Outlook Level Three

Course ID: HLT 84682

Course Length: 1 day

Course Description:
This one-day instructor-led course provides students with advanced skills for managing e-mail, collaborating with others, and customizing the Microsoft Office Outlook 2007 interface.

Course Objective:
After completing this course, students will know how to work with Outlook tools designed to streamline the management of personal and shared information, whether at a desk or away from it.

Target Student:
This course is intended for experienced information workers who want to learn advanced-level Outlook 2007 skills.

Prerequisites:
To ensure your success, we recommend you first have equivalent knowledge:

  • Basic computer knowledge
  • Basic file-management skills
  • Basic knowledge of the Outlook interface and Outlook item creation

Delivery Method:
Instructor led, group-paced, classroom-delivery learning model with structured hands-on activities.

Performance-Based Objectives :
Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:

  • Subscribe to RSS feeds and participate in newsgroups.
  • Record information, link and share notes.
  • Work with new mail notifications.
  • Create rules to process messages.
  • Store, block and secure e-mail messages on your computer.
  • Specify advanced e-mail options.
  • Connect Outlook to your server from a remote location.
  • Work with Outlook items while offline.
  • Automatically respond to messages.
  • Share and access folders with other people.
  • Create a document workspace from Outlook.
  • Work offline with document library contents.
  • Connect to a SharePoint calendar.
  • Connect to additional e-mail accounts.
  • Create additional Outlook profiles.
  • Make favorite Outlook commands easily accessible and personalize settings.

Course Content

Lesson 1: Information Gathering
Topic 1A: Subscribing to RSS Feeds
Topic 1B: Participating in Newsgroups
Topic 1C: Recording Information by Using Notes
Topic 1D: Linking Notes to Contacts
Topic 1E: Sharing Notes

Lesson 2: E-Mail Management
Topic 2A: Customize and work with desktop alerts
Topic 2B: Process incoming messages that meet specific criteria
Topic 2C: Storing E-Mail Messages on Your Computer
Topic 2D: Securing Your E-Mail
Topic 2E: Blocking Unwanted Messages
Topic 2F: Specifying Advanced E-Mail Options

Lesson 3: Out of the Office
Topic 3A: Connecting Outlook to Your Server from a Remote Location
Topic 3B: Working with Outlook Items While Offline
Topic 3C: Automatically Responding to Messages

Lesson 4: Collaboration
Topic 4A: Sharing Your Folders with Other People
Topic 4B: Accessing Other People's Folders
Topic 4C: Creating a Document Workspace from Outlook
Topic 4D: Working Offline with Document Library Contents
Topic 4E: Connecting to a SharePoint Calendar

Lesson 5: Custom Outlook
Topic 5A: Connecting to Additional E-Mail Accounts
Topic 5B: Creating Additional Outlook Profiles
Topic 5C: Making Favorite Outlook Commands Easily Accessible
Topic 5D: Personalizing Your Office and Outlook Settings