Computer E-Learning

Welcome to the Microsoft Outlook 2010 Advanced workshop. In this workshop, we’ll cover some of the more advanced tasks in Outlook 2010, like customizing your Outlook interface and your profile. You’ll learn how to use Word elements in your E-mails. This course explains some of the advanced e-mail, calendar, and task commands, as well as the Notes feature. You’ll also learn about RSS feeds and how to manage and protect your Outlook data.

Customizing the Outlook window is a powerful way to become more productive when working with Outlook. The first concept we’ll cover in this module is customizing the Navigation pane. We’ll also discuss how to change the Reading Pane and the To-Do Bar. This module will explain how to resize panes to customize your Outlook view. We’ll also present an overview of the View tab.

This module will help you learn how to format text in your mail messages, appointments, or other Outlook items. It also explains how to add SmartArt, pictures, and tables to enhance your Outlook items even further.

In this module, you’ll learn how to create a signature to include at the bottom of email messages. You’ll learn how to change the font options for your message. You’ll also learn how to change the stationery options. Finally, we’ll take a look at how to enable or disable automatic spell checking in Outlook 2010.

This module explains some advanced e-mail tasks. You’ll learn how to add voting buttons to your messages. You’ll also learn how to set priority to your messages to let your readers know how important your message is. This module explains how to change the message format to make sure readers with limited email engines can still read your message. Finally, you’ll learn how to add a follow up flag.

This module will explain how to perform some advanced calendar tasks. You’ll learn how to create a recurring appointment. You’ll also learn how to create a meeting request and track meeting responses. You’ll learn about categories, which will allow you to color code your appointments. This module explains how to change your calendar options. It also explains calendar groups.

This module will explain how to work with other objects to enhance your documents even further. You’ll learn how to add a cover page to your document. You’ll also learn about WordArt. This module also explains how to draw shapes and add text boxes.

This module explains how to use the Notes feature in Outlook 2010. You’ll learn how to open the Notes folder and create a note. You’ll also learn how to edit a note. This module shows you how to color code your notes using Categories. Finally, you’ll learn how to change note views.

This module explains how to use Really Simple Syndication (RSS) feeds, which is a way to feed web content directly to your Inbox whenever a website is updated. You’ll learn how to add an RSS feed to Outlook 2010. You’ll learn how to modify or delete RSS feeds. This module also explains how to view a feed and work with feed items.

With use, your Outlook Inbox can get unmanageable or overwhelming unless you perform some maintenance. This module explains two methods of cleanup: how to clean up folders and how to use mailbox cleanup. You’ll also learn about data configuration. Finally, you’ll learn how to archive old data.

In this module, we’ll talk more about managing your Outlook data. Outlook stores all of your messages, contact information, calendars, tasks and other items in a Personal Storage Folder (PST). You’ll learn how to backup your Outlook data. You’ll learn how to add a new PST file. You’ll also learn how to open and close a PST file.

Although this workshop is coming to a close, we hope that your journey to improve your Outlook skills is just beginning. Please take a moment to review and update your action plan. This will be a key tool to guide your progress in the days, weeks, months, and years to come. We wish you the best of luck on the rest of your travels!