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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

Inserting and modifying charts

We use charts to make information more appealing, as well as clearer and easier to read. A chart is a graphical representation of worksheet information. It is a good idea to become familiar with the names of different elements of a chart so that you know which part you are changing from the options you will be presented with on the chart ribbon and the chart edit icons. The best way to become familiar with the different parts of a chart is to create a default chart and then spend some time hovering over the chart elements. When you do this, you will be presented with a popup specifying the name of the element:

When we create a chart in PowerPoint, the chart is automatically linked to a worksheet that will open when we edit data. When we make changes to the information on our worksheet, the chart is updated automatically. We can edit this data directly...