Create
recurring tasks in your Task list.
- Mark tasks
complete.
- Find a contact
quickly from any Outlook component.
- Mark a message
as unread so you remember to return to it later.
- Integrate
Outlook components.
- Post messages
in a public or personal folder.
- Delete an item
immediately (without sending it to the Deleted Items folder).
- Open Outlook
components in separate windows.
- View Web pages
without leaving Outlook.
- Categorize
Outlook items into meaningful groups.
- Find messages
from a specific sender or related to a specific conversation.
- Organize or
color-code messages in your Inbox.
- Customize the
Outlook Today page.
- Customize the
Outlook Bar.
- Customize
Outlook views to better meet your needs.
- Save time with
keyboard shortcuts.
Outlook
2000 Managing Multiple Calendars & Mailboxes
Objective:
Learn to effectively manage more than one Outlook 2000
calendar, work with mail folders and Outlook components other than your own, and
delegate access to your Outlook calendar and folders to another user.
Prerequisite
Skills:
Course
Description:
Have you been asked to help schedule and respond to meeting requests on someone
else's behalf? Do you want to give someone else permission to create and modify
calendar entries, mail messages, and other Outlook items for you? Do you want to
share your contact list or specific mail folder with members of your team?
Outlook offers a variety of options for providing others with access to your
calendar and other Outlook folders and for viewing the items other users have
given you access to.
Attend this
course if you want to:
- Understand the
benefits and capabilities of working with multiple Outlook calendars and
other components.
- Allow others
users to view your calendar.
- Assign
delegates to your calendar.
- View someone
else's calendar.
- Schedule a
meeting on someone's behalf.
- Track meeting
request responses.
- Reschedule or
cancel a meeting.
- Send a mail
message to meeting attendees.
- Understand the
difference between delegates and permissions.
- Assign other
users permission to your Outlook folders and components.
- Add someone
else's mailbox to your folder list.
- Send mail
messages on someone's behalf.
- Manage and
print conference room calendars.
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