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Outlook: E-mail, Calendar, Tasks
Discover how to set up and manage email, calendars, and contacts in the Microsoft 365 version of Microsoft Outlook. Jess Stratton starts this beginner-level course with a tour of the Outlook interface and then covers all the tools and features you need to work as a team, track assignments, collaborate effectively, and enhance productivity. Learn how to leverage the AI capabilities of Copilot to summarize emails, generate responses, and receive coaching assistance—alongside the latest accessibility features, automation tools, and advanced options in Outlook such as Quick Steps and mail rules to streamline everyday workflows. By the end of this course, you’ll have the know-how and skills you need to tame your inbox and make the world’s most widely used email and calendaring app work for you.
LinkedIn Learning E-course, 2 hr 12 min
In this course, Gini von Courter explores efficient email management techniques in Outlook that enable you to overhaul how you view, organize, and automate your inbox. Discover how to customize Outlook settings, sort and filter views, and use folders. Learn about tools such as Copilot AI and Outlook Quick Steps that simplify and automate your email processing. Understand how to categorize and flag emails and leverage search folders to quickly find important emails. Find out how to create rules for automated sorting and responding to emails, conditional formatting to highlight key messages, and setting up workflows for email management. Plus, get actionable tips to save time and increase productivity. By the end of this course, you'll be able to efficiently manage your inbox, customize your email experience, and streamline your workflow.
LinkedIn Learning E-course, 1 hr 25 min
Elevate your productivity with Outlook's cutting-edge calendar and task management features, including the latest AI-driven enhancements released in 2024. Outlook expert Gini von Courter guides you through transforming your workflow using Outlook's robust toolset and time-management techniques applicable across various platforms. Key topics covered include strategic task prioritization and management; seamless integration of business and personal schedules; efficient creation, delegation, and tracking of tasks; effective use of visual flags and due dates for high-priority items; and maximizing the potential of Microsoft Copilot for AI-assisted productivity. By the end of this course, you'll be equipped to harness the full power of Outlook's latest features, including AI-driven insights and automated workflows, to streamline your daily operations and boost overall efficiency.
LinkedIn Learning E-course, 1 hr 16 min
Start E-course: Outlook: Time Management with Calendar and Tasks
Are you leveraging Microsoft Outlook to maximize your productivity and streamline everyday workflows? Join Microsoft MVP Deb Ashby as she outlines essential skills to get more done smarter using Outlook. Through concise, focused tutorials, Deb shows you how to effectively manage emails, optimize your inbox organization, and take advantage of Outlook's powerful features for calendar management and collaboration. She also compares new and classic features, providing techniques applicable across desktop, web, and mobile platforms. An ideal fit for busy professionals looking to streamline communication workflows and reduce email overload, this course equips you with skills to transform Outlook from a simple email tool into a complete productivity system.
LinkedIn Learning E-course, 1 hr 28 min
Data Collection, Analysis Reporting: Excel
Join expert Excel instructor and Microsoft MVP Leila Gharani for a comprehensive, hands-on journey through the essential features of Microsoft Excel—transforming from a beginner into a confident user. Leila covers the fundamentals of a wide range of topics such as data entry and organization best practices, time-saving calculations and formulas, AI-powered features with Microsoft Copilot, data visualization with charts and PivotTables, advanced data handling with sorting and filtering, and optimization for printing. This course is ideal for Excel beginners and intermediate users in any field who want to boost their productivity, including business professionals, data analysts, administrators, and anyone who works with spreadsheets regularly.
LinkedIn Learning e-course (4 hr 32 min)
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The myriad formulas and functions in Excel are a large part of what makes it such a uniquely powerful program. But for many of us, figuring out how to apply these formulas and functions to solve everyday problems can seem overwhelming. In this course, tech trainer and M365 expert Jess Stratton demystifies these powerful features, sharing bite-sized tips designed to help you work faster and more efficiently in Excel. Jess begins by covering the fundamental concepts you need to start mastering Excel formula and function basics, including creating formulas, referencing cells, and using key functions like SUM, AVERAGE, and IF. Along the way, discover essential tools for counting, manipulating text, and retrieving specific data with advanced lookup functions. Jess also covers helpful techniques to avoid errors, create dynamic reports using GROUPBY and PIVOTBY, and improve data accuracy with functions like TRIM and IFERROR. By the end of this course, you’ll be prepared to handle a wide range of data tasks efficiently and effectively in Excel.
LinkedIn Learning e-course, 46 min
Collaboration and Notetaking: OneNote, Teams, SharePoint
Learn how to use Microsoft OneNote effectively to organize and share digital information. Starting with an overview of OneNote and its various versions, you’ll explore creating notebooks, sections, and pages to structure your content. Learn how to capture and format diverse content types, such as text, images, audio, and video, and go over best practices in using tools for organizing, linking, and searching notes. Advanced lessons introduce collaboration, sharing, and security features to optimize teamwork and data management. By the end of this course, you’ll be equipped to use OneNote for personal productivity and professional collaboration.
LinkedIn Learning e-course, 3 hr
Discover the core features of Microsoft Teams and find out how you can bring together colleagues, create conversations and content, and collaborate more effectively and efficiently. Author Nick Brazzi takes you through the essentials of using Teams, starting with basic setup, creating new teams, and joining existing teams. Nick covers organizing teams and members, shows you how to conduct conversations, and addresses the best ways to leverage the latest AI and security tools built into Copilot and Teams Premium. He explains how to create scheduled meetings or initiate impromptu meetings, and demonstrates how to share files in Teams and create Loop components that you can share within other apps. Finally, Nick guides you through customizing user settings and accessibility features, and explains how to use Teams on mobile devices.
LinkedIn Learning E-course, 3 hr, 46 min
The explosion in Teams usage has changed the way people work with Outlook for communication, scheduling, and collaboration. In this short course, Gini von Courter shows how to find the right balance of Teams and Outlook to ensure effective collaboration and communication with your team. Learn about managing calendars, creating meetings and appointments, and the features of private and group chats. Explore the overlapping tools provided in both programs and which type of communication is best accomplished with each application.
LinkedIn Learning E-course, 53 min
Start E-learning Course: Microsoft Teams and Outlook Together
In this course, Gini von Courter demonstrates the essential skills you need to work with SharePoint Online. Gini covers essential features such as log in, navigation, use of team and communication sites, editing and coauthoring documents, working with lists, integration with Microsoft 365, and document storage. She begins with basics like logging in and using the start page, then jumps into navigation, permissions, editing your profile, searching in SharePoint Online, posting news, and much more. Gini guides you through using the document library in SharePoint Online, as well as opening, editing, and saving a document. She shows you how to manage documents, view versions, share files, and more. Gini goes over how to use list apps in SharePoint, then finishes up with useful advice on integrating SharePoint Online with Teams and the SharePoint mobile app.
LinkedIn Learning E-Course, 2 hr
In this course, author and instructor Gini von Courter leverages SharePoint online features to improve the Microsoft Teams experience, demonstrating how to effectively use permissions, share and collaborate on files, and integrate with Microsoft Teams. Gain practical skills in managing profile settings, navigating SharePoint, and leveraging its features for team communication. Master the art of collaboration with tools designed to streamline your workflow and enhance productivity.
LinkedIn Learning E-course, 1 hr 21 min