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Research #18
Office Productivity & Data Tools
Office Productivity & Data Tools
Microsoft 365 Essentials: Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook & Teams
Work more efficiently across Microsoft Office by creating professional documents, spreadsheets, presentations and collaborative workflows.
Course overview
Turn learning into workplace capability.
Work more efficiently across Microsoft Office by creating professional documents, spreadsheets, presentations and collaborative workflows. Participants work through realistic workplace scenarios, guided practice and structured reflection so they can apply the learning immediately.
The programme is demonstration-led and practice-heavy, taking participants from correctly structured source files to accurate, efficient, reusable workplace outputs.
By the end
Learning outcomes
- Create and format structured Word documents.
- Use core Excel formulas, tables and charts.
- Build clear PowerPoint slides with consistent design.
- Manage email, files, calendars and collaboration more effectively.
By the end
Learning objectives
- Explain digital file and cloud basics and connect it to the participant's workplace context.
- Apply word documents using a structured method and appropriate supporting evidence.
- Use Excel essentials to complete a realistic task accurately and efficiently.
- Evaluate PowerPoint presentations by applying quality criteria, controls, and professional judgement.
- Integrate Outlook, calendar and Teams with related tools, people, information, and review points.
- Produce a practical, workplace-ready output together with a clear next-step implementation plan.
Practical curriculum
Course outline: Microsoft 365 Essentials: Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook & Teams
A focused sequence designed for application, reflection and measurable next steps. Expand each module for its detail and practical exercise.
01. Digital File and Cloud Basics
- Purpose, interface, file structure, terminology, and expected workplace output for digital file and cloud basics.
- Correct setup of source information, formatting, references, and reusable working methods.
- Guided use of functions, tools, shortcuts, or controls to complete the task efficiently.
- Accuracy checks, error handling, collaboration, version control, and professional presentation.
Practical exercise: Participants complete a guided workplace file and verify accuracy, usability, and reusability while applying digital file and cloud basics.
02. Word Documents
- Purpose, interface, file structure, terminology, and expected workplace output for word documents.
- Correct setup of source information, formatting, references, and reusable working methods.
- Guided use of functions, tools, shortcuts, or controls to complete the task efficiently.
- Accuracy checks, error handling, collaboration, version control, and professional presentation.
Practical exercise: Participants complete a guided workplace file and verify accuracy, usability, and reusability while applying word documents.
03. Excel Essentials
- Purpose, interface, file structure, terminology, and expected workplace output for Excel essentials.
- Correct setup of source information, formatting, references, and reusable working methods.
- Guided use of functions, tools, shortcuts, or controls to complete the task efficiently.
- Accuracy checks, error handling, collaboration, version control, and professional presentation.
Practical exercise: Participants complete a guided workplace file and verify accuracy, usability, and reusability while applying Excel essentials.
04. PowerPoint Presentations
- Purpose, interface, file structure, terminology, and expected workplace output for PowerPoint presentations.
- Correct setup of source information, formatting, references, and reusable working methods.
- Guided use of functions, tools, shortcuts, or controls to complete the task efficiently.
- Accuracy checks, error handling, collaboration, version control, and professional presentation.
Practical exercise: Participants complete a guided workplace file and verify accuracy, usability, and reusability while applying PowerPoint presentations.
05. Outlook, Calendar and Teams
- Purpose, interface, file structure, terminology, and expected workplace output for Outlook, calendar and Teams.
- Correct setup of source information, formatting, references, and reusable working methods.
- Guided use of functions, tools, shortcuts, or controls to complete the task efficiently.
- Accuracy checks, error handling, collaboration, version control, and professional presentation.
Practical exercise: Participants complete a guided workplace file and verify accuracy, usability, and reusability while applying Outlook, calendar and Teams.
06. Integrated Office Workflow
- Purpose, interface, file structure, terminology, and expected workplace output for integrated office workflow.
- Correct setup of source information, formatting, references, and reusable working methods.
- Guided use of functions, tools, shortcuts, or controls to complete the task efficiently.
- Accuracy checks, error handling, collaboration, version control, and professional presentation.
Practical exercise: Participants complete a guided workplace file and verify accuracy, usability, and reusability while applying integrated office workflow.
Programme detail
How the course runs
Methodology
- Short instructor explanations that establish the principles, terminology, and workflow of Microsoft 365 Essentials: Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook & Teams.
- Live demonstrations and step-by-step demonstrations and hands-on workplace files.
- Individual, pair, and group activities using realistic inputs that do not require disclosure of confidential information.
- Facilitated review, peer discussion, trainer feedback, and correction against clear quality criteria.
- A final application task plus a personal or team action plan for transfer to the workplace.
Assessment & evidence of learning
- Opening diagnostic questions to establish experience, needs, and relevant workplace scenarios.
- Observation of guided practice and completion of module activities relevant to Office Productivity & Data Tools.
- Knowledge checks, review questions, or scenario decisions at appropriate points in the programme.
- A final practical output, simulation, presentation, analysis, or implementation plan reviewed against stated criteria.
- Trainer feedback and participant reflection identifying strengths, corrections, and next-step workplace actions.
Prerequisites
- No formal prerequisite is required; relevant workplace experience will help participants contextualise the activities.
Course completion & workplace transfer
- Record corrections, open questions, support needs, and an accountable next action for workplace application.
- Review the final practical output against the learning outcomes and complete the trainer's closing knowledge check, reflection, or skills demonstration.
Who should attend
Who this course is for
New users, administrators, support staff and employees who need broad office-productivity skills.
01
Live online via Zoom Meeting
Join a scheduled public intake from anywhere. Trainer-led, camera-on, with hands-on exercises and Q&A throughout.
02
Private in-house group session on Zoom
The same programme run privately for one organisation on its own date, with examples tailored to your policies and roles.
03
Joining details by email
The Zoom link, meeting ID and passcode are sent automatically once payment succeeds, with reminders one day and one hour before the start.
Course questions
What organisations usually ask
Is Microsoft 365 Essentials: Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook & Teams HRD Corp claimable?
The programme can be proposed as HRD Corp claimable training, subject to the employer’s eligibility, current scheme rules, course registration and final approval.
Who should attend this course?
New users, administrators, support staff and employees who need broad office-productivity skills.
How long is the course and how is it delivered?
The standard duration is 2 days. Every session runs live on Zoom with a trainer — there is no face-to-face or physical classroom option. Available formats: Live online via Zoom Meeting, Private in-house group session on Zoom.
How do I receive the Zoom link?
Reserve a seat online and complete payment. The Zoom joining link, meeting ID and passcode are emailed automatically the moment payment succeeds, followed by an automatic reminder one day before and one hour before the session starts.
What do I need to join the session?
A computer with a stable internet connection, the free Zoom client, a webcam and a headset. Sessions run in Malaysia time (GMT+8). Software used in hands-on courses should be installed before day one — the joining email lists what to prepare.
Build a stronger team
Bring Microsoft 365 Essentials: Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook & Teams to your organisation.
Tell us your preferred dates, team size and learning priorities. We will prepare a tailored programme and quotation.
*HRD Corp claimability is subject to employer eligibility, current scheme rules, course registration and approval. Public fees are indicative until confirmed in writing. Certification, licensing and statutory pathways may require an approved provider, separate assessment, experience or registration set by the relevant authority or awarding body.