Time Management:
Strategize Your Day with Outlook

You agree that time is important. You are looking for technical tools that extend beyond paper and pencil. Instead of adding yet another program, we will dive in to see what MS Outlook has to offer. How can MS Outlook strategize your day? Learn the tools that help to show tasks, filter those tasks, decide, and act accordingly. Take it a step futher and automate those actions. It is time to learn practical tools that can help you better plan and execute all that you must conduct on any given day.

What We'll Explore:

  • Effectively use Outlook to strategize your day
  • Increase your regulation of time using Outlook
  • Utilize Outlook Time Management Tools
  • Prioritize using the REP plan and calendar blocking

Course Outline

Turning on the To-Do Bar

  • Creating and viewing Tasks

    • Tools for Efficiency

  • Flagging and managing Categories for email
  • Assigning and managing Categories for Calendar items

    • Applying the Pareto Principle

  • Assigning your top tasks as high importance
  • Marking flagged items with high importance

    • REP Plan (Record, Estimate, Prioritize)

  • Managing Tasks with the To Do App
  • Creating a Task from a Message
  • Delegating a Task to someone else

Calendar blocking with assigned Categories

User-action tools:

  • Applying and managing Quick Steps

Automated tools:

  • Applying Conditional Formatting
  • Applying and managing Rules