Outlook 2000: Advanced (Millennium Edition)

Course Description

Overview:   Students will learn advanced features for using Outlook 2000. This course meets the Microsoft Proficiency Guidelines for Outlook 2000 at the Expert level.

Prerequisites:    To ensure students' success with this course, we recommend that they first take the following Element K Content courses or have equivalent knowledge:

• Windows 95 : Introduction

• Windows 95 : Making the Transistion

• Windows NT Workstation 4.0 : Orientation

• Windows 98 : Introduction

• Internet Explorer 4.0 : Introduction

• Outlook 2000 : Level 1

• Outlook 2000 : Level 2

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:

• Manage and customize their mail environment by creating stationery and archiving mail messages.
• Become familiar with some of Outlook’s advanced mail features, including importing a vCard file, creating a Personal Address Book, and sending and receiving a fax.
• Customize Calendar options and share Calendar information with other users.
• Use the Calendar to communicate with others over the Internet.
• Manage contacts and tasks by flagging and exporting contacts and organizing tasks by category.
• Work offline, including creating a quick synchronization group and synchronizing by message size, and familiarize themselves with the steps necessary for setting up Newsreader and sending and receiving information through Newsreader.

Course Content

Lesson 1: Customizing and Archiving Mail
 Topic 1A: Customizing Mail
 Topic 1B: Archiving Mail Messages

Lesson 2: Using Advanced Mail Features
 Topic 2A: Importing Data
 Topic 2B: Creating a Personal Address Book
 Topic 2C: Sending and Receiving Faxes by Using MicrosoftFax

Lesson 3: Customizing Options in the Calendar
 Topic 3A: Customizing the Calendar
 Topic 3B: Printing the Calendar
 Topic 3C: Sharing Information in Outlook

Lesson 4: Using the Calendar to Communicate over theInternet
 Topic 4A: Using NetMeeting
 Topic 4B: Sharing Calendar Information over the Internet
 Topic 4C: Using NetShow

Lesson 5: Managing Contacts and Tasks
 Topic 5A: Working with Contacts
 Topic 5B: Managing Tasks
 Topic 5C: Recording Tasks for Any Office File with theJournal

Lesson 6: Working Offline and with the Internet
 Topic 6A: Working Offline
 Topic 6B: Using Newsreader
 Topic 6C: Net Etiquette