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Outlook Level 2-Intermediate

Outlook 2010 Intermediate builds on the skills and concepts taught in Outlook 2010: Basic. Students will learn how to customize Outlook menu system; use and create Quick steps; alter startup folder, use and alter Navigation pane; create and import contacts; create distribution groups; customize e-mail configuration; create business cards and signatures; use of voting buttons; working with e-mail rules; creating and using categories; search and filter mail folders;  use and customization of categories; and work with conversations (related e-mails).

Course Length

1 day

Prerequisites

Basic Windows, Outlook Basic or equivalent skills

Topics

Unit 1 : Customizing Outlook

Topic A: The Outlook environment

A-1: Hiding and showing the Ribbon

A-2: Rearranging tabs and groups on the Ribbon

A-3: Hiding and removing tabs and groups

A-4: Creating a Ribbon tab

A-5: Resetting the Ribbon

A-6: Customizing the Quick Access toolbar

A-7: Changing To-Do Bar options

A-8: Customizing the status bar

Topic B: General options

B-1: Changing User Interface options

B-2: Changing your user name and initials

B-3: Making Outlook your default e-mail client

Topic C: Language and keyboard options

C-1: Adding a language

C-2: Setting the default language

C-3: Enabling language options

C-4: Removing a keyboard layout

C-5: Uninstalling a language

Topic D: Quick Steps

D-1: Using Quick Steps

D-2: Configuring Quick Steps

D-3: Creating a Quick Step

D-4: Duplicating and editing a Quick Step

D-5: Restoring the Quick Steps group to its default settings

Topic E: The Navigation pane

E-1: Changing the startup folder

E-2: Creating shortcuts and shortcut groups

E-3: Deleting shortcuts and shortcut groups

Unit 2 : Working with contacts

Topic A: Address books

A-1: Viewing address books

A-2: Creating a Contacts folder and storing a contact in it

A-3: Importing contact data from Excel

Topic B: Contact groups

B-1: Forwarding a contact group

B-2: Adding contact group notes

B-3: Sending a meeting request to a contact group

B-4: Deleting a contact group

Unit 3 : Customizing messages

Topic A: Message appearance

A-1: Applying a theme

A-2: Applying a Quick Style to an e-mail message

A-3: Customizing a Quick Style

A-4: Using message stationery

A-5: Modifying stationery fonts

A-6: Modifying e-mail options

A-7: Specifying a message format

Topic B: Signatures

B-1: Defining a signature

B-2: Modifying a signature

B-3: Using an electronic business card as a signature

B-4: Specifying a sending account

Topic C: Voting buttons

C-1: Adding voting buttons to a message

C-2: Replying to a message with voting buttons

C-3: Creating custom voting buttons

Topic D: Out-of-office messages

D-1: Enabling Automatic Replies

D-2: Setting Automatic Reply rules

D-3: Turning off Automatic Replies

Unit 4 : Organizing items

Topic A: Folders

A-1: Creating a folder

Topic B: Searching

B-1: Using Instant Search

B-2: Performing advanced searches

B-3: Searching Calendar, Contacts, and Tasks

B-4: Customizing Instant Search

Topic C: Filters

C-1: Applying filters to find messages

C-2: Removing a filter

Topic D: Categories

D-1: Using categories to group messages

D-2: Arranging and searching by category

D-3: Categorizing a contact

D-4: Categorizing an appointment and a meeting

D-5: Assigning categories with Quick Click

D-6: Creating a category

D-7: Sorting and searching by category

Unit 5 : Organizing Mail

Topic A: Organizing the Inbox folder

A-1: Changing views

A-2: Arranging and sorting messages

A-3: Exploring conversations

A-4: Managing conversations

A-5: Creating a custom view

A-6: Deleting your custom view

Topic B: Setting rules

B-1: Creating a rule

B-2: Observing a rule in action

B-3: Turning off and deleting a rule

B-4: Creating a custom rule

B-5: Testing your custom rule

Appendix A : Microsoft Certified Application Specialist exam objectives

Topic A: Exam objectives map

Appendix B : Working with folders

Topic A: Public folders

Topic B: Offline folders