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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

Presenting during online meetings

In this section, we will concentrate on how to present PowerPoint slides within a meeting.

When it is time to present slides to an audience in a remote meeting, we can use several Share options through Teams. Let's investigate them.

Presenting PowerPoint options

The Screen option allows you to share content from multiple desktops or areas on your computer. Follow these steps:

  1. Join the meeting from your Teams calendar, or directly from within your Teams Channel.
  2. Click the Share button from within the Teams meeting to see the available options.
  3. Notice the Screen and Window options in the Share content side panel.
  4. Choose Screen if you would like to have control over whether you share a local desktop or remote desktop and would like to move from one area to another with ease (this is popular when moving from a local desktop to a remote desktop).
  5. Select Window if you would like to select a specific window to share...