Microsoft® Office Outlook® 2007: Level 3 (Second Edition)

Course Specifications

Course number: 084898
Software: Microsoft® Office Outlook® 2007
Course length: 1.0 day(s)
Certification: Microsoft Office Specialist for Outlook 2007

Course Description

This course is the third in a series of Microsoft® Office Outlook® 2007 courses. It builds on the email and calendaring skills you have already obtained and will provide you with the skills needed to personalize email, organize Outlook items, manage Outlook data files, share and link contacts, save and archive email, create forms, and work offline and remotely.

Course Objective: You will work with the advanced features of Outlook.

Target Student: This course is for persons with an intermediate understanding of Outlook and who need to use Outlook to personalize and organize their email, Outlook items, manage Outlook data files, share and link contacts, create forms, and work offline and remotely.

Prerequisites: This course assumes that you are able to use Windows to manage information on your computer and that you have an intermediate knowledge of Outlook. The following courses (or equivalent knowledge thereof) are required:

• Windows XP: Introduction or Windows 2000: Introduction

• Windows XP Professional: Level 1

• Windows XP Professional: Level 2 (if using Windows XP)

• Microsoft® Office Outlook® 2007: Level 1 (Second Edition)

• Microsoft® Office Outlook® 2007: Level 2 (Second Edition)

• Microsoft® Office Word 2007: Level 1 (Second Edition)

Certification

Microsoft® Office Outlook® 2007: Level 3 (Second Edition) is one of a series of Element K courseware titles that addresses Microsoft Certified Application Specialist (MCAS) skill sets. The MCAS program is for individuals who use Microsoft’s business desktop software and who seek recognition for their expertise with specific Microsoft products. Certification candidates must pass one or more product proficiency exams in order to earn Office Specialist certification.

Performance-Based Objectives

Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:

• personalize your email.
• organize Outlook items.
• manage Outlook data files.
• work with contacts.
• save and archive email messages.
• create a custom form.
• work offline and remotely.

Course Content

Lesson 1: Personalizing Your Email

Topic 1A: Apply Stationery and Themes

Topic 1B: Create a Custom Theme

Topic 1C: Create Signatures

Topic 1D: Modify Signatures

Topic 1E: Configure Email Message Security Settings

Lesson 2: Organizing Outlook Items

Topic 2A: Group Items

Topic 2B: Create Search Folders

Topic 2C: Apply Conditional Formatting

Lesson 3: Managing Outlook Data Files

Topic 3A: Create a Data File

Topic 3B: Add Outlook Data Files to a Mail Profile

Topic 3C: Change Data File Settings

Lesson 4: Working with Contacts

Topic 4A: Forward Contacts

Topic 4B: Edit an Electronic Business Card

Topic 4C: Export Contacts

Topic 4D: Perform a Mail Merge

Topic 4E: Link Items to Business Contact Manager

Lesson 5: Saving and Archiving Email

Topic 5A: Save Messages in Alternate Formats

Topic 5B: Archive Messages

Topic 5C: Protect Personal Folders

Lesson 6: Creating a Custom Form

Topic 6A: Add Form Fields

Topic 6B: Save a Form as a Template

Topic 6C: Test a Form

Lesson 7: Working Offline and Remotely

Topic 7A: Make Folders Available Offline

Topic 7B: Configure RPC Over HTTP

Topic 7C: Download Selected Messages

Topic 7D: Publish Calendar Information to Office Online

Appendix A: Newsgroups

Appendix B: Really Simple Syndication (RSS) Feeds