Outlook 2000 Training Syllabus: Level 1

Students will learn the fundamentals of using Outlook 2000 in order to co-ordinate mail, appointments, events, meetings, tasks and contacts.

Objectives:

On completion of level one, students will be able to:

• Identify the Interface of Outlook 2000

• Send, receive, and act on mail messages

• Use additional message handling facilities e.g. insert text into a message and create multiple signatures

• Create personal folders and organise Outlook 2000 folders

• Create, edit, and categorise single and recurring appointments

• Create, send, and manage meeting requests.

• Create, edit, assign, track tasks, and create and edit contacts
  

Course content Level 1 - Basic

Lesson 1: Getting started with Outlook 2000

• Overview of Outlook 2000

• Overview of Outlook Today

Lesson 2: Using mail

• Creating and sending messages

• Acting on messages

• Working with address books

• Recalling and printing

Lesson 3: Handling messages

• Message handling options

• Inserting text into a message

• Creating Signatures

Lesson 4: Managing folders

• Creating and using personal folders

• Using the Organise Page

Lesson 5: Working with appointments and events

• Scheduling appointments

• Assigning categories

• Editing appointments

• Inserting events

Lesson 6: Scheduling and managing meetings

• Creating and sending meeting requests

• Working with meeting requests

• Managing meeting responses

Lesson 7: Using the task and contact manager

• Managing tasks

• Adding and editing contacts

Further progression could include:

Outlook Advanced Training