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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

Using view and zoom options

By the end of this topic, you will understand the function of the various presentation views in PowerPoint 2021 and how to set up presentation zoom options, as well as how to use the Window tab to switch between multiple presentations.

Presentation views using the ribbon

There are five presentation views in PowerPoint 2021, as well as three master views. Two additional views are available. The first, called Presenter View, is located on the Slide Show tab. This view allows the presentation to be viewed on two monitors. The audience display will show the presentation without notes, while the speaker can enjoy having access to the slides and notes as well as other great features while presenting.

Setting up Presenter View is addressed under its own topic in this book and discussed in the Teams topic too. The other view is the Slide Show view, which is used to show the presentation to the audience. The Slide Show view takes up the whole screen, hiding...