Get started with Microsoft Outlook 2016. This fast-paced, beginner-level course will help new users set up and use Outlook on Windows. Jess Stratton shows how to set up Outlook email accounts, read and organize mail, compose new emails, work with attachments, and handle junk mail. The course also covers creating new contacts and using the calendar.
Learn how to best set up and manage email, calendars, and contacts in Outlook 2016. This course begins with a tour of the interface and shows how to connect to a wide variety of email accounts, as well as OneDrive for online file storage. Author Jess Stratton then shows how to quickly create, send, and read email and reduce your inbox clutter; organize, group, and share contacts; and stay on schedule with calendars and tasks. Plus, learn how to back up your Outlook data in case you need to restore or move it to a different machine.
Topics include:
- Connecting accounts: Exchange, Office 365, IMAP, and POP
- Searching for mail
- Saving attachments
- Organizing mail with flags and folders
- Creating new messages
- Working with contacts in the People hub
- Adding delegates to act on your behalf
- Creating meetings
- Creating tasks and notes
- Backing up and moving Outlook data
Get a handle on your inbox. Learn to streamline your Outlook 2016 workflow with tips, strategies, and techniques for reviewing and organizing email. Gini Courter shows how to use views to rearrange and sort email, organize email with folders and categories, and use rules and Quick Steps to automate many common tasks. With these techniques, you'll cut down on the time and energy you spend on email every day.
Topics include:
- Viewing messages by conversation
- Ignoring a conversation
- Using Mailbox Cleanup
- Arranging email by date or by sender
- Sorting and filtering views
- Creating inbox folders
- Customizing and using categories
- Using a custom search folder
- Creating Quick Steps and email rules
- Using automatic replies
Learn how to use the robust calendar and task management capabilities of Outlook 2016 to manage your personal and professional schedules. Author Gini Courter explains the difference between Outlook tasks and to-do lists, and shows how to use Outlook 2016 to make appointments, complete tasks, and find and organize your high-priority items. She also shows how to use built-in and custom Quick Steps to automate common or repetitive tasks, and use flags to follow up on important tasks. With these tips and techniques, you'll spend less time planning your schedule, and more time working on what matters most.
Topics include:
- Managing your time with Outlook 2016
- Creating an appointment or event
- Inviting others to meetings
- Creating recurring meetings
- Flagging email
- Creating tasks and to-do items
- Applying categories
- Using built-in Quick Steps
- Completing a task and sending an update
- Setting calendar and task list options
