Here are Four
Free Training Resources for Learning Outlook 2007.
The first one is a free online course that will introduce you on using
the Ribbon, finding familiar features, and understanding the
new XML file format. The second one is a reference document that shows
you the locations of Outlook 2003 commands in Outlook 2007. The
third learning resource presents the top 10 tips for using Outlook
2007. The
fourth document is a spreadsheet
that cross-references all Outlook 2003 menu and toobar items to Outlook
2007's
ribbon interface.
1) Free Outlook 2007 Online Course: Up to Speed with Outlook 2007
After completing this course you will be able to:
- Move around in Outlook 2007 and understand some of the things that have changed, and why.
- Find commands on the Ribbon to do the things you do every day: read and send e-mail, work with appointments and meetings, and use your contacts.
- Send and receive pictures and attachments. Ensure that recipients will be able to open attached files that use the new 2007 Microsoft Office release file formats.
- Three self-paced lessons and three practice sessions for hands-on experience. Practices require Outlook 2007.
- A short test at the end of each lesson; tests are not scored.
- A Quick Reference Card you can take away from the course.
Outlook 2007 Course Contents:
What's changed and why
- Introducing the Ribbon
- A closer look at the Ribbon
- The Ribbon shows what you need
- There's more than meets the eye
- The Mini toolbar
- The Quick Access Toolbar
- Keyboard Shortcuts
- Know your options
- More about options
- More that's new: the To-Do Bar
- A new look for the calendar
- A new look for contacts
- Practice
- Test yourself
- Create a new message
- Use the Address Book to add recipients
- Show or hide the Bcc field
- Include your signature
- Use flags and reminders
- Respond to a message
- Whoops! Need to recall a message?
- Make time and remember to do things
- Want to create a meeting? Invite others
- Work with a contact
- Practice
- Test yourself
- Include an attachment
- Include a picture in line with text
- Picture this: Tabs that come and go
- Preview attachments before you open them
- How others receive attachments that you send
- How others can view attachments that you send
- Practice
- Test yourself
Quick Reference Card
2) Reference: Locations of Outlook 2003 commands in Outlook 2007
This tutorial describes the items of the new Microsoft Office Fluent user interface that are in Microsoft Outlook 2007. It presents Outlook 2003 commands that you may already know, and explains how to do the same things in Outlook 2007.
3) Top 10 Tips for Outlook 2007
The first time you open Outlook 2007 you might be disappointed to see that,on the face of it, Outlook does not display the new ribbon and newinterface that you will see in the other major applications in theOffice 2007 suite such as Word, Outlook, and PowerPoint. Dig a little deeper under the surface, however, and you'll see that the Ribbon and new interface are there in places. Here are our ten best tips for working with the newOutlook 2007.
4) Outlook Ribbon Mapping Workbook
This spreadsheet (.xls) maps all of the menu and toolbar features and options in Outlook 2003 to the equivalent in Outlook 2007.
- Actions menuOutl
- Edit menu
- File menu
- Form menu
- Format menu
- Help menu
- Insert menu
- Layout menu
- Tools menu
- View menu
- Table menu
- Envelope toolbar
- Formatting toolbar
- Standard toolbar
- Tables and Borders toolbar
- 3-D Settings toolbar
- AutoSummarize toolbar
- AutoText toolbar
- Compare Side by Side toolbar
- Diagram toolbar
- Extended Formatting toolbar
- Email toolbar
- Drawing toolbar
- Drawing Canvass toolbar
- Forms toolbar
- Frames toolbar
- Function Key Display toolbar
- Header and Footer toolbar
- Ink Annotations toolbar
- Ink Drawing and Writing toolbar
- Mail Merger toolbar
- Online Meeting toolbar
- Organization Chart toolbar
- Outlining toolbar
- Picture toolbar
- Print Preview toolbar
- Reading Layout toolbar
- Refresh toolbar
- Reviewing toolbar
- Shadow Settings toolbar
- System toolbar
- Text Box toolbar
- Visual Basic toolbar
- Web toolbar
- Web Tools toolbar
- Word Count toolbar
- WordArt toolbar
- Database toolbar
- Control Toolbox toolbar
- Form Design toolbar