MICROSOFT INTERNET AND OUTLOOK ESSENTIALS (1 DAY)
- DLS CONSULTING

Subject

Using Microsoft Outlook to create, receive and manage e-mail
Using Internet Explorer to search and navigate on the World Wide Web
 

Unit Standards

• 116945 Use electronic mail to send and receive messages (2 credits) Level 2
• 116935 Enhance, edit and organise electronic messages using a Graphical User Interface (GUI)-based messaging application (2 credits) Level 2
• 116931 Use a Graphical User Interface (GUI)-based web-browser to search the Internet (Level 2 Credits 4)

Pre-requisites

• Read, write, communicate and comprehend at least at GET level.
• Operate a personal computer system.
• Use generic functions in a Graphical User Interface (GUI)-environment (PC’s and Windows Essentials)

Level

Basic

Outcomes

Concepts and terms of E-mail

Introduction
Connecting to the Internet
An E-mail address
Network Etiquette
E-mail - Pros and Cons
Starting Outlook
Changing the View
Change the Toolbars displayed
Changing the columns displayed

Create and send an E-mail message

Choosing your e-mail Editor
Creating an E-mail message
Addressing a message
Running a Spell Check
Editing text in an E-mail message
Attaching a file
Getting Help

Receive and respond to e-mails

Reading Messages
Receiving an Attachment
Working with several open
messages
Flagged for future follow-up
Precautions when receiving mail
Printing a message
Organising messages

Working with Outlook Contacts

The Contacts View
Creating Contacts
Distribution Lists

Using the Outlook Calendar

The Calendar View
Working with Appointments
Working with Meetings
Working with Events

Working with the Internet

The Internet
The World Wide Web
Creating and Publishing Web Pages
Connecting to the Internet
Starting your Web Browser
Hyperlinks
Backward or Forward
Favourites
Search Engines
Saving a Web page information
Working with Web page images
Sending Web page information by e-mail
Printing a Web Page
Downloading Files
File formats and extensions
Security