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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

Chapter 6: Formatting Slides, Charts, and Graphic Elements

In Microsoft PowerPoint 2021, you can easily add slides to a presentation and use the predefined options to give slides a particular look and feel. In this chapter, you'll learn how to set up a presentation, order a sequence of slides, apply a presentation theme and slide layout, and reuse slides.

Additionally, you will learn how to manipulate slide elements using the Auto Fix feature, insert an agenda, and work with charts to make data much easier to present and explain, thus adding to the impact of a presentation. We will also investigate the new drawing features, learn how to create and insert captions inside a video, and explore the various playback options for audio and video.

In this chapter, the following topics will be covered:

  • Setting up slides and applying layouts
  • Working with text, shapes, and objects
  • Modifying charts
  • Applying and modifying themes
  • Inserting audio and video
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