Mastering Outlook 365 – Intermediate (2025)

Few things have greater impact on your productivity than how you use Outlook. Too many people waste time on unnecessary tasks when they could be taking advantage of the many features embedded in Outlook.  

In this course, Microsoft expert Kathy Jones will show you how to use many of the features built into Outlook to create professional outgoing messages, such as the accessibility checker and the Editor, as well as message options, signatures, and automatic replies. You’ll also learn tools to manage incoming messages, such as tracking, categories and flags.  

Struggling with whether to use Teams or Outlook to schedule meetings? You’ll learn the tricks of using Outlook to manage your Teams meetings. And make sure you customize your calendar to show exactly what you need to see. You’ll also learn collaboration tools such as shared calendars and shared tasks.  

Brush up on your Outlook skills, so you can become more efficient using many of the tools Outlook has to offer. 

Topics covered include: 

• Checking spelling and grammar in a message 

• Checking accessibility 

• Modifying message options 

• Creating and adding signatures to email 

• Tracking sent messages 

• Managing flags and flagged messages 

• Customizing and applying categories 

• Setting up and modifying an automatic reply 

• Changing calendar settings and defaults 

• Adding new and shared calendars 

• Creating and managing a Teams meeting from Outlook 

• Working with recurring tasks 

• Assigning and tracking shared tasks 

• Creating and modifying notes 

This course is the third in the Mastering Outlook series. Once you complete this course, you’ll want to continue learning about advanced settings, customization, automation, and collaboration in our Mastering Outlook 365 courses.  

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