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Efficiency Best Practices for Microsoft 365

By : Dr. Nitin Paranjape
Book Image

Efficiency Best Practices for Microsoft 365

By: Dr. Nitin Paranjape

Overview of this book

Efficiency Best Practices for Microsoft 365 covers the entire range of over 25 desktop and mobile applications on the Microsoft 365 platform. This book will provide simple, immediately usable, and authoritative guidance to help you save at least 20 minutes every day, advance in your career, and achieve business growth. You'll start by covering components and tasks such as creating and storing files and then move on to data management and data analysis. As you progress through the chapters, you'll learn how to manage, monitor, and execute your tasks efficiently, focusing on creating a master task list, linking notes to meetings, and more. The book also guides you through handling projects involving many people and external contractors/agencies; you'll explore effective email communication, meeting management, and open collaboration across the organization. You'll also learn how to automate different repetitive tasks quickly and easily, even if you’re not a programmer, transforming the way you import, clean, and analyze data. By the end of this Microsoft 365 book, you'll have gained the skills you need to improve efficiency with the help of expert tips and techniques for using M365 apps.
Table of Contents (15 chapters)
1
Section 1: Efficient Content Creation
7
Section 2: Efficient Collaboration
10
Section 3: Integration

Efficiency primer

Before we learn about all the apps, here are some common things you should know or do to improve your productivity. This knowledge will help you with Windows, Office, and other apps.

You are the boss

This is an important and fundamental concept to understand:

  1. You supply things that the app cannot.
  2. You don't do things that the app can do better than you!
  3. You demand what you want, and the app will do it for you.

    You are the boss

    You should not help the app. You demand and the app will deliver. It is a simple division of labor. You supply the content; the app does the rest!

Sounds philosophical, ambiguous, or confusing? Do not worry. Just read on…

Mouse cursor shape

The mouse cursor keeps changing its shape depending upon where it is. Start noticing it.

Why? Because when the shape changes, its job changes. It behaves differently. Notice this consciously. If the shape changes and you do not know what it does, find out...