Microsoft Outlook 2007
Online - 30 hours
Outlook 2007 is the latest full-featured emailing and contact management software from the Microsoft Office suite. Learn Outlook 2007's components and new features in detail, from the basics of the main interface to the more advanced elements of the application. Learn the Quick Access toolbar as well as the ins and outs of reading and writing email. Delve into using the advanced filtering features to prioritize incoming mail and avoid unwanted spam or files. See how to integrate Outlook's Calendar and Notes features for increased productivity.
OUTLOOK 2007
Getting Started with Outlook 2007
Overview/Description
Microsoft Outlook 2007 is an application used to manage your communication
needs. It allows people to send and receive e-mail messages, and provides
additional functionality to keep tasks, notes, appointments, and daily
activities in one convenient location. This course addresses the basic features
and functionality of Outlook 2007, including how to create e-mail messages, view
and reply to incoming e-mails, and how to find information using Outlook 2007's
basic Help features.
Formatting and Managing E-mail in Outlook 2007
Overview/Description
Microsoft Outlook 2007 allows you to quickly organize and format e-mail messages
using easy management and time-saving tasks. Outlook 2007 provides formatting
features that can be applied to an e-mail message as it is being created, and
also includes management tools to find and sort messages quickly. This course
demonstrates how to use the various formatting features, and also explores such
e-mail message options as signatures and voting buttons, and how to use and work
with attachments. In addition, the course demonstrates methods of organizing
e-mail using an assortment of views and color-coding techniques.
Using the Calendar in Outlook 2007
Overview/Description
Microsoft Outlook 2007 provides an easy-to-manage calendar that allows for
creation and management of appointments, meetings, and events in a single
interface. It also provides a To-Do bar that displays all calendar entries,
including tasks and their deadlines, in a customized view that simplifies
scheduling. This course demonstrates how to customize the Outlook 2007 calendar
using personalized views. It also demonstrates how to create and manage
appointments, meetings, and events.
Using Contacts, Tasks, Notes, and Customizing the Interface in Outlook 2007
Overview/Description
Microsoft Outlook 2007 allows for easy creation and management of all contacts.
It provides an easy to use interface for creating contacts, along with business
cards, that can also be used for sending e-mail, making meeting requests and
journal entries, as well as assigning tasks. Outlook also offers multiple views
to easily manage and track tasks. In addition, it allows you to create and store
notes for later reference. This course explores how to create and manage
contacts, tasks, and notes. It also demonstrates how to customize the Outlook
interface using Outlook Today, shortcuts, Favorite Folders, and the Navigation
Pane.
Completing Searches, Printing Items, and Working with RSS Feeds in Outlook 2007
Overview/Description
Microsoft Outlook 2007 is a versatile e-mail client application that offers
numerous features for interacting and sharing information with others. This
course demonstrates the new Outlook 2007 search feature, Instant Search, which
is used to locate and manipulate e-mail messages and other Outlook items. It
also explores printing options using a variety of print styles. Lastly, RSS
feeds will be discussed in depth, explaining how Outlook 2007 users can
conveniently view content from multiple sources, such as news outlets or blogs,
from a central location.
Customizing Outlook 2007 and Using the Journal
Overview/Description
Microsoft Outlook 2007 is highly customizable. You can tailor the interface by
selecting views – or modifying them – to suit your needs. Using a timeline you
can track items, such as e-mail or phone conversations, within Outlook itself
and also externally. In addition, Outlook allows you to configure and customize
multiple e-mail accounts so that you can view e-mail messages from many
different accounts within a single Outlook interface. This course demonstrates
how to customize Outlook to meet a variety of such requirements, how to track
items in Outlook, and how to configure additional e-mail accounts.
Configuring Rules, Alerts, and Junk E-mail Settings in Outlook 2007
Overview/Description
Microsoft Outlook 2007 provides you with the tools you need to efficiently
manage your e-mail messages. By using predefined or custom rules and alerts, you
can organize your messages by moving, deleting, and forwarding them
appropriately, and you can even choose to send an automatic reply to incoming
e-mail. Outlook 2007 also provides a Junk E-mail Filter to ensure that any spam
or unwanted e-mail messages are dealt with by permanently deleting them or
moving them to another folder away from your regular e-mail messages. This
course demonstrates how to configure rules and alerts to help organize e-mail
messages, and how to adjust the Junk E-mail Filter settings to suit your needs.
