You can edit Word, Excel, and PowerPoint documents with the desktop or Office Online apps. Files created in other applications (for example, Access) can be stored in document libraries and edited on the desktop. Learn about how to open and edit a document.
- [Instructor] The next thing I need to work on … is a review of the Employee Handbook. … And even though I know where it lives … it's so fast to search … that I'm going to simply search for it … and then click to open that document. … Notice that when I do that I get a new browser tab … and it opens in the online version of Microsoft Word. … And it opened really quickly. … This isn't a small document, it's 25 pages. … One of the beauties of the online versions of Word, … Excel, and PowerPoint is they optimize … showing you the document. … So if all I need to do is get in here and look at it … it's right here. … It's not loading all of the tools … that I might possibly need to fully edit a document. … Instead it's giving me the minimum of what I need … and getting the document to me very, very quickly. … From here I have two editing choices. … One choice is simply to use the commands … that are here to edit. … This is showing me a Simplified Ribbon. … If you'd like to see more … you can simply click to turn that Simplified Ribbon off …
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Released
10/15/2019- Navigating and searching in a site
- Uploading and creating documents
- Coauthoring Office documents
- Editing your profile
- Using and customizing lists
- Requesting approval for documents using Microsoft Flow
- Using SharePoint mobile apps
Skill Level Beginner
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Introduction
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1. Get Started with SharePoint Online
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Tools and permissions3m 46s
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Login to SharePoint2m 42s
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Use SharePoint home3m 41s
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Search in SharePoint3m 57s
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Use a communication site3m 9s
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2. Work with Libraries and Documents
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Store documents5m 16s
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Upload and create documents3m 17s
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Open and edit a document4m 44s
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Save a document from Office3m 43s
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Share a file or site3m 55s
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Coauthor an Office document3m 37s
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Use your team's notebook1m 36s
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3. Personal and News
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Edit your profile3m 52s
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Post news for your team3m 16s
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4. Customize with List Apps
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Use a list2m 48s
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Export a list to Excel3m 6s
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5. SharePoint on the Road
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OneDrive for Business app3m 51s
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Conclusion
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Next steps1m 59s
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