Outlook: Organize Your Mail, Schedule, Contacts & Tasks

This intro-level three-hour session for Windows and Mac users gives you a working knowledge of all the major components of Outlook: email, calendar, contacts and tasks. You will manage and organize e-mail messages efficiently, schedule meetings and appointments on your calendar, store and categorize contact information and keep track of your to-do list.

Prerequisites:

This class is ideally suited for people with basic computing skills, such as using a mouse and opening and closing windows. No Outlook experience is required.

Outline:

Managing E-Mails

• getting and sending new messages
• working with attachments
• using signatures
• organizing mail using folders
• filing messages
• using search folders
• setting view and sort options
• flagging and categorizing messages
• managing PST files

Managing Your Schedule

• scheduling appointments and events
• setting availability
• generating reminders
• rescheduling events
• scheduling recurring events
• importing holidays
• scheduling meetings with co-workers
• using multiple calendars
• sharing calendars
• setting delegates

Storing Contacts

• creating new contacts
• using different views
• creating and using distribution lists
• working with multiple contact lists
• sharing contact information

Tracking Tasks

• entering tasks
• updating and completing tasks