Microsoft® Office Outlook® 2007: Level 1

Course Specifications

Course length: 1.0 day(s)

Course Description

This course is the first in a series of three Microsoft® Office Outlook® 2007 courses. It will provide you with the skills you need to start sending and responding to email in Microsoft® Office Outlook® 2007, as well as maintaining your Calendar, scheduling meetings, and working with tasks and notes. In this course, you will compose and send email, schedule appointments and meetings, manage contact information and tasks, and use notes.


Prerequisites: The course requires that you are familiar with using personal computers and have used a mouse and keyboard; basic typing skills are recommended. You should be comfortable in the Windows environment and be able to use Windows to manage information on your computer. Specifically, you should be able to: launch and close programs; navigate to information stored on the computer; and manage files and folders. The following courses are recommended, or you should have equivalent knowledge of:

Course Content

Lesson 1: Getting Started with Outlook

Explore the Outlook Interface

Send a Simple Message

Reading Messages

Reply to and Forward a Message

Print a Message

Delete a Message

 

Lesson 2: Composing Messages

Address a Message

Format a Message

Check Spelling and Grammar

Attach a File

 

Lesson 3: Organizing Messages

Open and Save an Attachment

Flag a Message

Organize Content with Folders

 

Lesson 4: Managing Contacts

Add a Contact

Sort and Find Contacts

Find the Geographical Location of a Contact

Manage Contacts

 

Lesson 5: Scheduling Appointments

Explore the Outlook Calendar

Schedule an Appointment

Assign Categories and Edit Appointments

 

Lesson 6: Scheduling Meetings

Schedule a Meeting

Reply to a Meeting Request

Propose a New Meeting Time

Manage Meetings

Print the Calendar

 

Lesson 7: Managing Tasks and Notes

Create a Task

Edit and Update a Task

Create a Note

Edit a Note

Display a Note on the Desktop