Outlook Calendar Reading Through Appointments
Reading through your appointments can be done for the current date, or for a date in the past or future. Practice the following to develop your speed and accuracy. When you are finished move to the link at the bottom of this page titled "BACK" to go to the "Outlook Lessons" web page.
1. Open Outlook.
2. Press and hold down the Control key and hit the number 2 (above the alphabet keys).
3. Release the keys.
4. Create three new appointments for the current day.
5. Press Control 1 to move to the "Inbox."
6. Press Control 2 to move back to the Outlook Calendar. Listen and your screen reader should tell you that you have appointments, and how many appointments there are.
7. Hit the Tab key again-and-again to move through the appointments.
8. Hit the Enter key one time on an Appointment and the dialogue box for that appointment will come up.
9. Tab your way through your appointment. Type in any changes you want--when you Tab into an edit box the contents are highlighted, so all you need to do is type. The old content is replaced with your new content.
10. Hit the Escape key one time to close the appointment, if you have not made changes. If you have made changes, press Alt s to save and close the appointment.
11. Right arrow to a different day and make three new appointments for that day.
12. Repeat the above steps again-and-again until you are quick and accurate.