This Outlook seminar focuses on productivity tools. Outlook can be configured to automatically move messages into folders or reply to e-mails while you are out of the office. If you send the same type of message each month, a template can be created for that message to save you time.

• Writing and editing rules
• Creating and using templates
• Using AutoSignatures
• Assigning categories to Outlook items

Do you send and receive e-mail? Are you having difficulty managing all the e-mail addresses you use? Do you have difficulty retrieving old messages you sent or received? Outlook 2003 - Mail will help you streamline your e-mail correspondence.

• Sending, receiving, and forwarding messages
• Adding e-mail addresses and distribution groups
• Attaching and saving files
• Composing and replying to voting messages

Need to become better organized with your contact information? Use Outlooks contact management functionality to organize and manage your contact information.

• Entering and organizing contact information
• Performing searches
• Importing and exporting contacts
• Performing a Word mail merge using Outlook
• Using journal entries

Would you find it useful to check co-workers' available free time when setting up a meeting? Would the ability to manage tasks, assign tasks to other people, and track their progress of those tasks make your life easier? This seminar covers Outlook's calendar and task features and provides helpful tips on organization and prioritization.

Topics include:

• Creating appointments and tasks
• Scheduling meetings
• Assigning tasks to other users
• Tracking progress of tasks
  

Is your inbox overflowing? Does it take hours to sort through your inbox, even when you've only been out of the office for a day?  Don't let email overwhelm you --- make it work for you.

Email has become one of the most popular communication tools today due to its ease of use and instantaneous delivery. Unfortunately, email's rapid growth has led to a new phenomenon: email glut. This tool that was supposed to make you more efficient can turn against you if it isn't managed effectively.

This seminar introduces the basics of storing and managing Outlook information so email can be a time saver, not a time waster. You'll learn to create folders to organize your messages, move and copy information between folders, automatically archive old messages, and send mail you don't want to the junk mail folder. These techniques make it easier for you to find those important messages when you need them, without hunting for them for hours.

Outlook Mail - Level II also shows you how to create your own email signature. This signature is automatically inserted in every new or forwarded message, saving time and keystrokes.  Finally, you'll learn to create distribution lists containing the e-mail addresses of the people you send mail to frequently which will save you additional time and keystrokes every day.

Key Training Points:

• Organize Messages
• Work with Junk Mail
• Working with Auto Archive
• Setting Message and Security Options
• Creating Signatures
• Creating Distribution List

E-mail is an integral part of your busy life.  Are you getting the most out of Outlook---or are you wasting time and money?

A recent study found that 88% of business professionals didn't know what they would do without e-mail.  It also found that most people are unaware of all of the options in Outlook that can make their life easier and make them more efficient.

Outlook 2007 Level 1 introduces the new Office 2007 interface and the many Outlook shortcuts which can simplify your e-mail tasks.  It is designed for new email users and for experienced email users who are new to Microsoft Outlook.

Key Training Points:

• Exploring Outlook 2007
• Sending and Receiving Messages
• Using Outlook Messaging Features
• Attaching Files to E-mail Messages

Are you still calling or emailing co-workers to set up meetings? Three short hours in Outlook 2007 - Calendars & Tasks and you'll never do that again.

Microsoft Outlook is more than just email.  It is a personal information manager that provides an integrated solution for managing your time as well as your email.  Besides being a popular email program, Outlook also includes calendar, task management, and contact management functionality.  You're paying for more than email functionality, you might as well get your money's worth --- and save time every day in the process.

Rounding up everyone for meetings doesn't have to be a complicated process that takes up as much time as the meetings themselves. This seminar covers how to use Outlook's calendar functions to schedule appointments and meetings and share your calendar with others to save time and effort.

The Outlook calendar will remind you about important meetings and dates so that you're always on time. And with the Outlook color-coding system, you'll be able to organize your tasks and appointments in less time, and delegate tasks to others on your team without ever picking up the phone or writing an email. 

Key Training Points:

• Scheduling with the calendar
• Managing meetings
• Working with tasks
• Working with notes

Need to become better organized with your contact information for customers, clients, vendors, students, or friends?

Microsoft Outlook is more than just email.  It is a personal information manager that provides an integrated solution for managing your contacts as well as your email.  Outlook includes comprehensive contact management features, as well as calendars and task management.  You're paying for more than email functionality, you might as well get your money's worth  --- and better manage your contacts in the process.

Using the Contact Management features in Outlook 2007, you can keep track of people and their contact information in one easy location. The Contacts folder is your e-mail address book and information repository for the people and businesses you communicate with. Use the Contacts folder to store the e-mail address, mailing address, multiple phone numbers, picture, and any other information that relates to the contact, such as an important date or general notes about ongoing communications with the contact.

From a contact in your contacts list, you can click a button or menu command to have Microsoft Outlook address a meeting request, e-mail message, or task request to the contact. You can have Outlook time phone calls with the contact and keep a record in the Journal folder complete with the notes you take during the conversation. You can link any Outlook item or Microsoft Office document to a contact to help you track your activities associated with the contact.

You will also learn to create a contact automatically from an email message, link contacts to Word mail merges, create and send Electronic Business Cards, and share contacts with others. No more searching for business cards in your desk --- with Outlook you can manage your contact information easily and efficiently. 

Key Training Points:

• Using the address book
• Managing contacts
• Working with files and applications
• Using the journal