Microsoft 365 powerpoint for dummies, Lowe, Doug

As Microsoft Office becomes ever more ubiquitous in modern offices across the world, competence and familiarity with its intricacies is more important than ever. Now you can set yourself apart from the pack and prove your skills with the Microsoft Office Specialist certification.

The MCA Microsoft Office Specialist (Office 365 and Office 2019) Complete Study Guide Word Associate Exam MO-100, Excel Associate Exam MO-200, and PowerPoint Associate Exam MO-300 delivers a comprehensive roadmap to achieving the certification with easy-to-follow instruction for each of the three required proficiencies: Word, Excel, and PowerPoint. You'll enjoy access to chapter review questions and Exam Essentials, a feature that identifies critical subject areas.

Discover practical, hands-on exercises that prepare you for real-world roles and jobs, and gain valuable experience as you reinforce key Microsoft Office skills that you'll be expected to demonstrate in job interviews and your day-to-day professional life. Learn to manage and create text documents in Word, perform operations with formulas in Excel, and create engaging slideshows and presentations in PowerPoint.

This practical book also provides:

• Fully updated information for the latest Microsoft Office Specialist certification exams covering Microsoft Office 365
• Access to new career opportunities with a professional certification that's relevant to virtually any office environment
• Access to the Sybex online study tools, with chapter review questions, full-length practice exams, hundreds of electronic flashcards, and a glossary of key terms

The MCA Microsoft Office Specialist (Office 365 and Office 2019) Complete Study Guide offers crystal-clear organization, comprehensive coverage, and easy-to-understand instruction. It's perfect for anyone who hopes to prove their skills with the Microsoft Office Specialist certification or to improve their mastery of Microsoft Office 365.

• Explore MS Office to enhance productivity and boost your professional development
• Get up and running with the new and improved features in Microsoft Office 2019
• Discover how to overcome common challenges when working with Office 2019 applications

Book Description

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.

What you will learn

• Use PowerPoint 2019 effectively to create engaging presentations
• Gain working knowledge of Excel formulas and functions
• Collaborate using Word 2019 tools, and create and format tables and professional documents
• Organize emails, calendars, meetings, contacts, and tasks with Outlook 2019
• Store information for reference, reporting, and analysis using Access 2019
• Discover new functionalities such as Translator, Read Aloud, Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG), and data analysis tools that are useful for working professionals

Who this book is for

Whether you're just getting started or have used Microsoft Office before and are looking to develop your MS Office skills further, this book will help you to make the most of the different Office applications. Familiarity with the Office 2019 suite will be useful, but not mandatory.