Making the Most of Outlook and Powerpoint

Making the Most of Outlook and PowerPoint

Delegates learn how to:

· Manage e-mail overload including how to track specific email conversations

· Organise emails, tasks and contacts with Outlook categories

· Convert emails and appointments into tasks and vice versa

· Link emails to tasks

· Transform PowerPoint presentations without taking forever to produce them

· Use simple images and animations for visual impact

· Use hyperlinks, video and audio to build powerful presentations

COURSE CONTENT

Microsoft Outlook 2003 Most people use Outlook as a separate email manager and calendar. In this session you learn how to quickly and easily turn it into an amazingly powerful personal effectiveness tool. · Manage email overload including how to track all emails relating to specific conversation with a couple of mouse clicks. · Organise your emails, tasks and contacts more effectively by using Outlook categories. · Use the task folder to keep track of work in progress and to create manageable daily to-do lists. · Convert emails and appointments into tasks & vice versa. · Reduce time wasted searching for relevant documents by linking to tasks.

Microsoft PowerPoint 2003 PowerPoint is unfairly considered boring and uninspiring. It doesn't have to be that way. Most people learn to use it by trial and error. As a result, they miss many simple ways to enhance their message. In this session you learn secrets that can double PowerPoint's persuasiveness. · Learn what the research shows about the effectiveness of traditional PowerPoint presentations and why we urgently need to learn better ways to use it. · Get design tips that transform your presentation without taking forever to produce. · Use source, images and simple, selective animations to create visual aids with more impact. · Use hyperlinks to build flexibility into presentations. · Include video and audio into your presentations