Office: Getting Started with Desktop Applications E-Learning Course

E-Learning Course - Micosoft 365 Desktop Applications for Beginners

Office: Getting Started with Desktop Applications

This E-Learning course is aimed at beginners who are new to using Microsoft 365 applications (formally known as Office 365).

The Office suite in Microsoft 365 encompasses a versatile selection of applications, offering a broad spectrum of tools to address various tasks encountered in a typical workday. Microsoft Word empowers precise document composition, while Excel and PowerPoint facilitate the generation of tables and presentations, respectively. The suite also streamlines workflow through an array of features designed for document collaboration.

This training course provides participants with an insight into the basic structure of the Office applications and how to customize them to their needs.  Participants will gain an understanding of the basic functions of the applications and how to use them.

Course Features
Office Version
Microsoft 365
Level
All Levels
Learning Time
95 Minutes
Number of Learning Videos
53
Languages Available
English
German
French
Spanish
Portuguese
Japanese
Chinese
Russian
Course Design
  • Videos with Audio Narration and Closed-Captions
  • Practice Interactive Exercises
  • Tips and Printable PDF's
  • Chapter Tests
  • Personalized Learning Recommendations
  • Comprehensive Final Test with Certificate
  • Compatible with Desktop and Mobile Devices
  • SCORM and xAPI Support for LMS Deployement
Course Topics

General information

  • Classic desktop applications from Office 2024
  • Layout of the program interfaces
  • Adding an account
  • Opening a command using the “Microsoft Search” tool
  • Opening an existing file
  • Displaying file properties
  • Creating a new file
  • Using document recovery

  • Showing and hiding the Ribbon
  • Customising options on the ribbon
  • Expanding the toolbar
  • Managing the toolbar
  • Changing the position of the Quick Access Toolbar

  • Checking general options
  • Turning AutoCorrect features on and off
  • Changing the language settings

General editing options

  • Using undo
  • Translating texts
  • Displaying and inserting synonyms with the thesaurus
  • Showing the Office clipboard

Enter and replace text

  • Entering text in a text box
  • Inserting symbols and special characters
  • Searching in texts
  • Replacing text elements

Format text

  • Changing the font and font size
  • Aligning text
  • Copying formatting a single time
  • Automatic numbering
  • Formatting text with styles
  • Changing the column width and row height
  • Aligning text vertically in a text box
  • Formatting a cell

Insert elements

  • Inserting a text box
  • Insert picture
  • Inserting a screenshot
  • Inserting an object
  • Inserting online video
  • Inserting SmartArt
  • Insert illustrations
  • Inserting a link

Edit elements

  • Grouping items
  • Changing an object’s colour and transparency
  • Rotating and mirroring an object
  • Editing images
  • Scaling an image
  • Cropping a picture
  • Removing the image background

  • Saving an Office document
  • Saving documents to a web location
  • Opening the print preview
  • Setting print settings and printing

  • Sharing document from desktop application
  • Recognising the position of other editors
This Course is Included in our Content Bundles
Elearning training Course Content Bundle "New Generation Workplace" for Microsoft 365

New Generation Workplace | E-Learning Content Bundle

Our full course library for Microsoft 365 and Microsoft Office.

Includes E-Learning training courses for the following applications: Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Outlook, OneNote, OneDrive, Teams, SharePoint, Planner, Power BI, Power Automate, Power Apps, Delve, Forms, Lists, To-Do, Whiteboard, Windows, Edge, Viva Engage, Visio and more...

Our New Generation Workplace content package is our full E-Learning course library for Microsoft 365.

This course package addresses core end-user training for Office and Windows at the Beginner, Intermediate and Advanced levels and also provides training on how to use Microsoft 365 collaboration tools to easily communicate and work in project teams.

During your subscription to this course package, you will receive our content updates to the package, including new courses we release into the package.

Elearning Training Course Content Bundle "Desktop" for Microsoft 365

Desktop | E-learning Content Bundle

Learn and improve basic skills on using the classic Office desktop apps and more.

Includes E-Learning training courses for the following applications: Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Outlook, OneNote, OneDrive, Windows, Edge, To-Do and more...

Our Desktop E-Learning content package for Microsoft 365 addresses core end-user training for Office and Windows at the Beginner, Intermediate and Advanced levels.

During your subscription to this course package, you will receive our content updates to the package, including new courses we release into the package.

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