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Office 2016: Getting Started

About Office 2016

Office 2016 is the latest version of Microsoft Office and is available for both Windows and Mac. It replaces Office 2013 on Windows and Office 2011 on Macs. 

What are the benefits of Office 2016 ?

Office 2016 provides some new features that can help improve ease of use and productivity, and on the PC version in particular has tools that make collaboration easier and more effective,

This guide will introduce these new features and help you get started with using Office 2016 effectively.

What's new in Office 2016?

 

 

Using Office 2016

Microsoft has produced a number of guides and other training material to get you started with using each of the applications within Office 2016. 

The Quick Start Guides below are PDF files to download which cover the essential features of each of the applications. There are version for Windows, Mac and in some cases Mobile access.

Word

Excel

PowerPoint

Outlook

OneDrive for Business

Lynda.com training  

There are video tutorials available via the lynda.com online training library.  You can view the whole course or select the topics of most interest to you.  There are also exercise files download to allow you to practice each topic.  

The links below will take you to the login page for lunda.com. Use your normal username and password and you will then be taken to the course.

Office 2016 for Windows

Microsoft have produced some training courses for the main applications within Office 2016.  These currently cover basic elements but new modules will be added.

Lynda.com online training:  Office 2016 playlist

The link below will take you to the login page for the lynda.com online training library.  You will then be re-directed to a Playlist of course covering different aspects of Office 2016 including Windows, Mac and access on mobile devices.  Select the most relevant course(s) for your needs.