694 Chapter 23 Manage Scheduling
Outlook tracks responses from attendees and those responsible for scheduling the
resources you requested, so you always have an up-to-date report of how many people
will attend your meeting. The number of attendees who have accepted, tentatively
accepted, and declined the meeting request appears in the meeting header section
when you open a meeting in its own window. In this exercise, you’ll create and send a
meeting request.SET UP You don’t need any practice files to complete this exercise. Display your
default calendar and inform two co-workers or friends that you are going to practice
inviting them as attendees to a meeting. Ask the attendees not to respond to the
meeting request that they receive. Then follow the steps.- In the Date Navigator, click tomorrow’s date. Then in the Calendar pane, click the
3:00 P.M. time slot (or if you have a conflicting appointment, click a time when you
have 30 minutes available). - On the Home tab, in the New group, click the New Meeting button.
An untitled meeting window opens. The selected date and times are shown in the
Start Time and End Time boxes above the notes pane.- In the To box, type the e-mail address of the first co-worker or friend with whom
you arranged to practice. - In the Subject box, type SBS Get-Together.
- In the Location box, type Test meeting to indicate that the meeting request is for
testing purposes only.
You have provided all the standard information for a meeting request.
A basic meeting request.