Simply Outlook: Tips & Tricks for Enhancing Daily Efficiency
Summary
This course, built in bite-size pieces, is intended for Excel users at a beginner level. Each self-paced module ranges from 10 to 20 minutes and includes a knowledge review quiz. You will learn how to configure as well as optimize Outlook for maximum efficiency and productivity. Additionally, we'll provide best practices for streamlining communication and collaboration, mastering everything from efficient email management to task delegation, all within a customized, user-friendly environment that makes Outlook work for you!
Register today, to master the basics of Outlook and take back your day(s) by discovering:
- How to customize your layout for maximum productivity
- Time-saving shortcuts, navigation tricks & advanced features
- Ways to streamline inbox management & craft polished emails
- Tools for keeping control of your calendar, appointments & meetings
- Techniques for seamlessly prioritizing tasks & assigning them effortlessly
- & MUCH more!
Program Highlights
Module 1: Outlook Unpacked: Solutions for Optimizing Your Environment
- Optimize your Outlook layout & navigation for maximum efficiency
- Learn to navigate Outlook seamlessly while avoiding common pitfalls
- Discover advanced features including a personalized Outlook Today dashboard
- Enhance readability with adjusted message previews & optimized reading panes
- Master email management with smart categorization, flagging & streamlined inbox techniques
Module 2: Outgoing Email & Effective Communication
- Master Outlook's modes & commands for effective communication
- Ensure email accuracy & etiquette with focused recipient checks & CC/BCC use
- Enhance your email management with smart subject lines & sender responsibility
- Customize your emails with professional signatures & efficient attachment methods
- Utilize personal stationery for consistent branding in your digital correspondence
Module 3: Quick Access Toolbar Customization & Time-Saving Shortcuts
- Customize your Quick Access toolbar & learn shortcuts to expedite your workflow
- Add Voting Buttons to your emails to collect feedback quickly & easily
- Insert Quick Parts with a click & save time on repetitive typing
- Organize your Quick Parts & Building Blocks for easy access
Module 4: Incoming Email & Streamlining Inbox Management
- Categorize & prioritize emails using the "touch it once" principle & drag-and-drop technique
- Organize your inbox with an "old email" folder system, sorting by sender, subject, size, or category & using bigger folder groups
- Methods for maintaining your inbox with Quick Steps
- An efficient plus highly effective routine for dealing with junk & trash folders
Module 5: Mastering Email Search & Organization
- Learn how to quickly filter & search your inbox
- Mark emails with specific formats based on sender or subject
- Apply, edit, or delete custom rules & conditions to organize your inbox
- Use advanced search techniques & conditional formatting to find crucial emails
- Create unique rules for email formatting to identify important messages at a glance
Module 6: Keys to Customizing Your Outlook Experience
- Customize your Outlook experience with tailored settings
- Enable key settings like spelling & grammar checks
- Fine-tune your message accuracy & presentation
- Streamline conversations & notifications with cleanup folders & shortcuts
- Master advanced email features like the Field Chooser & direct actions
Module 7: Keeping Control of Your Calendar
- Learn to set up & manage meetings effectively
- Master the basics of creating & modifying appointments
- Discover shortcut keys & advanced meeting scheduling techniques
- Utilize multiple calendars & customized views for maximum efficiency
Module 8: Mastering Contact Management
- Master the People view for efficient contact navigation & management
- Optimize your layout plus accessibility with the navigation pane, To-Do Bar & Favorites list
- Create & manage contacts efficiently with shortcuts, preference settings & advanced features
- Optimize searching & organization with the search ribbon, advanced find & contact folders
- Enhance your views, customization & communication with phone & list views, saved views, the field chooser, mail merge, contact groups & export commands
Module 9: Task Management & Note-Taking
- Master Outlook's Tasks function: Organize activities into manageable components
- Prioritize tasks, & assign them to others in a snap
- Create a seamless system for tracking your notes & associated activities
- Quickly create, organize & retrieve notes, while safeguarding sensitive information
- Discover the power of journaling in Outlook: maintain a digital journal & link entries to tasks or calendar events
About The Speaker
Mitzi Gibson Katz has trained thousands of end users and developed curriculum for over twenty-five years.
- As a consultant, she specializes in the Microsoft Office suite including Excel, Access, PowerPoint, Word, Outlook and much more.
- After teaching a variety of special education classes in Kansas, Montana, and Alaska for the early part of her career, Mitzi became interested in technology as the first personal computers were introduced to the market. She made the change in careers from public school education to private computer training and has been teaching students how to use software applications ever since.
- Mitzi helps students understand Microsoft Applications by her passion: "It's the people part of the business that keeps me involved.
Program Benefits
Simply Outlook: Tips & Tricks for Enhancing Daily Efficiency contains 9 individual training modules, each with its own video, exercise, and quiz. With the knowledge you gain from this self-paced course, you will have the ability to elevate your productivity and streamline communication, while maintaining a polished professional presence.
Each registration grants access to a single user.
Need to train a team, or an entire organization ? Call 1-800-964-6033 for group pricing today!