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Learn Microsoft Office 2019

By : Linda Foulkes
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Learn Microsoft Office 2019

By: Linda Foulkes

Overview of this book

Learn Microsoft Office 2019 provides a comprehensive introduction to the latest versions of Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access, and Outlook. With the help of illustrated explanations, this Microsoft Office book will take you through the updated Office 2019 applications and guide you through implementing them using practical examples. You'll start by exploring the Word 2019 interface and creating professional Word documents using elements such as citations and cover pages, tracking changes, and performing mail merge. You'll then learn how to create impressive PowerPoint presentations and advance to performing calculations and setting up workbooks in Excel 2019, along with discovering its data analysis features. Later chapters will focus on Access 2019, assisting you in everything from organizing a database to constructing advanced queries. You'll then get up to speed with Outlook, covering how to create and manage tasks, as well as how to handle your mail and contacts effortlessly. Finally, you'll find solutions to commonly encountered issues and best practices for streamlining various workplace tasks. By the end of this book, you'll have learned the essentials of Office business apps and be ready to work with them to boost your productivity.
Table of Contents (26 chapters)
1
Section 1: Word
6
Section 2: PowerPoint
10
Section 3: Excel
14
Section 4: Common Tasks
17
Section 5: Access
21
Section 6: Outlook

Constructing and modifying tables

Tables can be inserted into PowerPoint in many ways. They can be created in PowerPoint directly using a table placeholder or via the Insert table options, can be copied from Microsoft Word or Microsoft Excel and placed into PowerPoint, or drawn directly into PowerPoint. It is easier if you copy data from Excel and paste it into a PowerPoint slide than using the Insert spreadsheet options.

Inserting a table

Follow these steps to learn how to insert a table:

  1. Click on a slide to add a table.
  2. Select Insert | Table and then select the number of rows and columns you would like to insert by dragging over the diagram to select rows and columns. Alternatively, you can click on the Table icon in the...