Skills inventory for Outlook 2003: Advanced

Use the following form to gauge students’ skill level entering the class (students have copies in the introductions of their student manuals). For each skill listed, have students rate their familiarity from 1 to 5, with five being the most familiar. Emphasize that this is not a test. Rather, it’s intended to provide students with an idea of where they’re starting from at the beginning of class. If a student is wholly unfamiliar with all the skills, he or she might not be ready for the class. A student who seems to understand every skill, on the other hand, might need to move on to the next course in the series.

 

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Creating custom toolbars and customizing the menu bar

 

 

 

 

 

Changing the startup folder to Calendar

 

 

 

 

 

Creating groups and shortcuts in the Navigation pane

 

 

 

 

 

Using Find and Advanced Find features to search for messages

 

 

 

 

 

Applying filters on messages

 

 

 

 

 

Customizing messages by using message formats and stationery

 

 

 

 

 

Sorting and grouping messages

 

 

 

 

 

Using the Rules wizard and the Out of Office Assistant

 

 

 

 

 

Archiving mail messages manually and automatically

 

 

 

 

 

Creating and modifying notes

 

 

 

 

 

Assigning a contact to a note

 

 

 

 

 

Creating Journal entries automatically and manually and assigning a contact to a Journal entry

 

 

 

 

 

Booking resources for meetings and sending meeting requests to a Calendar group

 

 

 

 

 

Sorting contacts, forwarding contact information, and creating and importing a vCard into contacts

 

 

 

 

 

Creating accounts and business contacts under the Business Contacts Manager folder

 

 

 

 

 

Using the Business History folder and Reports

 

 

 

 

 

Opening a mail form in design mode, testing the form, and saving the form as a template

 

 

 

 

 

Integrating tasks with contacts

 

 

 

 

 

Importing Microsoft Excel data into the Contacts folder

 

 

 

 

 

Exporting Microsoft Outlook data to a Microsoft Access database

 

 

 

 

 

Creating a public folder and posting an item to a public folder

 

 

 

 

 

Granting permission to other users to view the Inbox

 

 

 

 

 

Switching between offline and online states

 

 

 

 

 

Adding a Send/Receive group to offline folders and disabling an offline folder

 

 

 

 

 

Connecting to a news server and reading newsgroup articles

 

 

 

 

 

Exploring e-mail security options