Five Outlook Training Documents Free Downloads—pdf from Purdue University—online office course

Microsoft Outlook is am email messaging and personal information manager, or PIM. Outlook lets you send and receive e-mail messages, schedule appointments, and organize your contacts and addresses. It also reminds you of tasks you need to complete. Here are five Outlook Training documents available from Purdue University, including two comprehensive Outlook training manuals, whose contents are listed below. These will train and show you how to use all of the features of Outlook.


- Outlook 2003: Quick Tips (2 pages, 267kb, pdf format)\
- Outlook: Core Skills (10 pages, 2.4mb, doc format)
- Outlook 2003: What's New & Different (5 pages, 664kb, doc format)


134-page Outlook Training Manual:
(4.9mb, pdf)

Chapter One: The Fundamentals
- the Outlook Screen
- Using the Navigation Pane, Menus, and Toolbars
- Dialog Boxes
- Keystroke and Right Mouse Button Shortcuts
- Getting Help
- Printing an Item

Chapter Two: Using E-mail
- Composing and Sending E-mail
- Message Options
- Receiving and Sorting Messages
- Replying to and Forwarding a Message
- Attach a File to a Message
- Opening an Attachment

Chapter Three: Using the Address Book
- Add Entries to Address Book
- Searching and Editing Entries in the Address Book
- Creating a Distribution List
- Deleting Contacts and Distribution Lists

Chapter Four: Using the Contacts List
- Adding, Editing, and Deleting a Contact
- Adding a Sender to the Contacts list
- Changing Views and Using the Actions Menu
- Printing the Contacts list

Chapter Five: Organizing and Finding Information
- Using the Advanced Find Feature
- Create and Use Folders to Organize Information
- Renaming, Copying, Moving, and Deleting a Folder
- Modifying and Deleting Search Folders

Chapter Six: Advanced E-mail Features
- Saving Draft Messages
- Using the Out of Office Assistant
- Inserting a Signature
- Setting up Junk E-Mail Filter
- Blocked and Safe Senders Lists


75-page Outlook Calendar Training Manual

The Calendar lets you keep track of appointments and schedule. This training document will show you how to create and reschedule appointments and events, how to add a reminder to your appointments, and how to view your schedule using several Calendar Views. You'll also learn how to set up a re-curring appointment, such as a weekly staff meeting. (3.1mb, pdf)

Table of Contents of Calendar Training:

Chapter One: Using the Calendar
- Scheduling an Appointment
- Editing and Rescheduling Appointments
- Scheduling an Event and Setting Reminders
- Configuring Calendar Options
- Recurring and Color-Coding Appointments
- Arranging Appointments and Events
- Using the TaskPad

Chapter Two: Using the Tasks List
- Using the Tasks List
- Creating a Recurring and Regenerating Task
- Changing Task Views
- Arranging Tasks

Chapter Three: Collaborating with Other Users
- Scheduling a Meeting
- Reply to a Meeting Request
- Using Group Schedules
- Set Free/Busy Options and Publishing Your Calendar on the Internet
- Sharing Your Calendar and Other Outlook Folders
- Giving Delegate Permissions
- Using Public Folders