Online Class: Outlook 2021

Discover how Microsoft Outlook 2021 transforms email management and digital collaboration through advanced features such as shared calendars and automated rules. This course guides you through optimizing Outlook, whether for personal task management or complex organizational communications.

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  • 14
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  • 15
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  • 113
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  • 5
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  • 0.5
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Course Description

Master Microsoft Outlook 2021: From Basics to Advanced

Welcome to our comprehensive course on Microsoft Outlook 2021, where we delve deep into the features and functionalities of one of the world's most renowned email and collaboration platforms. Outlook is not just about sending and receiving emails—it's a multifaceted tool that streamlines communication, enhances collaboration, and simplifies scheduling.

Course Overview

Microsoft Outlook 2021 stands as a paragon in the realm of email clients. Beyond the basic functionalities of sending and receiving emails, Outlook offers a myriad of features that cater to everyone from the most tech-savvy professionals to novices just starting their digital communication journey. Whether you're working in a Fortune 500 company, running a budding startup, or simply managing your daily tasks, Outlook has something for everyone.

What You'll Learn

  1. Email Creation & Enhancement: Understand the nitty-gritty of crafting emails that don't just convey information, but do so with flair. With Outlook's rich text and HTML capabilities, learn how to integrate images, create compelling graphs, and use stylized text to ensure your emails aren't lost in the shuffle.

  2. Collaboration Tools: Dive into Outlook's collaborative features, from shared calendars to real-time document editing. Learn to schedule tasks, set reminders, and ensure that teamwork remains seamless and efficient.

  3. Inbox Management: Emails can pile up—fast. But with Outlook's rule creation, you can automate how incoming and outgoing emails are sorted, ensuring your inbox remains organized and you stay on top of your game.

Course Structure

  1. Welcome to Microsoft Outlook: Get introduced to the world of Outlook, understanding its interface and the potential it holds.
  2. Configuring Outlook: Learn the setup process, ensuring that you get the best out of your Outlook experience.
  3. Email Creation & Sending: Delve deep into the art of email creation, ensuring each message is clear, concise, and effective.
  4. Formatting for Impact: Enhance your emails with various formatting tools, making them more engaging and memorable.
  5. Decoding Email Headers: Uncover the importance of email headers and how they can impact your email's deliverability and reception.
  6. Organizing Your Email: Techniques and strategies to keep your inbox clutter-free and organized.
  7. Address Books & Contacts: Efficiently manage your contacts, ensuring that no communication slips through the cracks.
  8. Using Auto-responders: Set up automated email responses for when you're unavailable, ensuring constant communication.
  9. Styling Your Emails: Make your emails stand out with graphics, fonts, colors, and more.
  10. Calendar & Scheduling: Utilize Outlook's calendar features, ensuring you never miss a meeting or deadline.
  11. Task Management: From setting up tasks to reminders, learn how to manage your workload efficiently.
  12. Collaboration Features: Work together, even when you're apart. Dive deep into shared documents, calendars, and more.
  13. Creating Email Rules: Stay on top of your inbox by setting rules that sort and manage your emails automatically.
  14. Sharing & Alerts: Dive into shared calendars, setting up alerts, and ensuring you're always in the know.

Why Choose This Course

Outlook 2021 is more than just an email client—it's a gateway to efficient communication and collaboration. This course, with its detailed lessons, illustrative screenshots, and HD video tutorials, provides an in-depth understanding, ensuring that by the end, you are not just using Outlook but mastering it.

While having the Outlook software is not a prerequisite for this course, it is recommended for a more hands-on learning experience.

Join us on this journey as we uncover the myriad features of Outlook 2021, turning you into an Outlook maestro in no time!

Who should take this course?

