Microsoft Outlook for Office 365 (Desktop or Online): Part 1
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 among employees. As email grows in popularity and use, most organizations have found the need to implement a corporate mail management system such as Microsoft® 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.
Note : Most Office users perform the majority of their daily tasks using the desktop version of the Office software, so that is the focus of this training. The course material will also enable you to access and effectively utilize many web-based resources provided with your Microsoft 365 subscription. This includes brief coverage of key skills for using Outlook on the Web and OneDrive®. Helpful notes throughout the material alert you to cases where the online version of the application may function differently from the primary, desktop version.
This course is the first in a series of two Microsoft® Outlook® courses. It will provide you with the basic skills you need to start using Outlook to manage your email communications, contact information, calendar events, tasks, and notes.
This course may be a useful component in your preparation for the Microsoft Outlook (Microsoft 365 Apps and Office 2019): Exam MO-400 certification exam.
In this course, you will use Outlook to compose and handle your email communications and to manage your calendar, contacts, and tasks.
You will:
- Navigate Outlook to read and respond to email.
- Use the Address Book and format and spell check new messages.
- Attach files to and insert illustrations in 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 the calendar.
- Create and work with tasks and other apps.
To ensure your success, you should have end-user skills with any current version of Windows, including being able to start and close applications, navigate basic file structures, manage files and folders, and access websites using a web browser. To obtain this level of skills and knowledge, you can take the following United States Career Campus course:
- Using Microsoft® Windows® 10 (Second Edition)
Software requirements for all classroom computers:
- Microsoft® Windows® 10 Professional or Enterprise
- Microsoft 365® license that includes the Microsoft Office desktop apps
NOTE: This course requires that you have the desktop apps, so make sure that you have a license that provides you with access to the desktop apps. For example, the Microsoft 365 Business Basic subscription does not include the desktop apps.
- If necessary, software for viewing the course slides. (Instructor machine only.)
- If you want students to print paper copies of messages, printer drivers for any printers you make available to them.
- 1 gigahertz (GHz) 64-bit (x64) processor.
- 2 gigabytes (GB) of Random Access Memory (RAM).
- 32 GB available storage space.
- Monitor capable of a screen resolution of at least 1,024 × 768 pixels, at least a 256-color display, and a video adapter with at least 4 MB of memory.
- Keyboard and mouse or a compatible pointing device.
- Fast Ethernet (100 Mb/s) adapter or faster and cabling to connect to the classroom network.
- IP addresses that do not conflict with other portions of your network.
- Internet access (contact your local network administrator).
- (Instructor computer only) A display system to project the instructor's computer screen.
Lesson 1: Getting Started
with Outlook
Topic A: Navigate the
Outlook Interface
Topic B: Work with
Messages
Topic C: Access
Outlook Help
Topic D: Navigate
Outlook on the Web
Lesson 2: Formatting
Messages
Topic A: Add Message
Recipients
Topic B: Check
Spelling and Grammar
Topic C: Format
Message Content
Lesson 3: Working with
Attachments and Illustrations
Topic A: Attach Files
and Outlook Items
Topic B: Add
Illustrations to Messages
Topic C: Manage
Automatic Message Content
Lesson 4: Customizing
Message Options
Topic A: Customize
Reading Options
Topic B: Track
Messages
Topic C: Recall and
Resend Messages
Lesson 5: Organizing
Messages
Topic A: Mark Messages
Topic B: Organize
Messages in Folders
Lesson 6: Managing
Contacts
Topic A: Create and
Edit Contacts
Topic B: View and
Print Contacts
Lesson 7: Working with the
Calendar
Topic A: View the
Calendar
Topic B: Create
Appointments
Topic C: Schedule
Meetings
Topic D: Print the
Calendar
Lesson 8: Working with
Tasks and Other Apps
Topic A: Create Tasks
Topic B: Work with
Other Apps
Appendix A: Mapping Course
Content to Microsoft Outlook (Microsoft 365 Apps and Office 2019): Exam MO-400
Appendix B: Microsoft® Outlook® Common Keyboard Shortcuts