Microsoft Office 2021 for Macs

Microsoft Office 2021 for Macs

Bob LeVitus

Book - 2022

Turn your Mac into a productivity powerhouse with Office 2021! Long gone are the days when Microsoft's powerful office suite was just for Windows users. Mac enthusiasts are also able to pop open ubiquitous apps like Word, Excel, and PowerPoint on their preferred desktop or laptop! But if you're new to Microsoft Office on the Mac--or you just need a hand with some of its latest features--you should check out Office 2021 For Macs For Dummies. This handy guide will show you how to conquer the essentials of all the key apps that make Office 2021 such a productivity booster. You'll also discover: Brand-new features, like an improved dark mode and better accessibility capabilities How to share documents directly in a collaborative ...setting How Microsoft's Text Predictions work in various apps in Office 2021 Ideal for Mac-lovers who can't escape the lure of Microsoft's iconic office software, Office 2021 For Macs For Dummies is a can't-miss resource that will help you successfully blend the reliable computing power of your Mac or MacBook with the productivity power of Microsoft Office.

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Subjects
Microsoft Office.
Macintosh (Computer)
Business > Computer programs.
Instructional and educational works.
Handbooks and manuals.
Genres
Instructional and educational works
Handbooks and manuals
Published
Hoboken, NJ : John Wiley & Sons, Inc [2022]
Language
English
Main Author
Bob LeVitus (author)
Other Authors
Dwight Spivey (author)
Item Description
Includes index.
Physical Description
x, 417 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
ISBN
9781119840442
  • Introduction
  • About This Book
  • Foolish Assumptions
  • Icons Used in This Book
  • Beyond the Book
  • Where to Go from Here
  • Part 1. Introduction to Microsoft Office for MAC
  • Chapter 1. Overview from 10,000 Feet
  • The Many Faces of Office for Mac
  • Installing Office
  • Getting a Microsoft account
  • Downloading and installing Office
  • Keeping Your Apps Up-to-Date
  • Chapter 2. A Sweet Suite: Introducing the Office Apps
  • What's New and Good
  • The suite life
  • Word
  • PowerPoint
  • Excel
  • Outlook
  • What's New but Bad
  • Together, They're Better
  • Chapter 3. Common Features in All Office Apps
  • Using Menus in Office Apps
  • Toolbars, Ribbons, and Panes: Think "Visual" Menus
  • The Quick Access toolbar
  • Reveling in the ribbon
  • Panes are anything but a pain
  • Customizing the Quick Access Toolbar, Ribbon Tabs, and Keyboard Shortcuts
  • Customize the Quick Access toolbar
  • Customize ribbon tabs and menus
  • Creating ribbon tabs and tab groups
  • Customizing keyboard shortcuts
  • Creating and Saving Documents
  • Using the gallery to open templates or recent documents
  • Saving a document
  • Saving and Using Documents in the Cloud
  • Saving a file on a OneDrive or SharePoint location
  • Sharing a file you've saved using OneDrive or SharePoint
  • Opening a file you've saved on your OneDrive or SharePoint location
  • Understanding App Preferences
  • App preferences: Why?
  • App preferences: How?
  • Help: It's more than just a Beatles movie
  • Official Microsoft websites
  • Part 2. Mastering Microsoft Word
  • Chapter 4. Getting to Know Microsoft Word
  • Using a Variety of Versatile Views
  • Print layout view
  • Web layout view
  • Outline view
  • Draft view
  • Focus view
  • Full screen view
  • Immersive reader view
  • Zoom, zoom, zoom
  • Getting around in Your Document
  • A scroll new world: Navigating by using the mouse or trackpad
  • Navigating by using keyboard navigation
  • Chapter 5. Creating Documents
  • Adding Text and Graphics to Your Document
  • Entering text in your document
  • Inserting an image in your document
  • Selecting Text for Editing and Formatting
  • Formatting Text, Paragraphs, and Images
  • Changing the look of the font
  • Changing the look of paragraphs
  • Changing the look of images
  • Copying Words and Images from Other Sources
  • Dragging and dropping
  • Copying and pasting
