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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

Chapter 11: Date-Time Functions and Enhancing PivotTable Dashboards

In this chapter, we will explore date functions and look at how to work with time. Here, we concentrate on DATEDIF(), YEARFRAC(), EDATE(), WORKDAY(), and many more functions to be more productive in the workplace. In addition, a large part of this chapter will explore a host of PivotTable customizations and a walk-through on creating dashboards. We will also learn to construct the GETPIVOTDATA function to reference cells in a PivotTable report.

The following topics are covered in this chapter:

  • Working with dates
  • Working with time
  • Enhancing PivotTables
  • Creating dashboards
  • Additional PivotTable customizations