Microsoft Outlook 2016 Introduction

Welcome to the first part of our courseware for Microsoft Office Outlook 2016, Microsoft’s powerful and easy-to-use personal information management program. This new version of Outlook incorporates some new features that will help make managing your e-mail and personal information easier than ever. This course is intended to help all novice computer users get up to speed with Outlook quickly. This manual will also help more experienced users who have little to no experience with Outlook and the ribbon interface.

 

By the end of this course, users should be comfortable with using and customizing the Outlook 2016 interface, creating and sending messages, managing contacts, using the calendar, managing tasks, and working with notes.

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Prerequisites

 

This manual assumes the user understands the basics of using a Windows-based computer. Students should be comfortable using the keyboard, mouse, and Start menu. Understanding and experience with printing and using a web browser is an asset, but not required. No previous experience with other versions of Outlook is necessary.

 

Topics

 

Lesson 1: Getting Started with Outlook 2016

Lesson 2: Composing Messages

Lesson 3: Reading and Responding to Messages

Lesson 4: Managing Your Messages

Lesson 5: Managing Your Calendar

Lesson 6: Managing Your Contacts

Lesson 7: Working with Tasks and Notes

Lesson 8: Customizing the Outlook Environment