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Throughout the Office 365 migration, we'll be sharing regular tips and tricks for making the most of your new email and calendar tools.

We are all busy people. We have things to do. What if there were some resources to help you get things done more effectively? When it comes to email and Office 365 these resources are at your finger tips!

鲍鱼tv recently announced a new initiative through Skillsoft for online learning. Skillsoft gives employees access to a huge number of resources where you can learn at your own pace.

There are a number or great resources dedicated to Outlook and Office 365 and would encourage anyone interested in learning more, or looking for some refreshers, to dive into some of the following courses.

Mail Automation, Cleanup, and Storage in Outlook 2013*
Outlook 2013 contains a range of features to help manage the large volume of e-mail that many users receive on a daily basis. This course discusses managing e-mail messages with rules as well as configuring rules for automatic replies. It also cover options for managing junk mail and it discusses the cleanup tools available in Outlook 2013.

Microsoft Outlook for Mac 2011*
Outlook for Mac 2011 offers a variety of features that allow you to deliver polished and professional correspondence that includes a variety of types of attachments, embedded rich content such as photographs, and finishing touches such as custom signatures. For advanced filtering of your messages, Outlook offers a number of handy Search tools to help you locate and narrow your results. This course explores adding and previewing e-mail attachments, inserting photos and links into messages, creating signatures, and searching your inbox for exactly what you need.

Collaboration and Customization with the Calendar, Contacts and Tasks in Outlook 2013*
Outlook 2013 has a range of management features for calendars, contacts and tasks. In this course, you will learn how to share calendars and manage multiple calendar. You will also learn how to customize your calendar to suit the way you work. The course will also cover how to share and manage contacts and will teach you how to import contacts and manage multiple address books. You also will learn how to forward and assign tasks and how to manage task assignments.

Scheduling with Appointments, Events and Tasks in Outlook 2013*
The Outlook 2013 Calendar allows you to create appointments and events, as well as schedule meetings. The Calendar is fully integrated with the other components of Microsoft Outlook 2013 allowing you to easily incorporate your contacts and e-mail functionality with the Calendar. This course introduces the major聽 components of the Calendar and discusses how to create appointments and events. Microsoft Outlook 2013 also provides the Tasks feature to help keep you organized and to assist you with the various tasks that you need to process on a daily basis. This course demonstrates how to create tasks in Outlook 2013 to help you to manage your time and stay organized.

Microsoft Outlook for Mac 2011: Scheduling with the Calendar*
While Microsoft Outlook is known for being a robust e-mail application, it also includes a calendar system that can be used for efficient information management. This course explores the many features of the Outlook Calendar, including how to use Calendar to add appointments, set appointments as recurring events, set reminders for appointments, and schedule meetings. The course also explains how to customize the appearance of the calendar to best suit your needs.

How it works

Skillsoft accounts are now available, on a first-come first-serve basis, to anyone who works at the university: any staff or faculty member, whether you鈥檙e full-time, part-time or grant-paid. Simply go to the EOD calendar and select 鈥淪killsoft (e-learning): Sign me Up!" to receive your Skillsoft user ID.

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Please remember to search for more skills around Outlook, Office and any broad range of skills.

* Taken from Skillsoft course listing for 鲍鱼tv