Project 9
Communicating Over
the Internet
CHAPTER OBJECTIVES
Launch Microsoft Outlook Express
Open, read, print, reply to, and delete an e-mail message
View a file attachment
Compose, format, and send an e-mail message
Add and delete an Address Book contact
Compose an e-mail message using Address Book
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CHAPTER OBJECTIVES
Launch and sign in to Windows Messenger
Add and delete a .NET Messenger contact
Send an instant message
Start and end a video and voice conversation
Draw and send an image using the Whiteboard
Send a file using file transfer
Sign out from Windows Messenger
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Electronic Messages (E-Mail)
Electronic Messages (E-Mail) is one of the
more widely used features of the internet
– Saves time and money
– Businesses use E-Mail to send documents
– Parents with children away at college and
relatives scattered across the country use it to
keep in touch
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Features of Outlook Express
Change the stationery
Change the font and font size
Inserting items in a message (files,
business cards, sounds, and links to web
pages)
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LAUNCHING MICROSOFT
OUTLOOK EXPRESS
Click the Start button. Click E-mail
Outlook Express on the Start menu
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Outlook Express Window
Outlook is divided into four panes
– Folders Pane contains the hierarchical structure
– Contact Pane – contains an alphabetical list of
Windows Messenger contacts and/or an alphabetical
list of contacts in the Address Book
– Message Pane – has six column headings
(Exclamation Point, Paper Clip, Flag, From, Subject,
Received)
– Preview Pane – contains the text of the highlighted
message
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Folder Pane
Inbox folder – is the destination for incoming
mail
Outbox folder – temporarily holds messages you
send until Outlook delivers the message
Sent Items folder – retains a copy of messages
that you have sent
Deleted Items folder – contains messages that
you have deleted
Draft Folder – retains a copy of messages that
you are not yet ready to send
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Contacts Pane
Windows Messenger – allows you to
communicate with other Windows
Messenger contacts by sending and
receiving instant messages
Address book – is a central location for
storing business and personal information
(name, address, telephone number, e-mail
address, etc.)
Contact – is an entry in the contact pane
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Message Pane
Message heading is the last three entries.
(From, Subject, Received)
Message List Icon – displays in the From
column and indicates the status of the
message (reading, replying to, forwarding,
digitally signing, or encrypting a message)
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Preview Pane
Message Header is displayed at the top of
the Preview pane and contains the
sender’s name, recipient’s name, and
subject
The text of the message is displayed
below the message header
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OPENING (READING)
AN E-MAIL MESSAGE
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PRINTING AN OPENED
E-MAIL MESSAGE
You can print the content of an e-mail
message before or after opening the
message
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CLOSING AN E-MAIL MESSAGE
Click to the Close button on the title bar
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REPLYING TO AN E-MAIL
MESSAGE
Click to the Reply button on the toolbar
Type you message and click Send
When you reply to a message Outlook
adds the information about the sender to
the Address Book.
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Formatting Toolbar allows you to alter the appearance of the
document by changing the size and color of text, bolding,
italicizing, or underlining text, creating a numbered or
bulleted list, change paragraph indentation or aligning text,
and creating a link or inserting a picture in the message.
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DELETING AN E-MAIL MESSAGE
Click the envelope icon in the Message
pane. Click the Delete button on the
toolbar.
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VIEWING A FILE ATTACHMENT
Double-click the paper clip icon to the left
of the Message pane
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COMPOSING AN E-MAIL
MESSAGE USING STATIONERY
Formatting is the process of enhancing the
appearance of a document by changing the
background of the document or the style, size,
or color of the text in the document
Stationery allows you to add a colorful
background image, unique text size and colors,
and custom margins to an e-mail message.
Arial font is one of many fonts, or typefaces,
available.
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COMPOSING AN E-MAIL
MESSAGE USING STATIONERY
Click the Create Mail button arrow on the
toolbar and then point to the desired
stationery
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FORMATTING AN E-MAIL
MESSAGE
Select the desired words in the e-mail
message by pointing to the word and then
triple-clicking the word. Click the desired
buttons on the Formatting toolbar
Font size is measured in points, one inch
contains 72 points. Font size 36 would be
½ inch in height.
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SENDING AN E-MAIL MESSAGE
Click the Send button on the toolbar below
the menu bar
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Address Book
Address Book allows you to store contact information (email address, home and work addresses, phone and fax
numbers, digital ID’s, conferencing information, instant
messaging address, birthday and anniversaries.
Digital ID allows you to encrypt messages sent over the
internet and to prove your identity in an electronic
transaction on the internet.
