You're reading from Learn Microsoft Office 2021 Your one-stop guide to upskilling with new features of Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Outlook, and Teams

Product type Paperback

Published in Jul 2022

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781803239736

Length 654 pages

Edition 2nd Edition

Tools

Excel

Concepts

Document Preparation

Author (1):

Linda Foulkes

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Table of Contents (23) Chapters

Preface

1. Part 1: Learning Word 2021

2. Chapter 1: Exploring the New Interface and Managing OneDrive FREE CHAPTER

3. Chapter 2: Dictation, Co-authoring, and Embedding

4. Chapter 3: Styles, Referencing, and Media

5. Chapter 4: Managing Professional Documents

6. Part 2: Learning PowerPoint 2021

7. Chapter 5: The PowerPoint Interface and Presentation Options

8. Chapter 6: Formatting Slides, Charts, and Graphic Elements

9. Chapter 7: Photo Albums, Sections, and Show Tools

10. Chapter 8: Mastering Best Practices with Presentations

11. Part 3: Learning Excel 2021

12. Chapter 9: New Features, Filters, and Cleaning Data

13. Chapter 10: Exploring New and Useful Workflow Functions

14. Chapter 11: Date-Time Functions and Enhancing PivotTable Dashboards

15. Chapter 12: Useful Statistical and Mathematical Functions

16. Part 4: Outlook 2021 and Useful Communication Tools

17. Chapter 13: Creating and Attaching Item Content

18. Chapter 14: Managing Mail and Contacts

19. Chapter 15: Calendar Objects, Tasks, Notes, and Journal Entries

20. Chapter 16: Creating and Managing Online Meetings

21. Chapter 17: Presenting and Collaborating Online

22. Other Books You May Enjoy

Commenting and co-authoring

It is easy to collaborate within Word desktop and the Word app using the Share feature. We can co-author with over 30 individuals in real time on both the desktop and online apps. This feature is also available when you need to collaborate on files in a Teams channel. This feature has been updated so that you can comment using the contextual view or the @mention tool, and then resolve any comments.

Note

These updates are also available in PowerPoint and Excel.

Let's look at each of these updates.

Commenting using the new contextual view

The main requirement that needs to be met for co-authoring in real time in Word, PowerPoint, or Excel 2021 is that files need to be saved to OneDrive or SharePoint. It is possible to share files from your desktop and online applications.