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Learn Microsoft Office 2021

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

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Product type Paperback
Published in Jul 2022
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781803239736
Length 654 pages
Edition 2nd Edition
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Table of Contents (23) Chapters Close

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

Investigating the new transform feature

Microsoft Sway is located at https://sway.office.com and has been available since August 2015 within Office 365 plans. Before 2015, it was released as a preview on iOS apps. It allows users to create exciting and engaging presentations in a couple of seconds from new or existing documents (reports, books, writing, CVs, stories, and so on) using a specific design and layout. You can edit, share, and check analytics on your sways. Animations are automatically applied alongside design elements. Three options are available for creating sways:

  • Creating a sway from scratch
  • Basing the new sway on an existing topic
  • Creating a sway from an existing document that you must upload via the website

In the latest Word version of Office 365, we can send a document from within the application using the Transform feature. Follow these steps to transform your Word document into a Sway presentation:

  1. Open the document you wish to create...
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