This course is valid for anyone interested in using Microsoft Outlook email system but have very little experience with Microsoft applications, minimal experience and/or exposure to computers, or limited experience with email systems in general.
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Course Lessons

Average Lesson Rating:
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Lesson 1. Outlook Insights: Elevating Communication and Productivity

Future iterations of Microsoft Outlook leverage AI to predict user needs and optimize communication processes, backed by robust security protocols to counter evolving cyber threats. This continuous evolution assures users of a dependable and effective platform for digital correspondence, staying current with technological advances and shifting paradigms. Additional lesson topics: Using Outlook with Exchange 365; Microsoft Outlook Intorudction; New Features of Outlook 22 Total Points
  • Lesson 1 Video
  • Review Practice Worksheet: 57700105rz58075.png
  • Lesson discussions: Why take this course?
  • Complete Assignment: Previous Experience with Microsoft Outlook
  • Assessment: Lesson 1 Exam

Lesson 2. Advanced Techniques for Configuring Microsoft Outlook

Prepare your Gmail account for Outlook integration by enabling less secure apps and activating IMAP for effective syncing. Adjustments in Google settings protect against connection problems, ensuring seamless email interaction and optimized data organization. Additional lesson topics: Manually Adding an Email Account; Configuring Outlook with Gmail; Outlook Email Account Setup 20 Total Points
  • Lesson 2 Video
  • Assessment: Lesson 2 Exam

Lesson 3. Optimizing Your Outlook Email Skills

Outlook transforms email communication by harmonizing with Microsoft Office, making it an essential tool for balancing organization and productivity. Designing engaging emails is straightforward, and tips on creating clear, concise messages help maximize their efficiency. Additional lesson topics: How to Create an Email; How to Send an Email on a Mac; Sending and Receiving Email with Outlook 20 Total Points
  • Lesson 3 Video
  • Assessment: Lesson 3 Exam

Lesson 4. Polished Communication through Outlook Formatting Techniques

Professionalism in email communication is strengthened through diligent grammar checks and well-crafted signatures, which enhance clarity and fortify brand identity. Utilizing Outlook's integrated tools for these aspects guarantees your emails project competence and precision. Additional lesson topics: Using Rich Text Form or Plain Text; Adjust Font Size and Paragraph Formatting; Turning Formatting Marks On and Off 20 Total Points
  • Lesson 4 Video
  • Assessment: Lesson 4 Exam

Lesson 5. Decoding Email Headers

Email routing is a complex digital journey similar to a train traveling through stations; it involves SMTP, DNS lookups, and server hops that are all documented in headers. Each stage, from sending through SMTP to the recipient's server, is essential for tracking and troubleshooting email delivery. Additional lesson topics: Manage Messages Using Message Rules; Viewing Internet Message Headers 20 Total Points
  • Lesson 5 Video
  • Assessment: Lesson 5 Exam

Lesson 6. Harnessing Outlook's Tools for Email Mastery

Digital clutter often arises from unmanaged emails, but Microsoft Outlook’s organizational tools offer a solution. Custom folders and Outlook rules automate the sorting process, creating a harmonious email ecosystem that simplifies navigation and reduces time spent managing emails. Additional lesson topics: How to Organize Outlook Emails; How to Create a Folder; Organize Emails By Folders 20 Total Points
  • Lesson 6 Video
  • Assessment: Lesson 6 Exam

Lesson 7. Streamline Your Contacts with Outlook

Explore the comprehensive power of Microsoft Outlook for organizing business and personal communications with effective contact management features that enhance productivity and accessibility. This guide reveals essential strategies for creating, managing, and synchronizing address books and contacts, transforming your email experience into a streamlined and efficient process. Additional lesson topics: Create Contact Lists on a Mac; Create a Contact Group and Distribution List; Create and Manage Distribution Lists 20 Total Points
  • Lesson 7 Video
  • Assessment: Lesson 7 Exam

Lesson 8. Boundaries Beyond The Inbox

Out-of-office messages streamline communication by setting clear expectations, enabling professionals like project managers and healthcare workers to maintain continuity. Employing advanced tools within Microsoft Outlook further enhances this, empowering users to focus on balanced personal and professional life. Additional lesson topics: Setting Up Automatic Replies; Creating Outlook Email Templates; Send Email Based on a Template 20 Total Points
  • Lesson 8 Video
  • Assessment: Lesson 8 Exam

Lesson 9. Transforming Emails with Outlook's Graphic Features: From Basic to Brilliant

