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Efficiency Best Practices for Microsoft 365

By : Dr. Nitin Paranjape
Book Image

Efficiency Best Practices for Microsoft 365

By: Dr. Nitin Paranjape

Overview of this book

Efficiency Best Practices for Microsoft 365 covers the entire range of over 25 desktop and mobile applications on the Microsoft 365 platform. This book will provide simple, immediately usable, and authoritative guidance to help you save at least 20 minutes every day, advance in your career, and achieve business growth. You'll start by covering components and tasks such as creating and storing files and then move on to data management and data analysis. As you progress through the chapters, you'll learn how to manage, monitor, and execute your tasks efficiently, focusing on creating a master task list, linking notes to meetings, and more. The book also guides you through handling projects involving many people and external contractors/agencies; you'll explore effective email communication, meeting management, and open collaboration across the organization. You'll also learn how to automate different repetitive tasks quickly and easily, even if you’re not a programmer, transforming the way you import, clean, and analyze data. By the end of this Microsoft 365 book, you'll have gained the skills you need to improve efficiency with the help of expert tips and techniques for using M365 apps.
Table of Contents (15 chapters)
1
Section 1: Efficient Content Creation
7
Section 2: Efficient Collaboration
10
Section 3: Integration

How is this book organized?

Each chapter covers one common need and the related apps. Everything you see is need-based – identify the need first and then the solution. Chapter 3, Creating Content for Effective Communication, to Chapter 8, Automating Work without Programming, you can read in any order. Focus on what is more relevant to you. But it is equally important that you at least glance through all chapters and the main topics. This will help you to discover and address your needs related to these powerful features.

Creating files and content

Creating Word, Excel, and PowerPoint files is a common activity. In addition to these, we will also look at some lesser-known but powerful apps such as Sway, Whiteboard, and now, Visio (used for creating flowcharts and process diagrams).

Creating files is easy. With most apps, you select the File - New option and start typing. However, to create files efficiently, we need to understand a particularly important concept.

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