About this Course

Microsoft® Office Outlook 2013 teaches students how Outlook is structured, how to use the various modules to coordinate communications and collaborations with others. Modules covered in this courseware include Mail, Calendar, Contacts, Tasks, and Notes. Also included are some advanced features commonly used for collaboration purposes such as sharing calendars, using RSS Feeds, adding address lists, or sending out of office notices.

The Microsoft Business Certification Series can adapt to meet various course length requirements. There are two types of exercises in this book: Learn the Skill and Practice the Skill (refer to the Conventions and Graphics section to identify the different icons used for each type).

Course Objectives

After completing this course, you will be able to:

• Understand how Microsoft Office Outlook is set up and the different types of information you can track
  
• Create, edit, send, open, and manage messages such as replying or forwarding
  
• Use different types of options for tracking or managing messages such as voting buttons, flags, or level of importance
  
• Include and manage attachments being sent or received with messages
  
• File and manage messages using folders
  
• Create or modify a signature for e-mail
  
• Create and edit appointments or events in the Calendar
  
• Create and schedule meetings with others
  
• Create and modify contacts using the Contacts module
  
• Work with one or more address books and distribution lists
  
• Create, modify and assign tasks
  
• Create, modify and customize notes
  
• Work with data files in Outlook
  
• Create search folders
  
• Managing junk e-mail
  
• Send Out of Office notices
  
• Use Really Simply Syndication (RSS)
  
• Manage the level of security in Outlook
  
• Synthesize information and share your calendar or contacts in Outlook with others
  
• Configure Outlook to be accessible from the Internet
  

Course Outlines

Lesson 1: Getting Started with Email

Lesson 2: Managing Email

Lesson 3: Working with People

Lesson 4: Using the Calendar

Lesson 5: Using Tasks, Notes and the Journal

Lesson 6:  Organizing Information

Prerequisites

This course is designed for students who are familiar with personal computers, using a keyboard and using a mouse. The course assumes that students have completed the Microsoft Windows Level 1 course or have equivalent Microsoft Windows knowledge and experience.

Students who wish to become proficient using the features of Microsoft Office Outlook 2013 will benefit from taking this course.

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