PrecisionBS - Training

Microsoft® Office Outlook® 2003: Level 1

Course Specifications

Software: Microsoft® Office Outlook® 2003
Course length: 3 - 4 hours, depending on class size

Course Description

This course is the first in a series of three Microsoft® Office Outlook® courses. It will provide you with the skills you need to start sending and responding to email in Microsoft® Outlook® 2003, as well as maintaining your Calendar, scheduling meetings, and working with tasks and notes.

Course Objective:You will compose and send email, schedule appointments and meetings, manage contact information and tasks, and use notes.

Target Student: This course is designed for people with a basic understanding of Microsoft Windows who need to learn how to use Microsoft® Outlook® 2003 to compose and send email, schedule appointments and meetings, manage contact information and tasks, and use notes. This course is intended for persons interested in pursuing the Microsoft® Office Specialist certification for Outlook.

Prerequisites: This course assumes that you are familiar with using personal computers and have used a mouse and keyboard; basic typing skills are recommended. You should be comfortable in the Windows environment and be able to use Windows to manage information on your computer. Specifically, you should be able to: launch and close programs; navigate to information stored on the computer; and manage files and folders. The following courses are recommended, or you should have equivalent knowledge of:

• Windows XP Professional: Level 1

• Windows XP Professional: Level 2

• Windows XP: Introduction

• Windows 2000: Introduction

Delivery Method:Instructor led, group-paced, classroom-delivery learning model with structured hands-on activities.

Performance-Based Objectives

Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:

• identify the components of the Outlook environment and compose and respond to a simple message.
• compose messages.
• use folders to manage mail.
• schedule appointments.
• schedule meetings.
• manage contacts and contact information.
• create and edit tasks.
• create and edit notes.

Course Content