Advanced (MOS Edition)
Topic-Level Outline
Days: 1
Prerequisites: Outlook
2013: Basic or equivalent experience
Unit 1 : Customizing Outlook
Topic A: The Outlook environment
A-1: Hiding and showing the Ribbon
A-2: Rearranging tabs and groups on the Ribbon
A-3: Hiding and removing tabs and groups
A-4: Creating a Ribbon tab
A-5: Resetting the Ribbon
A-6: Customizing the Quick Access toolbar
A-7: Changing To-Do Bar options
A-8: Customizing the Status bar
A-9: Examining the People pane
A-10: Viewing custom photos in the People pane
A-11: Viewing contact details
A-12: Customizing the Weather bar
Topic B: General options and account settings
B-1: Changing User Interface options
B-2: Making Outlook your default email client
B-3: Managing multiple email accounts
Topic C: Quick Steps
C-1: Using Quick Steps
C-2: Configuring Quick Steps
C-3: Creating a Quick Step
C-4: Duplicating and editing a Quick Step
C-5: Restoring the Quick Steps group to its default settings
Topic D: The Folder pane and Navigation bar
D-1: Changing the startup folder
D-2: Creating shortcuts and shortcut groups
D-3: Deleting shortcuts and shortcut groups
D-4: Customizing the Navigation bar
Unit 2 : Customizing messages
Topic A: Message appearance
A-1: Applying a theme
A-2: Applying a Quick Style to an email message
A-3: Customizing a Quick Style
A-4: Using message stationery
A-5: Modifying stationery fonts
A-6: Adding and using Quick Parts
A-7: Modifying email options
A-8: Specifying a message format
Topic B: Signatures
B-1: Defining a signature
B-2: Modifying a signature
B-3: Using an electronic business card as a signature
B-4: Specifying a sending account
Topic C: Voting buttons
C-1: Adding voting buttons to a message
C-2: Replying to a message with voting buttons
C-3: Creating custom voting buttons
Topic D: Out-of-office messages
D-1: Enabling automatic replies
D-2: Setting automatic reply rules
D-3: Turning off automatic replies
Unit 3 : Mailbox organization and management
Topic A: Setting rules
A-1: Creating a rule
A-2: Observing a rule in action
A-3: Turning off and deleting a rule
A-4: Creating a custom rule
Topic B: Managing your mailbox
B-1: Exploring conversations
B-2: Managing conversations
B-3: Deleting messages and attachments
B-4: Deleting the contents of automatic folders
B-5: Compacting your mailbox
Topic C: 0 Archiving your mail
C-1: Archiving mail messages to a local file
C-2: Opening an archive file
C-3: Archiving mail messages to a file automatically
C-4: Archiving to the archive mailbox
C-5: Saving a message
Unit 4 : Organizing items
Topic A: Folders
A-1: Creating a folder
Topic B: Searching
B-1: Performing advanced searches
B-2: Searching Calendar, Contacts, or Tasks
B-3: Using Instant Search
B-4: Customizing Instant Search
B-5: Setting up a Search folder
B-6: Using a Search folder
Topic C: Advanced filtering
C-1: Applying filters to find messages
Topic D: Categories
D-1: Using categories to group messages
D-2: Arranging and searching by category
D-3: Categorizing a contact
D-4: Categorizing an appointment and a meeting
D-5: Assigning categories with Quick Click
D-6: Creating a category
D-7: Sorting and searching by category
Unit 5 : Notes and Journals
Topic A: Recording information with notes
A-1: Creating and modifying notes
A-2: Forwarding notes
A-3: Printing notes
Topic B: Tracking activities with the Journal
B-1: Creating a Journal entry
B-2: Viewing Journal entries
B-3: Noting work performed with a journal entry
Unit 6 : Collaboration
Topic A: Sharing your calendar and contacts
A-1: Sharing calendars
A-2: Permitting another user to manage your calendar
A-3: Delegating access to your calendar
A-4: Removing a delegate
A-5: Sharing contacts and Contacts folders
A-6: Exporting contacts
Topic B: Staying informed with RSS
B-1: Subscribing to RSS feeds
B-2: Reading a story and updating a feed
B-3: Changing and removing RSS feeds
Appendix A : Connecting with SharePoint
Topic A: Connecting with colleagues via Outlook Social Connectors