Outlook Messaging, Contacts, and Scheduling

This unit advances students’ practical skills in managing email, contacts, calendars, and tasks within Microsoft Outlook. Building on foundational message composition and account setup, students will learn contact/address-book workflows, appointment and task management, printing and archiving practices, and productivity configurations in preparation for advanced collaboration and integration topics in the final unit.

Learning Objectives

• Demonstrate composing, sending, saving, and managing messages across multiple accounts, including using drafts, attachments, screenshots, out-of-office replies, and modifying mail account settings
• Apply contact and address-book management techniques to add, edit, organize, group, and merge contacts (for envelopes and email) and perform targeted search-and-replace operations on contact data
• Organize calendar and task workflows by creating and printing appointments, adding holidays, managing recurring tasks, converting messages into meetings, and using the To Do module
• Configure productivity features and system options—control add-ins, set printing preferences (including two-sided printing), archive mail for retention, and adjust search behaviors to streamline communication