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Microsoft Office Outlook 2016: Part 1
Overview

Email has become one of the most widely used methods of communication, whether for personal or business communications. In most organizations, large or small, email is the preferred form of communicating information amongst employees. As email grows in popularity and use, most organizations have found the need to implement a corporate mail management system such as Microsoft® Office Outlook® to handle the messages and meeting invitations sent among employees.

In this course, you will use Outlook to send, receive, and manage email messages, manage your contact information, schedule appointments and meetings, create tasks and notes for yourself, and customize the Outlook interface to suit your working style.

This course is the first in a series of two Microsoft® Office Outlook® 2016 courses. It will provide you with the basic skills you need to start using Outlook 2016 to manage your email communications, contact information, calendar events, tasks, and notes.

You can also use this course to prepare for the Microsoft Office Specialist (MOS) Certification exams for Microsoft Outlook 2016.

Course Objectives

In this course, you will use Outlook to manage your email communications, including composing, reading, and responding to emails; schedule appointments and meetings; manage contact information; schedule tasks and create notes; customize message response options; and organize your mail. You will:

  • Navigate Outlook 2016 to read and respond to email.
  • Use the Address Book, and format and spell check new messages.
  • Attach files and insert illustrations to messages.
  • Customize read and response options.
  • Use flags, categories, and folders to organize messages.
  • Create and work with Contacts.
  • Create appointments and schedule meetings in Calendar.
  • Create and work with Tasks and Notes.

Prerequisites

To ensure success, students should be familiar with using personal computers, and should have experience using a keyboard and mouse. Students should be comfortable in the Windows® 8 environment, and be able to use Windows 8 to manage information on their computers. Specific tasks the students should be able to perform include: launching and closing applications, navigating basic file structures, and managing files and folders. Before starting this course, students should have completed one or more of the following courses or possess the equivalent knowledge:
  • Using Microsoft® Windows® 8
  • Microsoft® Windows® 8: Transition from Windows 7
Target Student

This course is intended for people who have a basic understanding of Microsoft® Windows® and want or need to know how to use Outlook as an email client to manage their email communications, calendar events, contact information, and other communication tasks.

Course-specific Technical Requirements

Hardware

For this course, you will need one workstation for each student and one for the instructor. Each computer will need the following minimum hardware configurations:
  • 1 GHz 32-bit or 64-bit processor
  • 1 gigabyte (GB) RAM (32-bit) or 2 GB RAM (64-bit)
  • 25 GB available disk space
  • DirectX 10 graphics card and a 1,024 × 576 or higher resolution monitor (1,024 × 768 resolution or higher monitor recommended)
  • Keyboard and mouse (or other pointing device)
  • Network cards and cabling for local network access
  • Internet access (contact your local network administrator)
  • Printer (optional) or an installed printer driver
  • Projection system to display the instructor's computer screen
Software

Software requirements for all classroom computers:
  • Microsoft® Windows® 10 Professional or Enterprise
  • Microsoft® Office Professional Plus 2016 (included with Office 365 Business Premium)
  • Microsoft® Office 365™ licenses (Office 365 Business Premium is recommended)The Office 365 plan you use depends on the licensing available in your environment. If you wish to use a trial version for testing, Office 365 Business Premium and Office 365 Enterprise E3 are acceptable. The plan you choose must include the full, installed Office applications in order to provide access to Outlook 2016.


Course duration

1 Day

Course outline

Lesson 1: Getting Started with Outlook 2016


TopicA: Navigate the Outlook Interface
TopicB: Work with Messages
TopicC: Access Outlook Help

Lesson 2: Formatting Messages


TopicA: Add Message Recipients
TopicB: Check Spelling and Grammar
TopicC: Format Message Content

Lesson 3: Working with Attachments and Illustrations


TopicA: Attach Files and Items
TopicB: Add Illustrations to Messages
TopicC: Manage Automatic Message Content

Lesson 4: Customizing Message Options


TopicA: Customize Reading Options
TopicB: Track Messages
TopicC: Recall and Resend Messages

Lesson 5: Organizing Messages


TopicA: Mark Messages
TopicB: Organize Messages Using Folders

Lesson 6: Managing Your Contacts


TopicA: Create and Edit Contacts
TopicB: View and Print Contacts

Lesson 7: Working with the Calendar


TopicA: View the Calendar
TopicB: Create Appointments
TopicC: Schedule Meetings
TopicD: Print the Calendar

Lesson 8: Working with Tasks and Notes


TopicA: Create Tasks
TopicB: Create Notes

Appendix A: Microsoft Office Outlook 2016 Exam 77-731

Appendix B: Microsoft Outlook 2016 Common Keyboard Shortcuts


Please contact your training representative for more details on having this course delivered onsite or online

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