Optimizing Your Work with Microsoft 365
1h 45mGeneral2022-08-12
Authors
Microsoft
Supporting inclusive economic opportunity
Zakiya Mackey
Nontraditional Education Learning Consultant
Course details
The digital age of tomorrow is today, and technological needs are forever changing and evolving. It is important to stay ahead of the curve with the products and resources that help you to level up your career, gain a deeper understanding of your job’s technological needs, and create more efficient and streamlined workflows. In this course, non-traditional education learning consultant Zakiya Mackey, shares her knowledge on how to use Outlook, Teams, OneNote, Word, Excel and PowerPoint to better support your use of Microsoft 365. Zakiya starts with a deep dive into Outlook, Teams, and OneNote, showing you how to customize and automate to your specific needs. Then she walks through using Word and Excel for a mail merge. Zakiya finishes up by showing you how to add a dash of color to your presentations to make them more dynamic. After this course, you'll be able to leverage Microsoft 365 products to create efficiencies in your work, based on your preferences.
Skills covered
OneNoteOutlookMicrosoft WordMicrosoft TeamsPowerPointPersonal Productivity SoftwareMicrosoft 365Cloud ServicesCloud ComputingBusiness Software and ToolsMicrosoftOne-Off
Concepts
0. Introduction
- 01 - Leveling up your workflow
1. Making Outlook Yours
- 02 - Organizing your email
- 03 - Managing contacts and folders
- 04 - Organizing to-dos
- 05 - Creating powerful meetings
2. Structuring Your Notes with OneNote
- 06 - Managing and organizing notebooks
- 07 - Making the most of OneNote
- 08 - Collaborating and sharing
3. Creating Advanced Presentations
- 09 - Creating a presentation
- 10 - Making presentations pop
- 11 - Adding motion to presentations
- 12 - Adding data to presentations
- 13 - Using accessible presentation tools
- 14 - Delivering presentations
- 15 - Presentation best practices
4. Creating an Advanced Document
- 16 - Formatting your documents
- 17 - Adding tables
- 18 - Creating and modifying references
- 19 - Reviewing documents
5. Coordinating with Teams
- 20 - Settings and permissions
- 21 - Managing your call settings
- 22 - Working with external guests
- 23 - Settings for hosting large meetings
- 24 - Presenting to large meetings in Teams
- 25 - Using breakout rooms
6. Utilizing Mail Merge
- 26 - Demystifying mail merge
- 27 - Completing a mail merge
- 28 - Creating envelopes and labels
Conclusion
- 29 - Time to optimize