Outlook 2007: Advanced

Course Specifications:
Courseware: Microsoft Office Outlook 2007: Advanced
Software: Microsoft Office Outlook 2007
Course length: 1 day
Course times: 8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.

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

Prerequisites:
To ensure the successful completion of Outlook 2007: Advanced, we recommend completion of the following MicroAssist courses, or equivalent knowledge from another source:

-Outlook 2007: Introduction
-Outlook 2007: Intermediate

Delivery Method:
Instructor led, group-paced, classroom-delivery learning model with structured hands-on activities. Each student is provided with a computer and a Manual. The manual is the student's to keep and makes an excellent reference guide.

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