Microsoft Office

First: A Free Ebook

Excel Tips and Tricks contains a number of simple tips and tricks to make using Excel easier and/or faster. (If you use Amazon, double-check it’s free before downloading.)

Next: A Couple Featured New Releases:

Excel 365 for Beginners is the new and improved version of Excel for Beginners which has over 500 5-star ratings on Amazon. It’s written for users of Excel 365 (or Excel 2021) and should teach you 95% of what you need to know to use Excel on a daily basis as well as give you a strong foundation for learning the rest. Includes over 150 screenshots.

Excel 365 LOOKUP Functions covers the new Excel 365 function, XLOOKUP, as well as VLOOKUP and HLOOKUP. Written for those already familiar with Microsoft Excel who just need to expand their knowledge in this one particular area.

Word 365 for Beginners is the new and improved version of Word for Beginners. Written using Microsoft Office 365 as it existed in January 2023, it’s an introduction to Microsoft Word meant to bring a new user from absolute novice to able to work in Microsoft Word on a day-to-day basis.

Word 365 Styles and Breaks is a short guide meant to introduce new users to text styles, page breaks, section breaks, columns, and column breaks. (Content is excerpted from Intermediate Word 365 which covers those topics and more.)

Finally: ALL the many available Microsoft Office books.

For a guide on which titles to choose, see “Which Book Do You Need?” at the very bottom of the page. Otherwise, click on the store-specific links below the images or the images themselves for a universal link that will take you to your store in your country.

Also, if you want to access one of these books through your library, just ask your librarian. They may be able to order it for you or add it to their digital catalog if they don’t already have it.

Introductions to Microsoft Excel, Word, and PowerPoint In One Book

Collections that contain the beginner guides to Microsoft Excel, Word, and Powerpoint. Microsoft Office for Beginners should work for any version of Microsoft Office. Microsoft Office 2019 Beginner is meant for users of Office 2019 who don’t have to worry about backwards compatibility.

Excel 365 Essentials

Guides to Microsoft Excel 365. Current as of December 2022. Excel 365 for Beginners will take new users of Excel and teach them 95% of what they need to know to use Excel on a daily basis. Intermediate Excel 365 covers more advanced topics including pivot tables, charts, and conditional formatting that are helpful for data analysis. 102 Useful Excel 365 Functions covers 102 Excel functions and mentions another dozen in passing. Functions covered include newer functions like XLOOKUP, IFS, and TEXTJOIN.

Word 365 Essentials

Guides to Microsoft Word 365. Current as of January 2023. Word 365 for Beginners will teach new users of Word how to use Word on a day-to-day basis. Intermediate Word 365 expands that to include topics such as text styles, tables, page and section breaks, track changes, and more.

Excel Essentials

The original Excel books. Written for any version of Microsoft Excel. Screenshots from Excel 2013. A good choice if backwards compatibility is important.

Word Essentials and Mail Merge

The original Word books. Written for any version of Microsoft Word. Screenshots from Word 2013. A good choice if backwards compatibility is important. Mail Merge for Beginners covers how to do a basic mail merge using Word and Excel.

Access Essentials

The original Access titles. Written using Access 2013. Access for Beginners covers the basics of tables and queries. Intermediate Access covers more advanced tables and queries as well as forms and reports.

PowerPoint Essentials

The original PowerPoint titles. Written using Office 2013. PowerPoint for Beginners covers the basics of working in PowerPoint including slide types, adding tables or pictures, animations, notes, and printing. Intermediate PowerPoint covers equations, WordArt, Shapes, headers and footers, charts, SmartArt, and more.

Office 2019

Titles written for Office 2019 that mirror the original Office Essentials titles. The Excel 2019 Formulas and Functions title covers Excel formulas and functions in one book instead of two.

Excel Essentials 2019

Word Essentials 2019

Access Essentials 2019

PowerPoint Essentials 2019

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Related Titles

Titles that are either written as companion titles to the main series (quiz books and study guides) or are excerpted from the main series titles (Easy Word and Easy Excel titles).

Excel Quiz Books and Study Guides

Easy Excel Essentials

Easy Excel Essentials 2019

Easy Excel 365 Essentials

Easy Word Essentials

Easy Word Essentials 2019

Easy Word 365 Essentials

Office Essentials Collections

Books that combine all of the books available in a given series.

Which Book Do You Need?

The generic beginner titles, so Excel for Beginners, Word for Beginners, PowerPoint for Beginners, or Access for Beginners, or Microsoft Office for Beginners which covers Excel, Word, and PowerPoint are all good solid introductions to Microsoft Office that should work with any versions of Office.

They were written using Office 2013, but written to apply to any version of Office. At the beginner level there’s not a lot of difference in working with any of the versions of Office from 2007 onward. And if you have an earlier version than that, the Ctrl shortcuts and what things are called will be the same, you’ll just be dealing with a different layout.

Each of the beginner titles also has an Office 2019 equivalent, so, for example, Excel 2019 Beginner. for users of Office 2019 who don’t need to worry about backwards compatibility.

If you are a user of Office 2021 or Office 365 and don’t need to worry about using older versions of Office or working with those who do, then for Excel and Word you may want to start with Excel 365 for Beginners or Word 365 for Beginners instead because they will cover all of the newest ways of doing things. At the beginner level there isn’t a huge difference, but there are a few new ways to do things.

From there each series has an intermediate-level title that is meant to continue and build on what was taught in the beginner-level title. For Excel there are also books on Excel formulas and functions.

For Word and Excel there are also the Easy Word and Easy Excel series of titles that just focus on one specific sub-topic such as Track Changes or Charts. If you just want to master one or two topics they are a good choice, but usually you’ll be better off just buying the book that material came from which is usually indicated in the book blurb.

And, finally, for the original Excel series there are also quiz books meant to test your knowledge of the material. These are written with a section of questions, then questions with the answers, and also include a handful of bonus exercises at the end.

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