Contact information is stored in the Main Identity Contact
Folder.
Other folders can be created in the Address Book.
Shared Contacts Folder allows other computer users on
the same computer access to the contact information
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ADDING A CONTACT
TO THE ADDRESS BOOK
Click the Addresses button on the toolbar
in the Inbox – Click New Contact
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COMPOSING AN E-MAIL MESSAGE
USING THE ADDRESS BOOK
Click Create Mail then click To in the
message window.
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DELETING A CONTACT
FROM THE ADDRESS BOOK
Click the Addresses button on the toolbar
Click the desired address
Click Delete
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QUITTING ADDRESS BOOK
AND OUTLOOK EXPRESS
Click the Close button on the Address
Book – Main Identity window
Click the Close button in the Inbox –
Outlook Express window
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Windows Messenger
Windows Messenger allows you to communicate
instantly with other Windows messenger or MSN
Messenger users
Contact list is maintained by Windows Messenger and is
a list of individuals with whom you can communicate
.NET Messenger Service delivers the messages to your
computer
Sign-in Name is the unique e-mail address a person
uses when he or she logs on to the .Net Messenger
service
MSN Hotmail is a Microsoft service that provides free email accounts to allow you to read your e-mail messages
from any computer connected to the internet.
Microsoft .NET Passport service is a secure way for you
to sign in to multiple Web sites using just one user name
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and password
LAUNCHING WINDOWS
MESSENGER AND SIGNING IN
Click the Windows Messenger – Not
Signed In icon in the notification area on
the taskbar
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ADDING A .NET MESSENGER
CONTACT TO THE CONTACT LIST
Add a Contact Wizard makes it simpler to
add a contact.
Click Add a Contact in the I want to area
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SENDING AN INSTANT
MESSAGE
Click the icon for the desired person in the
Outline area
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STARTING A VIDEO
AND VOICE CONVERSATION
You must have a sound card, speakers,
and a microphone to use voice
conversation.
Windows Message allows you to talk and
listen to other users without the usual
costs associated with long-distance
telephone calls.
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STARTING A VIDEO
AND VOICE CONVERSATION
Click Start Camera in the sidebar
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Video and Voice Conversations
Options Menu display a menu
– Stop Sending Video Command - no
checkmark indicates the live video of the
sender is being transmitted to the receiver
– Show My Video as Picture-in-Picture
Command – a checkmark indicates a live
video of the sender and receiver displays in
the picture-in-picture configuration
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DRAWING AND SENDING AN
IMAGE USING WHITEBOARD
Whiteboard is a drawing program that allows all users to
sketch and type simultaneously while viewing the results
of the other users’ efforts.
Click More in the I want to area to display a menu and
then click Start Whiteboard on the menu
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CLOSING THE WHITEBOARD
WINDOW AND SHARING
SESSION WINDOW
Click the Close button in the Untitled –
Whiteboard window
Click the No button in the Whiteboard
dialog box
Click the Close button in the Sharing
Session window
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SENDING A FILE USING FILE
TRANSFER
Collaborating allow other user to control
the shared application
Send a file or photo allows you to send a
file to one or more users in a meeting
Click Send a File or Photo in the I want to
area
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ENDING A CONVERSATION
Click the Close button in the Conversation
window
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DELETING A CONTACT
FROM THE CONTACT LIST
Right-click the contact icon in the Online
area. Click Delete Contact on the shortcut
menu
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CLOSING THE WINDOWS
MESSENGER WINDOW AND
SIGNING OUT
Click the Close button in the Windows Messenger
window
Right-click the Windows Messenger – Signed In icon in
the notification area
Click Sign Out on the shortcut menu
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CHAPTER SUMMARY
Launch Microsoft Outlook Express
Open, read, print, reply to, and delete an e-mail
message
View a file attachment
Compose, format, and send an e-mail message
Add and delete an Address Book contact
Compose an e-mail message using Address
Book
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CHAPTER SUMMARY
Launch and sign in to Windows Messenger
Add and delete a .NET Messenger contact
Send an instant message
Start and end a video and voice conversation
Draw and send an image using the Whiteboard
Send a file using file transfer
Sign out from Windows Messenger
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Windows XP - Project 9 - Homework
Complete Project 9
Learn It Online # 3, page 9.58
In the Lab # 1, page 9.60 – 9.61
In the Lab # 2, page 9.61 – 9.62
In the Lab # 3, page 9.63 – 9.65
In the Lab # 4, page 9.65 – 9.66
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