Using Contacts, Tasks, Notes, and Customizing the Interface in Outlook 2007

Overview/Description
Microsoft Outlook 2007 allows for easy creation and management of all contacts. It provides an easy to use interface for creating contacts, along with business cards, that can also be used for sending e-mail, making meeting requests and journal entries, as well as assigning tasks. Outlook also offers multiple views to easily manage and track tasks. In addition, it allows you to create and store notes for later reference. This course explores how to create and manage contacts, tasks, and notes. It also demonstrates how to customize the Outlook interface using Outlook Today, shortcuts, Favorite Folders, and the Navigation Pane.

Target Audience
End User

Prerequisites
Basic knowledge of word processing and computing; familiarity with the Microsoft Windows and Office environments, and a very basic understanding of the Internet

Expected Duration (hours)
3.0

Lesson Objectives

Using Contacts, Tasks, Notes, and Customizing the Interface in Outlook 2007

create a new contact using the New Contact feature, given a scenario

create a distribution list, given a scenario

recognize how to create a contact from an e-mail that you receive

recognize how to create multiple contacts from the same company

view your contacts, given a scenario

perform tasks using your contacts, given a scenario

send a contact as an electronic business card, given a scenario

create a new contact from scratch, given a scenario

use a contact as an electronic business card, given a scenario

request a meeting with a contact , given a scenario

create an electronic business card, given a scenario

create a task, given a scenario

recognize how to view your tasks

recognize how to update a task, given a scenario

assign a task, given a scenario

reclaim an assigned task that has been rejected

track a task that you have assigned, given a scenario

recognize the different ways to display tasks

create a note, given a scenario

customize a note, given a scenario

recognize how to change the view of the Notes folder

reject a task that has been assigned to you, given a scenario

reclaim an assigned task that has been rejected, given a scenario

track a task, given a scenario

create a new note, given a scenario

assign a task in a given scenario

customize Outlook Today for the Outlook interface, given a scenario

add folders to Favorite Folders, given a scenario

work with shortcuts, given a scenario

customize the Navigation Pane, given a scenario

customize the Outlook interface, given a scenario