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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

Creating contact information and groups

In this section, you will learn how to create a contact business card and modify it. You will also learn how to forward and update a contact in the Outlook address book. We will look at creating contact groups and how to manage the contact group's membership, show notes about a contact group, and delete a contact group. In addition, we will look at the search features that are available to search for a specific contact or group to send a meeting to that contact or group.

Modifying a default business card

A business card provides contact information for a contact within Outlook. Follow these steps to learn how to modify a default business card:

  1. From the Navigation pane, select the People icon located on the Peek bar.
  2. Double-click on an existing business card to edit it. Edit the business card by clicking in the relevant text area to type new information or edit existing information.
  3. Click...