About this Course
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.
Audience Profile
This course is intended for experienced information workers who want to learn advanced-level Outlook 2007 skills.
Before attending this course, students must have:
Basic computer knowledge
Basic file-management skills
Basic knowledge of the Outlook interface and Outlook item creation
At Course Completion
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. Specifically, they will be able to:
Subscribe to RSS feeds.
Participate in newsgroups.
Record information by using notes.
Link notes to contacts.
Share notes.
Work with new mail notifications.
Create rules to process messages.
Store e-mail messages on your computer.
Secure your e-mail.
Block unwanted messages.
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 your folders with other people.
Access other people's folders.
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.
Personalize your Office and Outlook settings
:: Course 50134A ::
Module 1: Information Gathering
This module explains how to subscribe to RSS feeds, participate in a newsgroup from Outlook, and create, update, organize, and share electronic notes by using the Outlook Notes component.
Lessons
Subscribing to RSS Feeds
Participating in Newsgroups
Recording Information by Using Notes
Linking Notes to Contacts
Sharing Notes
Key Points
Lab : Information Gathering
Subscribe to an RSS feed.
Create two notes.
Link and access a note.
Forward a note in an e-mail message.
After completing this module, students will be able to:
Receive RSS feeds within Outlook.
Work with newsgroups from within Outlook.
Store information in notes and use the information without retyping it.
Module 2: E-Mail Management
This module explains how to manage new mail notifications, create rules to process messages, create personal folders to store messages, protect your e-mail, manage junk mail, and configure advanced settings in Outlook.
Lessons
Working with New Mail Notifications
Creating Rules to Process Messages
Storing E-Mail Messages on Your Computer
Securing Your E-Mail
Blocking Unwanted Messages
Specifying Advanced E-Mail Options
Key Points
Lab : E-Mail Management
Customize and work with desktop alerts.
Process incoming messages that meet specific criteria.
Work with Personal Folders files and Outlook data files.
Explore the Junk E-Mail Filter.
Explore the advanced e-mail options.
After completing this module, students will be able to:
Customize how Outlook announces the arrival of new messages.
Process messages automatically based on rules.
Specify where information is stored.
Use Outlook tools to keep messages safe.
Manage junk mail.
Configure e-mail options.
:: Course 50134A ::
Module 3: Out of the Office
This module explains how to connect Outlook from a remote location, work offline, set up automatic replies to messages.
Lessons
Connecting Outlook to Your Server from a Remote Location
Working with Outlook Items While Offline
Automatically Responding to Messages
Key Points
Lab : Out of the Office
Set up an Outlook Anywhere connection.
Set up an automatic reply and an out of office rule.
Set up future internal and external automatic replies.
After completing this module, students will be able to:
Access e-mail messages remotely.
Work in Outlook while offline.
Set up automatic responses to messages.
Module 4: Collaboration
This module explains how to share folders, access other people’s folders, create a document workspace, work offline with document library contents, and connect to a SharePoint calendar.
Lessons
Sharing Your Folders with Other People
Accessing Other People's Folders
Creating a Document Workspace from Outlook
Working Offline with Document Library Contents
Connecting to a SharePoint Calendar
Key Points
Lab : Collaboration
Grant and modify permission to a folder.
Request permission to share a folder.
After completing this module, students will be able to:
Share folders and access other people’s folders.
Collaborate with others in a document workspace.
Work with document library contents.
View SharePoint calendars in Outlook.
Module 5: Custom Outlook
This module explains how to connect to additional e-mail accounts, create Outlook profiles, add Outlook commands to the Quick
Access Toolbar, and configure Office and Outlook settings.
Lessons
Connecting to Additional E-Mail Accounts
Creating Additional Outlook Profiles
Making Favorite Outlook Commands Easily Accessible
Personalizing Your Office and Outlook Settings
Key Points
Lab : Custom Outlook
Add a new account to your Outlook profile.
Set up another profile, and configure log on.
Add a button to the Quick Access Toolbar.
Explore the Editor Options window.
:: Course 50134A ::
After completing this module, students will be able to:
Access more than one e-mail account from Outlook.
Add favorite commands to the Quick Access Toolbar.
Configure options in the Editor Options window
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