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COURSE DESCRIPTION FOR
OUTLOOK IN THE LAW OFFICE
DESCRIPTION
Throw away your paper dayplanner and little scraps of paper
with notes, reminders and addresses. Outlook has many features to help streamline
your practice. Use it as your tickler system, your project manager and your
dayplanner. Outlook can even help you track your work for billing purposes.
This class is instructor led with lots of hands-on activities. Topics include:
- Tracking contacts, documents, e-mails and appointments
with the journal.
- Using contacts with your word processing program.
- Organizing personal information with folders and categories.
- The calendar to track specific types of appointments,
i.e. CLE credits, as well as using Outlook as a tickler system.
- Using tasks as your project manager with to do lists,
assigning categories and routing and tracking subordinate's tasks. These
features are ideal for case management.
LENGTH
Approximately eight hours. Recommend two four hour sessions.
PREREQUISITES
You need little experience with Outlook. You should be
familiar with the Outlook bar and sending e-mails. You should also have
a good understanding of basic Microsoft Windows, file management and personal
computers.
NECESSARY SOFTWARE AND HARDWARE
- A minimum of 500 megabytes (MB) of Random Access Memory
(RAM) (Windows NT only: at least 4 MB of available space in the registry).
- An IBM-compatible PC with an x86 processor that meets
the minimum hardware requirements for the platform you are using, Windows
95 with Windows Messaging and Quick View turned on and an Exchange 5.0
server. Check your reference manual for specific hardware considerations.
- Windows 95, 98 or Windows NT 4.0 with Service Pack 3
(or higher) installed.
- Microsoft mouse or compatible pointing device.
- A printer (optional).
OTHER OUTLOOK CLASSES
- Outlook - Introduction. Meet Microsoft's personal information
manager. Master all the basics of e-mail, the calendar and contacts.
- Outlook - Level 2. Explore advanced mail, contacts and
journal features. Learn to create forms and templates; customize the Outlook
environment; and use remote mail and the Internet features.
- Mini Power Sessions
--Integrate Your Palm Pilot With Outlook
--Manage Your Time Effectively With Outlook
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