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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 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
Target Student
Students enrolling in this course should possess the skills necessary to work with advanced features of Outlook 2000
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.
Delivery Method
Instructor-led, group-paced, classroom-delivery learning model with structured hands-on activities.
Course duration
1 Day(s)
Course outline
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
Hardware/software Requirements
- This book was written for the Windows 98 platform; however, the manufacturer’s documentation states that Outlook 2000 can also run on Windows 95 or Windows NT 4.0 with Service Pack 3 or higher installed, though some of the screen displays might be slightly different.
- 500 megabytes (MB) of Random Access Memory (RAM) (Windows NT only: at least 4 MB of available space in the Registry).
- An IBM-compatible PC with a 486 processor that meets the minimum hardware requirements for the platform you are using.
- Windows 98 with Windows Messaging turned on.
- An Exchange 5.0 server
- See your reference manual for hardware considerations that apply to your specific hardware setup.
- In addition, you will need printers if you want to print the items created in the course.
