Hitchhiker’s Guide Hitchhiker’s Guide to Microsoft Outlook 2003
Welcome We hope this will become a "Power Users Group" for Microsoft Outlook 2003. Our plan is to offer monthly workshops on various aspects of this program. Participants are encouraged to attend as often as they can and to submit questions or suggestions for topics to cover.
Learning Style Striving for a better way to present the material We will show a number of slides per topic Switch to Real-time Outlook to make sure everyone is on the same page Then, go back to another topic for some slides Ask questions, if you have them, in between topics
Hitchhiker’s Summary Guide Today's focus will be on using and managing the Outlook Calendar in conjunction with: Customizing Views Appointments Reminders Tasks Using Labels or create your own Using color coding Using Categories or create your own Flags
The Outlook Calendar as a Scheduling Tool What does your calendar look like and is it working for you?
Customizing Views Tools > Options The Options dialog box provides access to most of the customization options for Outlook They are organized by categories & subcategories within the tabs
Customizing Calendar Options
Customizing Planner Options
Resizing Navigation Pane buttons Horizontal Splitter Bar Navigation Pane
Calendar Work Week View
Navigation Pane Options
Hitchhiker’s Summary Guide Today's focus will be on using and managing the Outlook Calendar in conjunction with: Customizing Views Appointments Reminders Tasks Using Labels or create your own Using color coding Using Categories or create your own Flags
Appointments In Calendar view, easily create new appointments by clicking on New Or go to Actions > New Appointment You can also create an appointment by dragging an e-mail from your Inbox in the Folder List view
Calendar and Folder List View With the Calendar showing, use the Navigation Pane to click on Folder List
Recurring Appointments
Moving Appointments when others are involved... When you have an appointment where others are involved, and you move that appointment from one date to another, you will get the above dialog box. Moving Appointments when others are involved...
Send Updated Appointment
Adding Contacts to Appointments
Editing the Notes space
Scheduling Appointments
Hitchhiker’s Summary Guide Today's focus will be on using and managing the Outlook Calendar in conjunction with: Customizing Views Appointments Reminders Tasks Using Labels or create your own Using color coding Using Categories or create your own Flags
Reminders
Dismiss All - Open Item - Dismiss - Snooze Reminders Options Dismiss All - Open Item - Dismiss - Snooze
Reminder Sound
Hitchhiker’s Summary Guide Today's focus will be on using and managing the Outlook Calendar in conjunction with: Customizing Views Appointments Reminders Tasks Using Labels or create your own Using color coding Using Categories or create your own Flags
Assigning Tasks
Tasks
Task Views Simple List View
Tasks Views Category List View
Hitchhiker’s Summary Guide Today's focus will be on using and managing the Outlook Calendar in conjunction with: Customizing Views Appointments Reminders Tasks Using Labels or create your own Using color coding Using Categories or create your own Flags
Right-click any appointment... Editing Labels Right-click any appointment...
Labels in Calendar View Select any appointment... Then, go to Calendar Coloring
Edit your Calendar Labels Default Labels Edited Labels
Hitchhiker’s Summary Guide Today's focus will be on using and managing the Outlook Calendar in conjunction with: Customizing Views Appointments Reminders Tasks Using Labels or create your own Using color coding Using Categories or create your own Flags
Right-click on an e-mail, under the Flag Field Color Coding e-mails Right-click on an e-mail, under the Flag Field
Color Coding e-mails Color coding is also assigning a flag Use your own priority system for colors Check mark a flag complete Add a reminder Clear a flag
Calendar Coloring
Hitchhiker’s Summary Guide Today's focus will be on using and managing the Outlook Calendar in conjunction with: Customizing Views Appointments Reminders Tasks Using Labels or create your own Using color coding Using Categories or create your own Flags
Categories
Categories List When you click on Categories, this dialog box comes up where you can search the list for an appropriate Category or make your own.
Categories in Calendar View Right-click any item to see what Categories it belongs to...
Hitchhiker’s Summary Guide Today's focus will be on using and managing the Outlook Calendar in conjunction with: Customizing Views Appointments Reminders Tasks Using Labels or create your own Using color coding Using Categories or create your own Flags
Flags Reminder for New Mail
Enter any message you like in the Flag to: field Adding a Flag Enter any message you like in the Flag to: field
Reminder a part of the e-mail
Thank you for coming today! Please consider ideas for future topics Spread the word Be organized