This Microsoft Outlook 2007 training course covers the basic functions and features of Outlook 2007. You will create e-mail accounts and send e-mail messages using different methods. You will also learn how to manage e-mail messages, contacts, tasks, and meeting requests. Finally, you will customize Outlook for maximum efficiency. 

Target audience

The target student for the course is an individual who wants to learn the basic features of Outlook 2007 to create and use messages, appointments, tasks, and other Outlook items.

Course prerequisites

Before taking this course, you should be familiar with personal computers and the use of a keyboard and a mouse. Furthermore, this course assumes that you've completed the Windows Basic course or have equivalent experience.

Course contents

Getting started

• The program window
• Outlook Today
• Getting help

E-mail

• E-mail accounts
• Reading e-mail messages
• Creating and sending e-mail messages
• Working with messages
• Attachments

E-mail management

• Message options
• E-mail security
• Junk e-mail
• Search folders
• Printing messages

Contact management

• Managing contacts
• Distribution lists
• Electronic business cards

Tasks

• Working with tasks
• Managing tasks

Appointments and events

• Creating and sending appointments
• Modifying appointments
• Calendar views
• Events

Meeting requests and responses

• Meeting requests
• Meeting request responses
• Managing meeting responses