Outlook 2010: Tips, Tricks, and Shortcuts

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Free Online Course: Outlook 2010: Tips, Tricks, and Shortcuts provided by LinkedIn Learning is a comprehensive online course, which lasts for 2-3 hours worth of material. The course is taught in English and is free of charge. Upon completion of the course, you can receive an e-certificate from LinkedIn Learning. Outlook 2010: Tips, Tricks, and Shortcuts is taught by David Diskin.

Overview
  • Shares tips and tricks to maximize efficiency and productivity in Outlook 2010.

Syllabus
  • Introduction

    • Welcome
    1. Top 10 Tips
    • Finding a contact in seconds
    • Viewing Outlook in multiple windows
    • Sending a text (SMS) message from Outlook
    • Viewing the schedule for an entire group
    • Setting your default Address Book
    • Color-coding important messages
    • Sending business cards via email
    • Using Quick Parts to avoid retyping
    • Adding hyperlinks to an email
    • Conducting a vote via email
    2. Organizing Your Email
    • Working with folders and subfolders
    • David's Rule of Email Organization
    • Staying organized with shortcut keys
    • Three ways to change how your Inbox displays
    • Conversation view
    • Deleting old messages
    • Three automatic rules for incoming messages
    • Creating a rule that replies with a message
    • Four ways to deal with junk email
    • Two ways to find an email
    • Repeating searches with Search Folders
    • Applying Quick Steps
    • Using the Activity Feed
    3. Creating, Forwarding, and Replying to Emails
    • Seven shortcut keys for sending emails
    • Three ways to use your Address Book
    • Three ways to send email to lists or groups of people
    • Five ways to use the Bcc field
    • Five ways to use formatting effectively
    • Three ways to spice up the occasional email
    • Four faster ways to attach a file to email
    • Skipping attachments altogether
    • Sharing your Calendar via email
    • Marking an email for follow-up
    • Setting up multiple signatures
    • Two unusual ways to use the Drafts folder
    • Holding an email in your Outbox
    • Inserting a screenshot
    4. Staying on Task
    • Five ways to create a task
    • Three ways to view your tasks
    • Three ways to change task due dates
    • Four ways to customize your Tasks folder
    • Setting task reminders (alarms)
    5. Calendar and Appointment Tips
    • Four ways to reschedule an appointment
    • Four ways to track appointment details
    • Creating recurring appointments
    • Two ways to clone an appointment
    • Working with time zones
    • Setting the time zone of an appointment
    • Changing the time scale
    • Finding an appointment quickly
    • Using the Calendar with shortcut keys
    6. Contacts
    • Adding a photo to a contact
    • Tracking birthdays and anniversaries
    • Getting directions to a contact's address
    • Three ways to customize your Contacts list
    • Adding a field to your Contacts list
    • Filtering your Contacts list
    • Merging your contacts into Microsoft Word
    • Customizing a business card's appearance
    • Quickly view and add a new contact
    7. Miscellaneous Tips and Tricks
    • Using Outlook Today
    • Navigating through Outlook with the keyboard
    • Windows 7 Quick Tasks
    • Organizing by category
    • Setting an out-of-office message
    • Working offline
    • Ten email netiquette tips
    • Six tips for supervisors and managers
    8. Customization
    • Customizing the Navigation pane
    • Customizing other panes
    • Customizing the Quick Access Toolbar
    Conclusion
    • Additional resources