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Office 365 Essentials - Quick Reference

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This document is a Microsoft Office 365 Essentials quick reference guide (CustomGuide, 2020) that summarizes core tasks and keyboard shortcuts across Office apps, especially Word, Excel, and PowerPoint, plus general Office fundamentals.<br /><br />It first covers common file actions: creating a blank file (Ctrl+N) or using templates, opening files (Ctrl+O), saving (Ctrl+S), saving a copy/Save As, printing (Ctrl+P), and getting help via the Help tab or F1. It also explains basic editing: selecting and replacing text, cut/copy/paste (Ctrl+X/C/V), undo/redo (Ctrl+Z/Y), find/replace (Ctrl+F/H), and adding comments through the Review tab. Basic text formatting includes changing font and size, applying bold/italic/underline (Ctrl+B/I/U), and alignment shortcuts. A general shortcut list includes ribbon access keys (Alt+F/H/N/R/W), “Tell Me” search (Alt+Q), and navigation keys (Home/End, Page Up/Down).<br /><br />Word fundamentals focus on document layout and styles: adjusting line and paragraph spacing, indenting and custom indents, setting margins, inserting headers/footers and page numbers, inserting page breaks, creating and editing tables (add/delete rows/columns), positioning objects and wrapping text, applying styles and style sets, using the Styles pane, and working in Outline view (promote/demote headings). It includes Word-specific shortcuts for spacing, indents, styles, cursor navigation, and special characters (e.g., page break Ctrl+Enter).<br /><br />Excel fundamentals cover selecting cells/ranges (including non-adjacent selections), editing and clearing data, inserting/deleting cells/rows/columns, moving/copying via drag-and-drop, adjusting column width/row height (including AutoFit), freezing/unfreezing panes, entering formulas, using AutoFill, and common functions like SUM and AVERAGE. It also notes worksheet tasks (insert, rename, tab color, delete) and key shortcuts (F2, Shift+F3, F9).<br /><br />PowerPoint fundamentals include creating and managing slides (new slide Ctrl+M, layout changes, hide/unhide, delete), adding text boxes and notes, applying and modifying themes, editing pictures (corrections/color/effects, styles, crop), inserting and formatting shapes and arranging/rotating/flipping objects, adding transitions and animations, and running slide shows (F5, Esc, navigation and presenter tools shortcuts).

Keywords

Office 365 Essentials

keyboard shortcuts

Word fundamentals

Excel fundamentals

PowerPoint fundamentals

file management (open save print)

text editing (cut copy paste find replace)

text formatting (font bold italic underline alignment)

Word styles and document layout

Excel formulas and functions (SUM AVERAGE AutoFill)