Book Image

Learn Microsoft Office 2021 - Second Edition

By : Linda Foulkes
Book Image

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

Summary

In this chapter, you learned how to communicate and collaborate using Microsoft Teams and Zoom. You learned how to set up, join, and manage meetings. We also investigated add-ins and how to troubleshoot issues that may arise.

At this point, you should be confident in making decisions regarding presenting content using the Share icon within Teams and Zoom, as well as all the Presenter modes. We also learned the best way to work with meeting notes.

In addition, you went through the Teams app and learned some top tips for using it and how to create and manage Channels. You also learned about brilliant tools such as OneNote and Tasks by Planner, Bookings, and Approvals, to name just a few. You also explored all the functionality within Teams meetings. You can now collaborate in real time and work with version control and the New Sheet View feature.

In the final chapter, we will see how to present and collaborate with our teams online.