Week

Microsoft Outlook 2003 (8 weeks)

1

Outlook Fundamentals: Starting Outlook, Understanding the Outlook Screen, Using the Navigation Panel, Using Menus, Using Toolbars, Filling Out Dialog Boxes, Keystroke and Right Mouse Button Shortcuts, Composing and Sending E-mail, Receiving E-mail, Cutting,  Copying,  and Pasting Text, Creating an Appointment, Viewing the Calendar, Editing and Rescheduling Appointments, Using the Contact List, Viewing,  Editing,  and Deleting Contacts, Using the Task List, Using Notes, Working with Outlook Today, Getting Help, Changing the Office Assistant and Using the "What's This" Button, Printing an Item, Exiting Microsoft Outlook

2

Using E-mail: Composing and Sending E-mail, Specifying Message Options, Receiving and Sorting Messages, Replying to a Message, Forwarding a Message, Checking Your Spelling, Inserting a Hyperlink, Attaching a File to a Message, Opening an Attachment, Finding Messages, Deleting Messages, Exploring the Folder List, Using Outlook Web Access

3

Using the Address Book: Introduction to the Address Book Adding New Entries Searching the Address Book and Editing Entries Creating a Distribution List Deleting Contacts and Distribution Lists
Using the Contacts List: Adding a Contact, Editing and Deleting Contacts, Adding an E-mail Sender to the Contacts List, Mapping a Contact’s Address on the Internet, Changing Views, Using the Actions Menu, Printing the Contact List

4

Using the Calendar: Scheduling an Appointment, Viewing the Calendar, Editing and Rescheduling Appointments, Scheduling an Event, Setting Reminders, Copying Appointments, Configuring Calendar Options, Working with Recurring Appointments, Printing the Calendar, Color-Coding Appointments, Changing Calendar Views, Assigning Appointments and Events, Viewing the TaskPad, Viewing Calendars Side by Side

5

Using the Task List: Using the Task List, Creating a Recurring and Regenerating Tasks, Changing Task Views
Using the Journal: Recording in the Journal Automatically, Viewing the Journal, Manually Creating a Journal Entry, Opening, Modifying, and Deleting a Journal Entry, Creating a Journal Entry by Dragging and Dropping, Attaching a File to a Journal Entry, Relating a Contact to a Journal Entry, Changing Journal Views

6

Advanced E-mail Features: Saving Unfinished Messages (Drafts), Recalling a Message, Using the Out of Office Assistant, Using Stationary, Creating a Signature, Inserting a Signature, Dealing with Junk E-mail, Adding Names to the Blocked and Safe Senders List, Formatting Fonts, Changing the Message Format, Viewing the Mail Window, Changing Views, Changing E-mail Options, Changing Outlook's Security Settings

7

Organizing and Finding Information: Working with Outlook Data Files, Finding Information, Using the Advanced Find Feature, Using Folders to Organize Information, Creating a Folder, Renaming, Copying, Moving, and Deleting a Folder, Using and Creating Search Folders, Modifying and Deleting Search Folders, Selecting Multiple Items, Flagging Items, Dealing with Junk E-Mail, Adding Names to the Junk Mail Sender’s List, Using Categories, Creating a Rule by Example, Creating a Rule with the Rule Wizard, Managing Rules, Using Grouped Views, Filtering Information, Color Coding E-mail Messages, Sorting Information, Adding Fields to a View, Creating a Custom View, Closing an Outlook Data File

8

Collaborating with Other Users: Planning a Meeting, Responding to a Meeting Request, Checking Responses to a Meeting Request, Creating and Working with Group Schedules, Setting the Free/Busy Options and Publishing Your Calendar on the Internet, Sharing Your Calendar and Other Folders, Opening a Shared Calendar, Giving Delegate Permissions, Opening Shared Folders Automatically, Taking a Vote, Responding to and Tracking Votes, Assigning a Task to Another User, Sending a Status Report, Working with Public Folders, Adding a New Item to a Public Folder, Replying to Items in a Public Discussion Folder
Advanced Topics: Customizing Outlook’s Toolbar, Using the Tools Together, Sending Faxes, Manually Archiving Information, Retrieving Archived Items, Using AutoArchive, Importing Information, Exporting Information, Starting Outlook Automatically when Windows Starts, Accessing Your Outlook E-mail on a Free E-mail Service