Course Description
Did you think that MS Outlook is a mail client used to send only e-mails and has no other functionality? Then you have to change your outlook towards MS Outlook.
The following are just a few things that you can do with Outlook:
You can
1. Send, receive, and organize e-mails.
2. Store phone numbers, addresses, and personal information of your contacts.
3. Schedule meetings and appointments using the Calendar folder.
4. Create a "To Do" list.
5. Handle Junk E-Mails
And a lot more......
For detailed information on topics covered, check out the "Syllabus".
MS Outlook is a powerful program not only for business purposes, but serves as an exceptional and handy tool for personal use as well. By using Outlook, you can be more productive and efficient; you can manage and prioritize your communication and time.
This course is designed to fit your lifestyle and convenience; there are no start or end dates for the course. Lessons have graphical representation to provide crisp and clear understanding of the subject.
By joining this course you have a lot to gain. So what are you waiting for? Enroll now and make your life more organized and convenient with MS Outlook.
Course Requirements
Microsoft Office Outlook 2003 software and Basic working knowledge of computers are the main requirements for this course. You don't need to have any prior knowledge of Outlook.
Course Goals
On completion of this course, you will be able to use the Outlook application efficiently and thoroughly in your line of work or for personal purposes.
Course Materials
The material provided for this course is more than sufficient. For advanced learning, there are a few book sites listed in the Class Net Links section.
Grading Policy
Grading will be done on a percentage basis. The total percentage that can be scored is 100%.
Students will be awarded a "Certificate of Academic Excellence" for achieving a grade of 70% or higher. Students will be awarded a "Certificate of Outstanding Achievement" for completing all the quizzes and assignments required for this course.
Disclaimer
This course could include technical inaccuracies or typographical errors. Changes are periodically added to the course herein. I may make improvements and/or changes in the course material to include new features incorporated in the latest versions.
Course Organization and Topics Covered
1. Introduction
This lesson being an introductory lesson, describes the parts and the functions of the Outlook screen.
2. Navigation Pane Options and Drop-Down Menus
This lesson will teach you about the Navigation Pane Options and the things you should know about Drop-Down Menus.
3. Getting Help
This lesson entirely deals with the methods of Getting Help in Outlook.
4. Outlook E-Mail Configurations - Part I
By the end of this lesson, you will know how to configure a POP3 account.
5. Outlook E-Mail Configurations - Part II
This lesson deals with configuring a HTTP account and receiving e-mails for both POP3 and HTTP accounts.
6. Outlook E-Mail Configurations - Part III
In this lesson, you'll learn how to change the e-mail account information of an existing account and delete an e-mail account.
7. Working With Folders
By the end of this lesson, you'll know a whole lot about using the folders, types of folders etc.
8. Creating and Manipulating a Folder
This lesson will teach you the essential operations done on a folder, like creating, renaming, copying, moving, deleting a folder and more.
9. Essentials of Composing and Sending a Message
By the end of this lesson, you'll know how to compose and send a message, work offline, select message formats, and a lot more.
10. About the Drafts Folder and Sending Attachments
This lesson teaches you how to save an unfinished email message to the Drafts folder, send an attachment along with your email, and a lot more.
11. Formatting Text and Performing Spell Check
By the end of this lesson, you'll be able to create a jazzy email message using the formatting techniques provided in Outlook. You'll also be introduced to the Spell Check feature of Outlook.
12. Copy of a Message in the Sent Items Folder and Adding a Signature
In this lesson, you'll learn how to store a copy of a sent message in the Sent Items folder. You'll also learn to create a signature and associate it with your email.
13. Editing, Formatting, and Deleting Signatures
This lesson will teach you to edit the signature text, format the signature text like, changing the font color, font size etc. You'll also learn to delete signatures.
14. Working with the Contacts Folder
By the end of this lesson, you'll be able to create a contact list with all the information about a particular contact entered. You'll also learn different ways to view the contacts folder.
15. More About Contacts
This lesson is a continuation of the previous lesson. In this lesson you'll learn to edit the information of a contact, delete a contact from the contact list, and use the contact list to enter the email address of a recipient in the message window.
16. Distribution List
This lesson will teach you to create a distribution list, remove a person from the distribution list, delete a distribution list and more.
17. Working with Received E-Mails and Attachments
By the end of this lesson, you'll know how to gather your emails, read emails, open or save an attachment associated with an email message, and more.
18. Opening a Saved File and Working with E-mails and Views
This lesson teaches you to open a saved file, select emails, mark emails as read or unread, view the emails in different views and more.
19. Messages with AutoPreview and Message Timeline
As the lesson title suggests, this lesson discusses in detail about the things that can be done with the AutoPreview and Message Timeline Views.
20. Replying to a Message and Forwarding a Message
By the end of this lesson, you'll know how to reply to a message and forward an email message.
21. Flagging E-Mails
This lesson will teach you the different methods to flag an email message to remind you of a task. You will also learn to clear a flag and edit the information entered for the flag.
22. Email Flags, Deleting Emails, and Deleted Items Folder
This lesson teaches you to mark a flagged email message as complete, set a default flag with a color of your choice, delete emails, restore items from the Deleted Items folder, and last but not least, methods to empty the Deleted Items folder.
23. Junk E-mail Settings
By the end of this lesson, you'll know about the junk e-mail options, you'll know how to create a safe senders, safe recipients, and blocked senders list, and a lot more.
24. Printing
This lesson deals in detail about how to print email messages in Outlook.
25. More about Printing and Navigating through the Calendar Folder
This lesson teaches you about the Print Preview feature and to print multiple email messages. You'll also learn to navigate through the Calendar folder, view it in different views, go to a particular date, and get back to the current date.
26. Creating an Appointment
This lesson will deal with topics like: creating an appointment, reminder dialog box, opening and editing the appointment, and deleting an appointment.
27. Scheduling a Recurring Appointment and Creating a Task
Topics covered in this lesson are: Scheduling a recurring appointment, removing a recurrence, and creating a task.
28. More on Tasks
This lesson will teach you to open and edit a task, mark a task complete, delete a task, create a recurring task, remove a recurrence, and assign tasks to others.
29. Planning a Meeting
This lesson entirely deals with the procedure to schedule a meeting.
30. More Topics Related to Meeting and Outlook Today
Topics covered in this lesson are: opening and editing the meeting details and attendees, creating a recurring meeting, removing a recurrence, deleting a meeting, and about the outlook today folder.
31. Outlook Notes
This lesson teaches you to create a note, open, edit, and delete a note. You'll also learn about the notes options where in you can change the color, font face, font size etc., to customize the note to your requirement.
32. Message Settings
This lesson discusses about setting the importance and sensitivity levels for an email. You'll also learn to change the default settings for importance and sensitivity to the option of your choice.
33. Tracking and Delivery Options
By the end of this lesson, you'll know how to get a delivery and read receipt for your email. You'll also learn about the delivery options which provide more flexibility and options while sending a message.
