Here is a step-by-step Outlook
2000 Tutorial
from the Community College
of Rhode Island, describing how
to perform these activities in Outlook: Outlook Basics, Using Outlook
Messaging, Managing Messages, Components and Office, Outlook Messaging
Features, Scheduling with the Calendar, Managing Contacts, Working with
Tasks, The Journal, Notes, and Organizing Outlook Items.
These
tutorial lessons can also be used to learn many of these Outlook
features in Outlook XP and Outlook 2003.
Contents
of Outlook Tutorial Lessons:
Lesson 1 - Working with Outlook Basics
- Starting Outlook
- Using the Outlook Interface
- Displaying or Hiding a Toolbar
- Using the Outlook Bar
- Using the Outlook Today Page
- Using the Folder List
- Exiting Outlook
Lesson 2 - Working with The Office Assistant
- Using the Office Assistant
- Finding an Answer
- Hiding/Displaying the Office Assistant
- Changing Office Assistant Options
Lesson 3 - Using Outlook Messaging
- Using Outlook's E-mail Features
- Sending a Message
- Using the Address Book - Message Window
- Changing Mail Folder Views
- Opening a Message in the Inbox Folder
- Sending and Receiving Messages
- Viewing Sent Messages
- Replying to a Message
- Forwarding a Message
- Printing from the Information Viewer
- Printing from the Message Window
- Saving a Draft Version of a Message
- Flagging a Message for Follow Up
- Navigating through Open Messages
- Changing the Read Status of a Message
- Sorting Mail Messages
- Deleting a Message
- Moving a Message to a Different Folder
- Emptying the Deleted Items Folder
- Archiving a Folder
Lesson 5 - Working with Components and Office
- Creating an AutoSignature
- Selecting a Default AutoSignature
- Inserting an AutoSignature
- Inserting a File into a Message
- Saving a File Attachment
- Opening a File Attachment
- Inserting a Hyperlink into a Message
- Creating and using Office Documents
- Using the Office Clipboard
Lesson 6 - Using Outlook Messaging Features
- Setting Message Tracking Options
- Viewing the Message Delivery Status
- Recalling a Message
- Creating a Message with Voting Buttons
- Responding to a Voting Message
- Tracking Votes
- Creating a Template
- Creating a New Message from a Template
- Deleting a Template
- Using Remote Mail
Lesson 7 - Scheduling with the Calendar
- Opening the Calendar
- Navigating the Calendar
- Scheduling a New Appointment
- Using AutoDate
- Scheduling an Event
- Scheduling a Meeting
- Responding to a Meeting
- Checking Meeting Responses
- Adding a Task to the TaskPad
- Editing Calendar Items
- Setting a Calendar Item as Recurring
- Changing the Calendar View
- Moving Calendar Items
- Printing Calendar Information
- Saving a Calendar as a Web Page
- Deleting Calendar Items
- Opening the Contacts Folder
- Adding a Contact
- Adding Same Company Contacts
- Changing the Contacts View
- Editing a Contact
- Flagging a Contact for Follow-up
- Dialing Contacts
- Sending a New Message to a Contact
- Organizing Contacts Meetings
- Exploring a Contact's Web Page
- Assigning a Task to a Contact
- Printing Contacts Information
- Deleting a Contact
- Opening the Tasks Folder
- Adding a Task
- Creating a Recurring Task
- Editing a Task
- Marking a Task Complete
- Sorting and Reordering Tasks
- Assigning a Task to Another Outlook User
- Accepting/Declining Tasks
- Indicating the Progress of a Task
- Sending a Status Report
- Changing the Tasks View
- Printing Tasks Information
- Deleting a Task
- Opening the Journal Folder
- Adding a Journal Entry
- Viewing Journal Entries
- Changing the Journal View
- Opening a Journal Entry
- Printing a Journal Entry
- Deleting a Journal Entry
- Opening the Notes Folder
- Creating a Note
- Assigning a Color to a Note
- Changing the Notes View
- Opening a Note
- Printing a Note
- Deleting a Note
Lesson 12 - Organizing Outlook Items
- Assigning an Outlook Item to a Category
- Modifying the Master Category List
- Creating a New Folder
- Deleting a Folder
- Using a Simple Find
- Using an Advanced Find
- Using the Ways to Organize Pane
- Using AutoCreate
- Inserting an Outlook Item into a Message