Outlook Essential Training (Microsoft 365) (2023)

Outlook Essential Training (Microsoft 365) (2023)

1h 49mBeginner2023-11-13

Authors

Jess Stratton

Jess Stratton

LinkedIn Learning Staff Author, Tech Consultant

Course details

Discover how to set up and manage email, calendars, and contacts in the Microsoft 365 version of Microsoft Outlook. Jess Stratton starts this beginner-level course with a tour of the Outlook interface and then covers all the tools and features you need to work as a team, track assignments, and collaborate effectively. After finishing this course, you’ll have the knowledge you need to tame your inbox and make the worlds’ most widely used email and calendaring app work for you.

Learning objectives
Connect a variety of email accounts to Outlook.
Efficiently create, send, and read email.
Reduce your inbox clutter.
Use Quick Steps to perform multiple actions with a single click.
Organize your mail with flags, folders, and rules.
Create and share new contacts and contact lists.
Create meetings and appointments in the Outlook calendar.
Create to-do lists and assign tasks.
Configure general Outlook options, such as work hours.
Activate and customize the My Day view.
Leverage the Outlook features designed for users with disabilities.
Ensure accessibility in your emails and calendar invites.

Skills covered

OutlookEmailEssential TrainingBusiness Software and ToolsMicrosoft

Concepts

Introduction

  • Stay organized and collaborate effectively with Outlook

Get Started and Connect Accounts

  • Navigate the interface
  • Add and remove accounts

Read Mail

  • Read mail and use the Focused Inbox
  • Customize the Inbox
  • Customize the Ribbon
  • Save attachments from a message
  • Search mail
  • Ignore conversations and flag mail as junk

Organize Mail

  • Flag, snooze, and pin messages
  • Organize mail into folders and favorites
  • Use Quick Steps to process messages
  • Process messages with mail rules
  • Delete, restore, archive, and sweep mail

Create and Send Mail

  • Create and format a new message
  • Reply, forward, and share message to Teams
  • Highlight text for faster actions
  • Create and use an email signature
  • Turn on automatic replies

Work with Contacts

  • Create new contacts
  • Create contact lists

Use the Outlook Accessibility Features

  • Features for Outlook users with disabilities
  • Create accessible content

Work with the Calendar

  • Change the look of the calendar
  • Create an appointment and an all-day event
  • Use categories to visually organize
  • Create a meeting
  • Chair a meeting
  • Respond to a meeting invitation
  • Create, open, and share calendars

Work with To Do, Settings, and My Day

  • Create and assign To Dos
  • Set general Outlook options
  • Use My Day and notifications

Conclusion

  • Microsoft 365 is so much more than Outlook
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