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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)
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Section 1: Efficient Content Creation
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Section 2: Efficient Collaboration
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Section 3: Integration

High-impact presentations with PowerPoint

Word and Excel have precise outputs. You know when the document or report is complete. PowerPoint has no endpoint. People spend hours (even years) refining their presentations and still – the outcome is poor!

The majority of presentations are boring and longer than necessary. In this section, we will see how to be part of the minority – and that too without spending too much effort.

Each presentation has a purpose. The purpose could be selling, teaching, convincing, explaining, discussing, brainstorming, reviewing, and so on. The idea is to present your "point" with "power" to achieve the purpose. Always keep this in mind.

People praising your presentation is not enough; it should also achieve the purpose with minimal effort.

Note

Make sure you have the Microsoft 365 version of PowerPoint installed on the desktop PC. Many options in this section will not work with the browser or desktop-only...