Desktop Computer Skills
Outlook 2016
Outlook 2016: Calendar Tools
Outlook 2016: Configuring the Client
Outlook 2016: Contact Tools
Outlook 2016: Formatting Email
Outlook 2016: Illustrating Email
Outlook 2016: Organizing Email
Outlook 2016: Sending & Receiving Email
Outlook 2016: Setting Up
Outlook 2016: Using Outlook 2016 with Office 365

Outlook 2016: Calendar Tools

Course Number:
ds_msou2016_07_enus
Lesson Objectives

Outlook 2016: Calendar Tools

  • Using the calendar
  • Creating an event
  • Organizing a meeting
  • Creating events from your email
  • Adding a calendar
  • Importing & exporting a calendar
  • Managing multiple calendars
  • Printing a calendar & saving as a PDF
  • Configuring your calendar
  • Creating a task
  • Assigning a task
  • Organizing your tasks
  • Customizing your tasks

Overview/Description

Keep track of events, meetings and appointments in Outlook 2016 using the calendar function. Discover how to configure your calendar; create and organize events and meetings; add, import, and export calendars; and work with tasks.



Target

Prerequisites: none

Outlook 2016: Configuring the Client

Course Number:
ds_msou2016_08_enus
Lesson Objectives

Outlook 2016: Configuring the Client

  • Adding a second user account
  • Creating automatic tasks
  • Adding an RSS feed
  • Organizing your RSS feeds
  • Customizing the interface
  • Modifying Outlook's display settings
  • Customizing the Quick Access toolbar
  • Customizing the ribbon
  • Adding shortcuts to the ribbon
  • Managing your hard drive allocation
  • Importing & exporting data

Overview/Description

Customize Outlook 2016 to make it your own. Learn how to add multiple accounts; work with RSS feeds; customize the interface, ribbon, and Quick Access Toolbar; and use the import and export function.



Target

Prerequisites: none

Outlook 2016: Contact Tools

Course Number:
ds_msou2016_06_enus
Lesson Objectives

Outlook 2016: Contact Tools

  • Using your address book
  • Adding a contact
  • Creating a contact group
  • Creating a collaborative work group
  • Using Office 365 Groups
  • Managing your Office 365 Groups
  • Organizing your contacts
  • Categorizing your contacts
  • Printing your address book & saving as a PDF
  • Configuring your address book

Overview/Description

Outlook 2016 makes it easy to keep track of people you connect with. Discover how to add, import,export, and categorize contacts; create and manage groups; and configure your address book.



Target

Prerequisites: none

Outlook 2016: Formatting Email

Course Number:
ds_msou2016_03_enus
Lesson Objectives

Outlook 2016: Formatting Email

  • Formatting your text
  • Inserting special characters
  • Creating a style
  • Creating a style set
  • Modifying your email theme
  • Customizing your email background
  • Creating a bullet list
  • Customizing your bullet list
  • Spell checking your email
  • Using the AutoCorrect function
  • Managing your signatures
  • Using email templates

Overview/Description

There are numerous formatting techniques that can be applied to Outlook 2016 emails. Discover how to format text, use lists, work with styles and templates, and manage signatures.



Target

Prerequisites: none

Outlook 2016: Illustrating Email

Course Number:
ds_msou2016_04_enus
Lesson Objectives

Outlook 2016: Illustrating Email

  • Inserting a link
  • Inserting an image
  • Formatting your image
  • Inserting WordArt graphics
  • Inserting shapes
  • Modifying a shape
  • Inserting a table
  • Modifying a table
  • Formatting your table
  • Inserting a SmartArt graphic
  • Modifying a SmartArt graphic
  • Formatting your SmartArt graphic
  • Inserting a chart
  • Modifying a chart
  • Formatting your chart
  • Creating a survey
  • Inserting an object

Overview/Description

Outlook 2016 emails do not have to contain text only. Explore ways to illustrate your emails, including adding images, links, shapes, WordArt and SmartArt graphics, tables, charts, polls, and objects.



Target

Prerequisites: none

Outlook 2016: Organizing Email

Course Number:
ds_msou2016_05_enus
Lesson Objectives

Outlook 2016: Organizing Email

  • Marking an email as read or unread
  • Flagging an email
  • Categorizing your emails
  • Deleting messages
  • Organizing your emails
  • Automatically organizing your emails
  • Organizing your emails into conversations
  • Using Clutter
  • Creating favorite folders
  • Creating a search folder
  • Managing your IMAP folders
  • Using the search tool
  • Configuring your search options
  • Filtering your emails
  • Sorting your emails
  • Customizing your sort order
  • Using conditional formatting in your inbox
  • Combatting junk mail
  • Marking unwanted email

Overview/Description

To be productive, you need to keep your Outlook 2016 emails organized. Explore how to mark, flag, categorize, filter, and sort emails; use conversations and folders; use conditional formatting; and handle junk email.



Target

Prerequisites: none

Outlook 2016: Sending & Receiving Email

Course Number:
ds_msou2016_02_enus
Lesson Objectives

Outlook 2016: Sending & Receiving Email

  • Receiving & reading emails
  • Using the Read Aloud tool to read an email
  • Sending an email
  • Saving your email as a draft
  • Replying to & forwarding an email
  • Sending an email to multiple recipients
  • Using @mentions
  • Opening & saving an attachment
  • Sending an attachment
  • Sharing files via OneDrive & SharePoint
  • Sending Outlook items via email
  • Requesting a delivery receipt
  • Creating a mailout
  • Creating an automatic reply
  • Printing an email & saving as a PDF

Overview/Description

Outlook 2016 makes it easy to send and receive emails. Learn how to send, receive, reply to and forward emails; work with attachments; create out-of-office and automatic replies; and print emails.



Target

Prerequisites: none

Outlook 2016: Setting Up

Course Number:
ds_msou2016_01_enus
Lesson Objectives

Outlook 2016: Setting Up

  • Installing an account
  • Using Outlook
  • Using the help tool
  • Using keyboard shortcuts
  • Creating a note
  • Configuring your account

Overview/Description

Outlook 2016 is the email client that ships with the Microsoft Office suite. Discover how to configure an account, explore the interface and available tools, access help, and use keyboard shortcuts to help you save time.



Target

Prerequisites: none

Outlook 2016: Using Outlook 2016 with Office 365

Course Number:
ds_msou2016_09_enus
Lesson Objectives

Outlook 2016: Using Outlook 2016 with Office 365

  • Using the Focused Inbox
  • Sharing files via OneDrive & SharePoint
  • Receiving & saving an attachment

Overview/Description

If you or your organization has a qualifying Office 365 subscription, you can use it to install Outlook 2016 and get the latest software updates released by Microsoft. Recent updates available to Office 365 subscribers using Outlook 2016 include a streamlined attachment interface and the Focused Inbox, for faster, more efficient email management.



Target

Prerequisites: none

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