  • Working with Other Document Elements
  • Adding elements by using the ribbon
  • Modifying elements by using the ribbon
  • Removing elements
  • Chapter 6. Refining and Editing Documents with Word
  • Moving Text and Images in Your Documents
  • Moving items easily within a document
  • Using special Word features that make moving stuff easier
  • Check It Out: Checking Your Spelling, Grammar, and Hyphenation
  • Double-checking your spelling and grammar
  • Utilizing Word's built-in editor
  • Correcting your errors automatically with AutoCorrect
  • Hypnotic hyphenation
  • Discovering the Reference Tools
  • The thoroughly terrific thesaurus
  • The online reference tools
  • Saving Time with the Find and Replace Feature
  • Finding and replacing text
  • Using Find and Replace to make formatting changes
  • Using advanced search options to do more
  • Chapter 7. Using Templates and Other Design Elements
  • Canned Design: Working with Word Templates
  • Getting started with the Document Gallery
  • Sample project: Starting a custom newsletter from a template
  • Creating a customized version of a Word template
  • Saving your customized template
  • Adding Basic Design Elements to Your Document
  • Imagine that: Adding and resizing an image
  • Moving images around documents
  • Creating headers and footers
  • Adding lines to your header or footer
  • Arranging text with some help from tabs
  • Setting Tabs, Margins, and Other Types of Indents
  • Setting tabs
  • Making your margins
  • Working with indents
  • Columns and Lists and Text Boxes (Oh, My)
  • Column creation
  • Lists made easy (and pretty)
  • Text anywhere with text boxes
  • Working with Tables
  • Creating a table
  • Formattinga table
  • Chapter 8. This and That: Advanced and Collaboration Features
  • Going in Style: Defining Styles for Easy Formatting
  • The easy way: Defining a style by example
  • The harder way: Defining a style by dialog
  • Customizing Interface Elements
  • Customizing ribbon tabs and menus
  • Create ribbon tabs and tab groups
  • Customizing the Quick Access toolbar
  • Customizing keyboard shortcuts
  • Creating a Table of Contents Automatically
  • Using Collaboration Features
  • Turning on the Track Changes feature
  • Accepting or rejecting changes
  • Addressing Envelopes and Creating Labels
  • Creating and printing an envelope
  • Creating labels
  • Creating Web Pages
  • Part 3. Powerful Presentations with Microsoft PowerPoint
  • Chapter 9. Getting to Know Microsoft PowerPoint
  • Viewing Slides with Various Views
  • Normal view
  • Slide sorter view
  • Slide show view
  • Notes page view
  • Presenter view
  • Reading view
  • Planning Your Presentation: A Few Tips for Making Your Slide Shows Better
  • Use the 10/20/30 rule
  • Start with an outline
  • Chapter 10. Creating Slide Shows
  • Getting Started
  • Giving Your Presentation a Visual Theme
  • Using a theme as is
  • Customizing a theme's colors or fonts
  • Using Laborsaving Slide Layouts
  • Mastering slide masters
  • Working with title and text objects
  • Working with PowerPoint Objects
  • Formatting tables
  • Creating a chart
  • Get smart: Use SmartArt
  • More media: Adding images, movies, or sounds
  • Using Quick Styles and Effects
  • Aligning, arranging, and distributing objects
  • Chapter 11. Making Your Slide Shows Sing
  • Using Transitions to Create a Polished-Looking Presentation
  • Applying transitions
  • Transition options
  • Using Custom Animation
  • Animating text or graphics
  • Animating a chart or SmartArt graphic
  • Creating Interactivity with Action Buttons
  • Share and Share Alike
  • Printing hard copy
  • Exporting (saving) your presentations as files
  • Chapter 12. Presentation Prowess
  • Working with the Basic PowerPoint Tools
  • Ribbon and Quick Access toolbar customization
  • Proofing and reference tools
  • Commenting on slides
  • Templates and other miscellaneous tools
  • Using Hyperlinks
  • Recording Narration
  • Making the Most of Your PowerPoint Presentation
  • Rehearsing and setting slide timings
  • Using the presenter tools
  • Working with a single display