HTML formatting in Outlook elevates email communication to resemble styled web pages, integrating images, tables, and styles for newsletters and corporate updates, while maintaining compatibility and visual appeal. Testing for device compatibility and respecting recipient privacy and intellectual property rights remain crucial for effective and secure visual email communication. Additional lesson topics: Managing Contact Pictures; Adding Logos to Your Outlook Signature 20 Total Points
  • Lesson 9 Video
  • Assessment: Lesson 9 Exam

Lesson 10. Streamlining Your Schedule with Outlook's Features

Microsoft Outlook transcends its initial role as a simple email client, offering capabilities like task management and event scheduling that enhance organizational efficiency. By utilizing features such as calendar synchronization and task creation, users can safeguard data and streamline their productivity seamlessly. Additional lesson topics: Using Outlook Calendar Views; Create and Manage Calendar Groups; Setting the Default Calendar; Creating Additional Outlook Calendars 20 Total Points
  • Lesson 10 Video
  • Assessment: Lesson 10 Eam

Lesson 11. Optimizing Outlook Reminders for Superior Task Management

Outlook not only organizes your calendar but also optimizes your response times to critical communications through its email reminder features. By periodically reviewing and pruning old reminders, you maintain a focused and efficient daily routine, reducing cognitive overload. Additional lesson topics: Adding Business and Personal Calendars; Setting Notifications; Change Default Reminder Time; Setting and Removing Reminders; Sending Follow-Up Reminders 20 Total Points
  • Lesson 11 Video
  • Assessment: Lesson 11 Exam

Lesson 12. Achieving Task Mastery with Microsoft Outlook

Outlook's advanced features like task categorization and reminders significantly optimize project workflows, improving focus and ensuring timely completion of responsibilities. Integrating with other Microsoft Office applications further enhances collaborative capabilities, strengthening team productivity. Additional lesson topics: Creating Groups in Outlook; Creating Tasks and To-Do Items; Organizing Contact Groups 20 Total Points
  • Lesson 12 Video
  • Assessment: Lesson 12 Exam

Lesson 13. Harnessing Outlook Rules for Unmatched Email Efficiency

Outlook extension for professional organization, Rules facilitate the automation of inbox tasks, helping users maximize their email workflow's efficiency. By focusing on essential messages and utilizing predictive features, Rules enhance one's ability to manage digital communication effectively amidst an ever-evolving technological landscape. Additional lesson topics: Ideas for Using Email Rules; Settings Up Outlook Email Rules; Editing Outlook Email Rules 20 Total Points
  • Lesson 13 Video
  • Assessment: Lesson 13 Exam

Lesson 14. Transforming Teamwork: Mastering Outlook's Collaborative Features

Outlook redefines collaboration by transcending basic email functions and embracing comprehensive tools for seamless task management and communication. Through enhanced calendar sharing and tailored alerts, it significantly boosts productivity, ensuring everyone's aligned in multifaceted projects. Additional lesson topics: Sharing Outlook Calendars; Customizing Outlook Alerts 20 Total Points
  • Lesson 14 Video
  • Assessment: Lesson 14 Exam
282
Total Course Points
 

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Course Title: Outlook 2021
Course Number: 57700105
Lessons Rating: 4.28 / 5 Stars (293 votes)
Languages: English - United States, Canada and other English speaking countries
Availability: This course is offered online and is accessible in every state across the U.S., including California, Texas, Florida, New York, Pennsylvania, Illinois, Ohio, and Georgia. Learners in English-speaking countries like Canada, Australia, the United Kingdom, and South Africa can also enroll.
Last Updated: March 2024
Course Type: Self-Paced, Online Class
CEU Value: 0.5 IACET CEUs (Continuing Education Units)
CE Accreditation: Universal Class, Inc. has been accredited as an Authorized Provider by the International Association for Continuing Education and Training (IACET).
Grading Policy: Earn a final grade of 70% or higher to receive an online/downloadable CEU Certification documenting CEUs earned.
Assessment Method: Lesson assignments and review exams
Proctor: UniversalClass Instructional Team
Syllabus: View Syllabus
Course Fee: $120.00 U.S. dollars

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