Microsoft Outlook 2000 Expert User

Course Code NGE73072

Contents

1. Contents
2. Description
3. Audience
4. Prerequisites
5. Objectives
6. Topics Include
7. Duration
8. Minimum Requirements
9. Media

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Description

This course prepares IT Professionals to explore the communication options, share work with colleagues, work offline or remotely and integrate Outlook 2000 Components.

Audience

This course is intended for end users using Microsoft Outlook 2000. Students will learn the basic features as well as the advanced capabilities of Outlook 2000. Participants should have a basic understanding of Microsoft Windows 98 or Windows 95.

Prerequisites

(Currently no course prerequisite information)

Objective

• Explore Communications Options.
• Share Information.
• Work Offline and Remotely.
• Integrate Outlook 2000 Components.

Topics Include

Unit 1: Exploring Communication Options

• Identify message-sending options for messages sent to others.
• Identify Rules Wizard options for managing incoming and outgoing messages.
• Create a message template.
• Use a message template.
• Create a Personal Address Book.
• Create a personal distribution list.
• Identify Compose New Fax Wizard options.
• Select an answer mode option for receiving a fax.
• Identify custom fax features.
• Set up Newreader.
• Subscribe to a newsgroup.
• Identify newsgroup message features.
• Post a message to a newsgroup.
• Schedule an online meeting by using NetMeeting.
• Schedule a time to watch a Net Broadcast.

Unit 2: Sharing Information

• Identify the differences between private folders, public folders and Net Folders.
• Grant permissions to other people to access a Tasks folder.
• Delegate access to a private folder to another person.
• To gain access to another person's private folder.
• Open an item in a public folder.
• Publish a Net folder to share a Calendar across the Internet and grant permission to users.
• Subscribe to a Net Folder.
• Identify the different types of standard forms.
• Create a customized Contacts form.
• Save a customized Contacts form to an Organizational Forms Library.

Unit 3: Working Offline and Remotely

• Identify the advantages of offline folders.
• Identify the advantages of Remote Mail.
• Create an offline folder file.
• Copy the Global Address Book to the offline computer.
• Add public folders to the Favorites folder in the offline folder file.
• Identify the synchronization options for offline and server folders.
• Configure Outlook 2000 to Open Offline.
• Create a personal folder file.
• Set the delivery location for mail delivered from Microsoft Exchange Server.
• Download message headers remotely.
• Retrieve specific messages remotely.

Unit 4: Integrating Outlook 2000 Components

• Import task information from Excel.
• Export Calendar data to Access.
• Identify the options in the Import and Export Wizard for transferring data between Outlook 2000 and other messaging systems.
• Manage Favorite Web pages using Outlook 2000.
• Add an Office file to the Outlook Bar.
• Perform a mail merge by using Microsoft Word with Contacts.
• Send an Office document as an attachment in a message from within an Office program.

Duration

8

Minimum Requirements

The CDROM version of this course requires:

• At least a 486DX 33Mhz CPU.
• Microsoft Windows 3.1 or higher and a Microsoft compatible mouse.
• At least 8MB RAM.
• At least VGA graphics capability with a minimum 512K video RAM (1MB video RAM recommended).
• At least a double speed CDROM drive.
• An MPC compliant sound card with attached speakers or headphones is recommended (Currently, only the CDROM version supports audio).

• At least a 486DX 33Mhz CPU.
• Microsoft Windows 3.1 or higher and a Microsoft compatible mouse.
• At least 8MB RAM and 22MB available hard disk space or file server space.
• At least VGA graphics capability with a minimum 512K video RAM (1MB video RAM recommended).

Media