Outlook 2007 Level 3 Course

This course 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:
A working knowledge of the Windows operating system
Outlook® 2007 Introduction
Outlook® 2007 Level 2
Word® 2007 Introduction

Delivery Method
Instructor led, group-paced, classroom-delivery learning model with structured hands-on activities.

Certification
Outlook® 2007 Level 3 is one of a series of ONLC courses 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