Working with SharePoint, Calendars, and Forms in Outlook 2007
Overview/Description
Microsoft Outlook 2007 enables you to collaborate with others by using a
SharePoint site to share information such as contacts and calendars. From within
Outlook 2007 you can open, edit, and update SharePoint files, as well as update
and add items to calendars on the SharePoint site. With Outlook 2007 you can
easily share your calendar either through Outlook itself or online using an
Internet Calendar. It also allows you to customize default forms to ensure they
meet your needs. This course demonstrates how to use Outlook 2007 to connect to
a SharePoint site and open, edit, and update SharePoint files, as well as create
calendar items for the SharePoint site. It also explores how to share your
Outlook 2007 calendar and customize, test, and publish customized forms in
Outlook 2007.
Data Security, Archiving, and Working Offline in Outlook 2007
Overview/Description
You can use the enhanced security features included in
Microsoft Outlook 2007 to protect your e-mail and computer from malicious
attacks that can arrive in the form of incoming e-mail messages. The program
also provides you with tools used to archive and manage the size of your mailbox
to ensure that you can locally store your e-mail messages for future reference.
With Outlook 2007 you can choose to work offline and access your e-mail messages
without connecting to a server, and then synchronize Outlook with the server at
a more convenient time. You can also connect to the Exchange Server using
Outlook Web Access (OWA) at times when you do not have access to the Outlook
application. OWA provides you with many of the same features that Outlook 2007
offers, but through a browser interface. This course demonstrates how to
configure the security settings, offline access, and synchronization settings
for Outlook 2007. The course also shows you how to access Outlook from the
Internet, and how to archive data and manage your data file sizes.
Instant, Text, and Unified Messaging in Outlook 2007
Overview/Description
You can secure your e-mail in Microsoft Outlook 2007
using Information Rights Management (IRM), a feature that allows you to set
access permissions for specific messages. Setting these restrictions secures
your sensitive information against forwarding, printing, and copying. In
addition, when used with an Exchange Server, Outlook 2007 provides you with a
comprehensive messaging approach, including instant and text messaging to mobile
devices. It also allows you to receive and listen to voice mail messages in your
inbox, and send and receive faxes directly to and from your inbox. This course
explains how to configure and implement IRM. It also discusses how to send and
receive instant and text messages and faxes from your inbox, and how to
configure Outlook for voice mail.
Business Contact Manager with Outlook 2007
Overview/Description
Microsoft Outlook 2007 with Business Contact Manager
helps to save time and improve sales and marketing to ensure excellent customer
service by providing customer and contact management in one central location. It
allows you to easily manage all your contacts, customer information, and
opportunities in one location making it easier to find and manage. It also
allows you to create marketing campaigns and send them to prospective customers,
as well as track any communications with your customers and contacts to ensure
you stay organized. This course demonstrates how to setup Business Contact
Manager with Accounts, Contacts, Opportunities, and Projects. It also
demonstrates how to track and link items to records, as well as share and
protect your data in the Business Contact Manager database.
TestPrep Using Outlook 2007
Overview/Description
To test your knowledge on the skills and competencies
being measured by the vendor certification exam. TestPrep can be taken in either
Study or Certification mode. Study mode is designed to maximize learning by not
only testing your knowledge of the material, but also by providing additional
information on the topics presented. Certification mode is designed to test your
knowledge of the material within a structured testing environment, providing
valuable feedback at the end of the test.
Information regarding the MCAS certification
The core Microsoft Office Specialist Certification Program credential has been upgraded to validate skills with the 2007 Microsoft Office system as well as the new Windows Vista operating system. The Application Specialist certification targets Information Workers and covers the most popular Microsoft Office applications such as Word 2007, PowerPoint 2007, Excel 2007, and Outlook 2007. To earn MCAS certification you need to pass one of the five exams available. After passing an individual exam, a person becomes an MCAS in the particular software application they took the exam in.