Microsoft Outlook: Intermediate / Advanced
Microsoft Outlook Training Series | Level 2
Course Details
Duration: 1 day
Microsoft® Outlook® Versions: 2013 | 2016 | 2019 | 2021 | 365
Delivery Methods (Instructor-led): In-person (Live classroom) | Virtual classroom
Course Dates: Check back soon for new dates (Virtual classroom) | View schedule
Course Fee: $275 CAD per person + HST (Virtual classroom), $295 CAD per person + HST (Bring your own device for in-person courses) or $345 CAD per person + HST (Avantix Learning provides device for in-person courses)*
Timing: Public scheduled courses run from 9:00 am to 4:00 pm (Eastern Time).
Virtual classroom courses: Our instructor-led virtual classroom courses are delivered in a virtual classroom environment. Students will be sent a virtual classroom invitation prior to the course.
In-person classroom courses: Our instructor-led, live classroom (in-person) courses are held in downtown Toronto at 18 King Street East, Suite 1400, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Some courses are also held at an alternate downtown Toronto location.
Custom training: This course may be delivered at your site or ours as an instructor-led or virtual classroom solution. Contact us at info@avantixlearning.ca for more information including savings for custom group training.
Course Overview
During this hands-on course, students will learn to use some of the more advanced features in Microsoft Outlook to manage email, contacts, appointments/events, and tasks. Students will create rules to manage emails, use filtering and search strategies, set key preferences for email, work with more advanced calendar features and share information with other users. Data will also be imported and exported and AutoArchiving will be reviewed. Many areas of Outlook will be customized to the user's preferences to improve the user's experience and save time.
Prerequisite: Microsoft Outlook: Introduction or equivalent knowledge and skills.
Custom training: This course may be delivered at your site or ours as an instructor-led or virtual classroom solution. Contact us for more information including savings for custom group training,
INCLUDED IN THIS COURSE
- Comprehensive course manual
- Keyboard shortcuts quick reference
- Sample and exercise files
- Refreshments (for classes conducted in Avantix Learning classrooms)
- Certificate of completion
- Follow-up email support
Course Topics
Filtering and Searching
- Filtering emails
- Searching for emails using And, Or and Not operators
- Creating a search folder
Managing Email using Rules
- Creating a new rule
- Using And, Or and Not operators in rules
- Deleting a rule
- Using the Rules Wizard
Archiving Email
- Archiving individual messages
- Archiving multiple messages
- Using AutoArchive
- Controlling AutoArchive settings
- Specifying or changing the AutoArchive folder
Working with Calendars
- Creating additional calendars
- Viewing calendars side-by-side or overlaid
- Printing options for the calendars
- Adding a second time zone
Sharing
- Allowing sharing of mail and calendars
- Setting permissions
- Setting permissions for specific access
- Viewing folders and tasks for which you have been granted permission
- Removing users
- Sharing calendars
- Opening shared calendars
- Working with calendar groups
- Marking an appointment as private
- Taking and tracking a vote
Importing and Exporting
- Import and export rules
- Importing eml-files into Outlook
- Importing multiple contacts from a vCard file
- Importing a contacts csv export
- Exporting options
- Exporting multiple contacts
- Exporting to or importing from Excel
Customizing Outlook
- Settings for junk mail
- Specifying preferred senders
- Using and customizing AutoCorrect
- Automating commands
- Reviewing Quick Steps
- Customizing the Ribbon and the Quick Access Toolbar
- Creating and using custom contact groups
- Adding fields to a view
- Creating a custom view
Our instructor-led courses are delivered in virtual classroom format or at our downtown Toronto location at 18 King Street East, Suite 1400, Toronto, Ontario, Canada (some in-person classroom courses may also be delivered at an alternate downtown Toronto location). Contact us at info@avantixlearning.ca if you'd like to arrange custom instructor-led virtual classroom or onsite training on a date that's convenient for you.
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