  • Part 4. Crunching Data with most Excellent Excel
  • Chapter 13. Getting to Know Microsoft Excel
  • Interfacing with Excel's User Interface
  • Understanding the Concept of Rows, Columns, and Cells
  • Using the Views
  • Navigating within Your Worksheets
  • Chapter 14. Crunching Numbers (and Data) with Excel
  • Working with Templates
  • Choosing a local template
  • Working with online templates
  • Entering, Formatting, and Editing Data in Cells
  • Copying and Pasting Data (and Formatting) between Cells
  • AutoFilling Cells
  • Understanding Formulas and Functions
  • Creating a formula
  • Keeping track of Excel formulas with Formula Builder
  • Using the Error Checking Feature
  • Sorting and Filtering Data
  • Sorting data
  • Using filters to narrow your data searches
  • Finding and Replacing Data
  • Chapter 15. Enhancing and Printing Your Excel Spreadsheets
  • Creating and Formatting Charts
  • Including Pictures and Shapes
  • Adding Formatting and Special Effects
  • Creating and Sorting Custom Lists
  • Creating a custom list
  • Sorting a list
  • Adding Headers and Footers
  • Creating a header or footer
  • Editing a header or footer
  • Printing Your Spreadsheets
  • Preparing for printing with Page Setup
  • Ready, set, print
  • Chapter 16. Advanced Spreadsheeting
  • Customizing Excel
  • Preferences
  • Conditional Formatting
  • Naming a Cell Range
  • Working with Multiple Worksheets
  • Hyperlinking
  • Collaboration and Revision Tracking (a.k.a. Change Tracking)
  • Saving a workbook online
  • Tracking your changes
  • Accepting and rejecting your changes
  • Part 5. Microsoft Outlook: Miraculous Manager of Most Things
  • Chapter 17. Getting to Know Outlook
  • Taking a Quick Tour of Outlook
  • The Mail module
  • The Calendar module
  • The People module
  • The Notes and Tasks modules
  • Chapter 18. Emailing with Outlook
  • Setting Up Outlook for Email
  • Setting up your email automatically
  • Setting up your email account manually
  • Sending, Receiving, and Managing Your Email
  • Creating and sending messages
  • Receiving messages
  • Managing your email
  • Chapter 19. Managing Your Affairs with Outlook
  • Scheduling Events with Calendar
  • Managing Your Crew with the People Module
  • Adding and removing contacts
  • Working with contacts
  • Delving into the Home tab
  • Tracking Progress with the Tasks Module
  • Understanding Notes
  • Chapter 20. Getting Advanced with Outlook
  • Customizing: Its Not Just for Hot Rods Anymore
  • Reducin the ribbon
  • Concentrating on columns
  • Hiding, showing, and rearranging interface elements
  • The fast way to start an advanced search
  • What's Your Preference?
  • Your personal preferences
  • Roll over, Beethoven, and catch the email preferences
  • Everything but the Kitchen Sync
  • "New" Outlook? Yes, Please!
  • Part 6. The Part of Tens
  • Chapter 21. Ten Unsung Office Features and Microsoft Apps for Mac
  • The Developer Ribbon Tab
  • A Multitude of Fonts
  • Icons Gallery
  • Import Outlook Archives
  • Microsoft Teams
  • Outlook Profile Manager
  • Microsoft Remote Desktop
  • Microsoft Edge
  • Microsoft To Do
  • Microsoft OneNote
  • Chapter 22. Ten Timesaving Shortcuts and Tips for Enhanced Productivity
  • Memorize Keyboard Shortcuts
  • Get to Know Your Preferences
  • Save a Document as a PDF File
  • Save Time by Using the Share → Email (as Attachment) Menu Item
  • Focus on the Task at Hand
  • Use the Open Recent Feature to Open Items from the Dock
  • Get Help
  • Use Format Painter
  • Speak Your Mind with Dictation
  • Don't Forget Your Free OneDrive
  • Chapter 23. Ten Ways to Customize Office
  • Modify the Quick Access Toolbar
  • Modify Existing Ribbon Tabs and Tab Groups
  • Create a New Ribbon Tab or Tab Group for Frequently Used Commands
  • Focus with Full Screen
  • Deal with Frequently Used Documents
  • Remove Unused Keyboard Shortcuts
  • Change an Existing Keyboard Shortcut
  • Create a New Keyboard Shortcut
  • Create Your Own Templates
  • Experiment with Dark Mode
  • Index

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