Time Management Fundamentals with Microsoft Office
1h 10mGeneral2018-08-13
Authors

Dave Crenshaw
Author and Leadership Coach specializing in productive leadership
Course details
Learn how to apply the principles covered in Dave Crenshaw's popular Time Management Fundamentals course with the Microsoft Office tools you're already using. In this course, time management expert Dave Crenshaw shows how to manage your time and boost productivity with Microsoft Office. He begins by showing how to prep your Office tools for maximum productivity, stepping through how to adjust user settings in Outlook, OneNote, and OneDrive. Next, he walks through the app-specific steps for implementing his popular approach to time management: processing email more efficiently in Outlook; leveraging the capabilities of OneNote to boost personal productivity; and creating a time budget in the Outlook calendar that's suited to your personal work style and goals.
Learning objectives
Recall why it is recommended to move your reading pane to the bottom of the screen in Outlook.
Name the recommended amount of sections to have for your OneNote notes.
Recognize questions that should not be asked when processing an email.
List the correct steps for creating an email rule.
Identify what should be used as a gathering point.
Recall the benefits of repetition.
Learning objectives
Recall why it is recommended to move your reading pane to the bottom of the screen in Outlook.
Name the recommended amount of sections to have for your OneNote notes.
Recognize questions that should not be asked when processing an email.
List the correct steps for creating an email rule.
Identify what should be used as a gathering point.
Recall the benefits of repetition.
Skills covered
OneDriveOneNoteOutlookPersonal Productivity SoftwareTime ManagementProfessional DevelopmentBusiness Software and ToolsMicrosoftOne-Off
Concepts
Introduction
- Are you using Microsoft Office effectively
- What to know before starting this course
Preparing Your MS Office Tools
- Overview of the tools used in this course
- How to prepare your Outlook email
- How to prepare your Outlook calendar
- How to prepare your OneNote settings
- How to prepare OneDrive
- How to prepare Outlook Mobile
- How to prepare OneNote Mobile
Processing Email in Office
- Review of the processing system
- How to process a calendar-based email
- How to process a task-based email
- Create rules for repetitive emails
- How to store attachments
- How to store emails
- Check email using Outlook Mobile
Boosting Productivity with OneNote
- Gather to OneNote
- Where to store OneNote items
- What, when, where processing with OneNote
Creating a Time Budget in Outlook
- Review the time budget
- Budget time in Outlook for your most valuable activities
- Use your time budget in Outlook
Conclusion
- Next steps