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