Learning Office 2024: Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook
1h 52mBeginner2024-09-18
Authors
Jess Stratton
LinkedIn Learning Staff Author, Tech Consultant
Course details
Get up to speed quickly with Office 2024, the newest standalone version of Microsoft Office. This course covers the essential skills for using Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook in Office 2024. Jess Stratton shows how to navigate and use the shared features across these core tools, then offers tutorials to get started in each app. Learn how to manipulate and analyze data in Excel with functions and formulas; how to create professional presentations in PowerPoint with built-in design tools, stock images, and animations; how to create polished Word documents with templates and formatting tools; and how to manage email, schedules, and meetings with Outlook.
Learning objectives
Navigate and use the shared features of Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook in Office 2024.
Create professional documents, spreadsheets, presentations, and emails using formatting, templates, and design tools.
Manipulate and analyze data, including text, images, and charts, using functions, formulas, and sorting/filtering tools in Excel 2024.
Manage personal and team schedules, appointments, and meetings using the calendar and email features of Outlook 2024.
Learning objectives
Navigate and use the shared features of Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook in Office 2024.
Create professional documents, spreadsheets, presentations, and emails using formatting, templates, and design tools.
Manipulate and analyze data, including text, images, and charts, using functions, formulas, and sorting/filtering tools in Excel 2024.
Manage personal and team schedules, appointments, and meetings using the calendar and email features of Outlook 2024.
Skills covered
OutlookMicrosoft WordPowerPointMicrosoft OfficePersonal Productivity SoftwareMicrosoft ExcelLearningBusiness Software and ToolsMicrosoft
Concepts
Introduction
- Learn the Office essentials to up your skills
- Understand the shared navigation
- Create, save, and open a file
- Share Office files with others
- Accessibility features across Office 2024
Word
- Formatting text
- Work with images
- Adjust rulers, layout, and tabs
- Change margins, orientation, and indents
- Add headers, footers, and page numbers
Excel
- Manipulate sheets, columns, and rows
- Understand data types
- Sort and filter data
- Use formulas and functions
- Use the AutoSum tool
- Work with charts
PowerPoint
- Work with slides
- Change the theme and slide color
- Insert shapes, text boxes, and images
- Understand objects and layering
- Apply slide transitions
- Add speaker notes and set up the slideshow
- User Presenter View to run the show
Outlook
- Read email and work with attachments
- Create, reply to, and forward email
- Organize and search email
- Work with contacts
- Navigate the calendar and change the view
- Create appointments and meetings
Conclusion
- Learn each app in-depth to build skills