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Using Microsoft Office 2016

  • Number of Courses15 courses
  • Duration35 hours
  • Skill IQ available Skill IQ

Microsoft Office is a suite of cross-compatible applications and services that include programs for word processing, spreadsheets, presentations, information management, note-taking, project management, diagrams, and more. Being well-versed in Microsoft Office is a must for many business environments. This path will cover the essential information needed to be proficient in each one of the applications, as well as some advanced techniques in the more popular applications.

Courses in this path

Beginner

In this section, you’ll get a glimpse of the interface, and learn all about the new features in Microsoft Office 2016.

What's New in Office 2016

  • by Alan Wright
  • 1h 35m Duration
  •  (64)

Intermediate

In this section, you will learn the fundamentals of each of the different Microsoft Office applications and begin using them in a variety ways.

Microsoft Word (2016): Essentials

  • by Heather Ackmann
  • 1h 32m Duration
  •  (64)

Excel 2016 for Windows and Mac: Essentials

  • by Bob Flisser
  • 2h 53m Duration
  •  (104)

Using Office PowerPoint (2016)

  • by Heather Ackmann
  • 3h 56m Duration
  •  (46)

Using Outlook (2016)

  • by Shari Oswald
  • 3h 20m Duration
  •  (45)

OneNote 2016

  • by Heather Fitzpatrick
  • 1h 8m Duration
  •  (88)

Microsoft Access (2016)

  • by Patricia Ciszek
  • 4h 27m Duration
  •  (55)

Project 2016 for Business Professionals

  • by Diane McSorley
  • 4h 25m Duration
  •  (67)

Using Publisher 2016

  • by Shari Oswald
  • 1h 2m Duration

Using Visio (2016)

  • by Alan Wright
  • 2h 48m Duration
  •  (45)

Using Office Sway (2016)

  • by Heather Fitzpatrick
  • 38m Duration
  •  (27)

Using Office Delve 365 (2016)

  • by Heather Fitzpatrick
  • 33m Duration
  •  (19)

Using Skype for Business

  • by Heather Fitzpatrick
  • 1h 7m Duration
  •  (38)

Advanced

This section focuses on two of the most popular Microsoft Office applications: Word and Excel. You’ll take your foundational skills to the next level by learning more about styles, advanced formatting and tools, and functions.

Word 2016 for Power Users

  • by Heather Ackmann
  • 2h 23m Duration
  •  (19)

Excel 2016 for Power Users

  • by Diane McSorley
  • 3h 18m Duration
  •  (115)

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Alan Wright
Alan Wright
Alan Wright has worked professionally in and around IT for over 10 years. He has provided enterprise-level support in the Detroit, Michigan, area and continues to provide software and hardware support for small business and residential users. He holds several certifications from CompTIA and Microsoft and enjoys working with technology and teaching others how they can make technology work for them as computers and tablets continue to evolve. Besides training videos, Alan has been the technical ed... more
Patricia Ciszek
Patricia Ciszek
Patricia Ciszek, Microsoft Office Instructor, has worked with the ONLC for over 15 years and has been creating video courseware with ClipTraining since 2011. She teaches expert level course content on Microsoft Office solutions.
Heather Fitzpatrick
Heather Fitzpatrick
Heather Fitzpatrick’s interest in technology began while studying biology at Daytona State College. While perusing the college job board she noticed an Information Technology job with a local judicial agency. She quickly learned from this job that she was passionate about helping others learn how to get the most out of the technology they use every day. She not only changed her college focus to Business Management/Information Technology, but also made a career out of it by tackling many differen... more
Diane McSorley
Diane McSorley
Diane McSorley is a Microsoft Certified Trainer with expertise in teaching beginner to expert levels in multiple applications, Microsoft technical course, and CompTIA courses.
J. Peter Bruzzese
J. Peter Bruzzese
J. Peter Bruzzese (Triple-MCSE, MCT) is a 4-time awardee of the Microsoft MVP for Exchange. Working with Exchange in enterprise scenarios for 15 years, J. Peter has a finger on the pulse of both legacy deployments and modern on-prem/cloud(O365/hosted) environments. J. Peter is also the Enterprise Windows columnist for InfoWorld, a speaker for MEC/TechEd, etc… and author/consultant on a variety of books, product reviews for MSExchange.org and articles. His latest books include Mastering Exchan... more
Heather Ackmann
Heather Ackmann
Heather Ackmann is an author and instructional designer. She has a passion for technology and a soft spot for people who find technology frustrating. She loves showing people how to make technology work better for them and figuring out how to make less than perfect technology work better for all. For over a decade now, Microsoft has honored her with the Microsoft MVP award in Office Systems and Services. In 2021, she completed her MS degree in human-computer interaction with distinction. She use... more
Bob Flisser
Bob Flisser
Bob Flisser has been a trainer and technical writer since the 1980s. He currently has over a dozen video courses released by several commercial publishers, and is the co-author of a series of books of tips and shortcuts for Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Windows. He has also written magazine articles and training manuals, and created and run training centers for companies large and small. Since 1995, Bob has been the Vice President and the Web and multimedia developer at Software School,... more
Shari Oswald
Shari Oswald
Shari majored in Business Administration and minored in Communication at the University of Colorado. She has over 12 years of training experience in the areas of Leadership, Team Building, and Personal Development in addition to a wide range of computer software programs and operating systems. She began her career in training in her role as Human Resources Manager, became an adjunct professor for Regis University and transferred those skills into technical training, consulting, and courseware de... more

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