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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

Summary

In this chapter, we focused on a couple of new features, in addition to those discussed in Chapter 1, Exploring the New Interface and Managing OneDrive. We learned how to use the Transform feature, as well as Microsoft Sway, which we can use to send Word documents directly to a Sway presentation. After that, we learned how to activate dictation and set options when recording. We learned about several common commands in dictation "speak" and how to transcribe meetings.

The Editor pane was discussed in detail and we mentioned the Text Predictions tool. While learning about real-time document co-authoring, we learned how to embed content such as videos, forms, and sways into Word documents directly.

In the next chapter, we will touch on making enhancements to existing features and learn how to become more comfortable when working with styles by refining the layout. Building on your existing knowledge is key to this chapter, where we will troubleshoot more than...