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Learn Microsoft Office 2021 - Second Edition

By : Linda Foulkes
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Learn Microsoft Office 2021 - Second Edition

By: Linda Foulkes

Overview of this book

This second edition book covers the new and exciting features of Microsoft Office 2021 for desktop and web apps, helping you broaden the skills from the previous edition. Using real-world experiences, this book will guide you through practical examples that set off your thought process to boost productivity. To build new skills in each application, the book ensures that you gain a thorough understanding of new functions, such as PivotTables, Dashboards, and data manipulation methods in Excel. You’ll explore PowerPoint tools such as Presenter Coach, Presenter View, the record tool, and setting reading order to mention a few. You’ll also manipulate slide elements using Auto Fix, draw features, insert video captions, explore playback options, and rehearse presentations using the body language Presenter Coach feature. The book demystifies the Transform feature and shows you how to dictate directly in Word. You’ll even be able to work with Styles by refining the layout and multiple tables of contents. Finally, you’ll focus on making the best use of Outlook enhancements and working remotely using Teams. By the end of this book, you’ll have understood the features of each app inside out and enhanced your existing skills using new techniques to make your professional life more efficient.
Table of Contents (23 chapters)
1
Part 1: Learning Word 2021
6
Part 2: Learning PowerPoint 2021
11
Part 3: Learning Excel 2021
16
Part 4: Outlook 2021 and Useful Communication Tools

Importing, cleaning, joining, and separating data

When we import data from different sources, cell data may contain extra spaces or invisible characters. It may be necessary to remove any unwanted characters if issues arise when working with formulas or formatting in the workbook.

After importing and cleaning your dataset, data may need to be joined or separated. In this section, we will learn how to import, clean, join, and separate data.

Importing datasets

The best way to import data into Excel from other sources would be to use the Get Data command from the Data tab. Numerous features are available on this ribbon, such as establishing data queries and connections, accessing Power Query (to transform and query data), sorting, filters, outlines, and accessing various data tools.

Let's import a .csv file into Excel:

  1. Open a new workbook in Excel 2021.
  2. Click Data | From Text/CSV. Note that the Get Data drop-down option offers many more features, such as...