Microsoft Office 365 Outlook Essentials Training

After completing this course, participants will have learned to:

Topic 1

Getting Started

  • Icebreaker
  • Housekeeping Items
  • The Parking Lot
  • Workshop Objectives

Topic 2

Using Outlook’s Organizational Tools

  • Flagging an Item for Follow-up
  • Using Categories
  • Performing a Simple Search
  • Performing a Complex Search
  • Creating a Basic Rule
  • Creating an Advanced Rule
  • Module Seven: Review Questions

Topic 3

Welcome to Office 365 Outlook

  • The Home Page
  • Opening Outlook
  • Understanding the Outlook 365 Interface
  • About IM
  • Selecting a Theme
  • Closing Outlook
  • Module Two: Review Questions

Topic 4

Outlook Options

  • About the Outlook Options
  • Setting Automatic Replies
  • Creating a Group
  • Creating a Signature
  • Module Eight: Review Questions

Topic 5

Working with Your Inbox (I)

  • Viewing Your Inbox
  • Filtering Messages
  • Checking Messages
  • Marking an Item Read or Unread
  • Replying to or Forwarding a Message from the Inbox
  • Ignoring Conversations
  • Module Three: Review Questions

Topic 6

An Introduction to the Calendar

  • Getting Started
  • Creating an Appointment
  • Changing Your Calendar View
  • Creating a Meeting Request and Using the Scheduling Assistant
  • Editing an Appointment
  • Managing Reminders
  • Sharing Your Calendar
  • Module Nine: Review Questions

Topic 7

Working with Your Inbox (II)

  • Changing the View
  • Creating Folders
  • Moving Messages to Folders
  • Renaming, Moving and Deleting Folders
  • Adding to Favorites
  • About Junk Mail
  • Module Four: Review Questions

Topic 8

An Introduction to Contacts

  • Getting Started
  • About Importing Contacts
  • Creating a New Contact
  • Working with Contacts
  • Creating a New Group
  • Working with Groups
  • Module Ten: Review Questions

Topic 9

Creating a New E-Mail

  • Creating an E-mail
  • About the Address Book
  • Finishing Your Message
  • Attaching a File
  • Inserting a Picture
  • Sending the Message
  • Module Five: Review Questions

Topic 10

An Introduction to Tasks

  • Getting Started
  • Creating a New Task
  • Setting a Date and Reminder
  • Setting a Repeating Task
  • Forwarding a Task
  • Updating a Task Status
  • Module Eleven: Review Questions

Topic 11

Managing E-Mail Messages

  • The Received Message Window
  • Opening a Chat Message
  • Viewing Message Details
  • Printing a Message
  • Deleting an E-Mail
  • Module Six: Review Questions

Topic 12

Wrapping Up

  • Words from the Wise
  • Review of the Parking Lot
  • Lessons Learned
  • Completion of Action Plans and Evaluations