Microsoft Outlook 2007 Training Roadmap

How many of you spend a good part of your day communicating with colleagues and others, scheduling meetings, organizing contacts, and more, all through Outlook? How many of you would like some tips and information on how to do more and become more efficient in Outlook? Maybe you are new to Outlook and would like to get up to speed quicker? You may want to try taking a look at the Microsoft Outlook 2007 Training Roadmap, which is a collection of online Outlook 2007 training courses to walk you through many of the basics. Here’s a look at what the Microsoft Outlook 2007 Training Roadmap includes:

1. Get familiar with Outlook

• Up to speed with Outlook 2007 - Where to find the commands you use most often. How to use new features such as the To-Do Bar and the new calendar navigation
• Interactive guide: Outlook 2003 to Outlook 2007 command reference guide - Use this interactive guide to locate your favorite Outlook 2003 commands in Outlook 2007

2. Communicate more efficiently

• Get out of your Inbox with Outlook 2007 - Tips for finding and organizing the e-mail that's already in your Inbox
• Create great-looking signatures for your e-mail - How to create a personalized signature so that you can stop typing the same thing over and over at the end of each message
• Outlook and RSS: Internet information delivered to your Mailbox - Find out how to read and manage your Really Simple Syndication (RSS) feeds and blogs right from Outlook
• Send text messages from Outlook 2007 to a mobile phone - Send text messages or a calendar summary to a mobile phone, right from Outlook

3. Manage your mailbox for size and storage

• Manage your mailbox I: Find its size and trim it down - How to find the size of your own mailbox and understand what big means. Find out about tools and shortcuts to reduce bulk
• Manage your mailbox II: Understand your choices for storing - The basics about Outlook's two methods for storing e-mail locally on your computer: Archive and Personal Folders
• Manage your mailbox III: Move or copy messages to Personal Folders - The steps you need to follow to create and use a personal folder for e-mail storage
• Manage your mailbox IV: Archive old messages - How to tell if AutoArchive is on and how to use custom settings
• Manage your mailbox V: Retrieve, back up, or share messages - Advanced techniques for finding and using stored messages. Tools for backing up your .pst files and tips to help you avoid common problems

4. Use your calendar effectively

• Calendar I: Outlook calendar basics - Calendar basics such as entering items and setting reminders
• Calendar II: See and use multiple calendars - Track multiple schedules at once
• Birthdays I: Keep track of birthdays and anniversaries - Two ways for entering special dates in Outlook
• Birthdays II: Linking contacts and birthdays - Easy ways to connect contacts and dates

5. Manage your contacts

• Create and use your own Electronic Business Card - How to create your own custom business card in Outlook

6. Fight junk e-mail

• Reduce spam! Get your Junk E-mail Filter in top condition - How to use the Outlook Junk E-mail Filter to keep spam out of your Inbox

Plus, you can take this to the next level by downloading shorter PowerPoint versions of some Outlook 2007 training courses and use them as training for yourself or a group. And the learning does not stop with Microsoft Outlook! We have training roadmaps for all of the Microsoft Office products, including the 2003 versions. Be sure to check them out today! 

Also, for all of you with Software Assurance on your Microsoft Office applications, remember that you have access to a much larger set of training available to your through your e-Learning benefits included in your Software Assurance benefits.

Thank you and have a wonderful day,

Eric Ligman – Follow me on
Global Partner Experience Lead
Microsoft Worldwide Partner Group
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