Outlook 2000: Level 1

Course description

Overview: Students will learn the fundamentals of using Outlook 2000 to coordinate mail, appointments, events, meetings, tasks, and contacts.

Prerequisites: Windows 95, 98, or 2000: Introduction, or equivalent knowledge.

Performance-based objectives

Lesson objectives help students become comfortable with the course, and also provide a means to evaluate learning. Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:

¬         Identify the Outlook 2000 interface.

¬         Send, receive, and act on mail messages.

¬         Use additional message handling options, insert text into a message, and create multiple Signatures.

¬         Create personal folders and organize Outlook 2000 folders.

¬         Create, edit, and categorize single appointments and recurring appointments.

¬         Create, send, and manage meeting requests.

¬         Create, edit, assign, and track tasks, and create and edit contacts.

Lesson 1: Getting started with Outlook 2000

Overview of Outlook 2000

Overview of Outlook Today

Lesson 2: Using mail

Creating and sending messages

Acting on messages

Working with address books

Recalling and printing

Lesson 3: Handling messages

Message handling options

Inserting text into a message

Creating Signatures

Lesson 4: Managing folders

Creating and using personal folders

Using the Organize Page


Lesson 5: Working with appointments and events

Scheduling appointments

Assigning categories

Editing appointments

Inserting events

Lesson 6: Scheduling and managing meetings

Creating and sending meeting requests

Working with meeting requests

Managing meeting responses

Lesson 7: Using the task and contact manager

Managing tasks

Adding and editing contacts