Free Online APPy Hour: Microsoft Made Easy
September 30, 2026
Online
10:00am - 11:00am
Step into the Office music vault, crank your synths, and get ready to moonwalk through Microsoft’s greatest productivity hits. These aren’t just features – they’re chart-toppers, quietly powering up your workday for years.
From Outlook’s search riffs to Word’s chart-topping Quick Parts, Excel’s Flash Fill groove to the clipboard that never forgets a beat – this course is your all-access pass to the main stage, unlocking tools that’ll have you headlining the productivity tour!
Duration 60 Minutes
A Side: The Greatest Hits
- Quick Access Toolbar – “Express Lane to the Danger Zone”: One click and you’re breaking the sound barrier. It’s Top Gun for your mouse – strap in, hit Mach 2.
- Word Styles – “Vogue Like You Mean It”: Strike a pose! Your documents have never looked so fresh, so clean, so… like a material girl.
- Outlook Search – “Don’t Stop Retrieving” Hold on to that email! Find what you need faster than you can say “Where’s my Rubik’s Cube?”
- Quick Parts – “Cut, Copy, Rock & Roll”: Save all your best lyrics and drop them like a DJ at a roller disco.
- SmartArt – “Eye of the PowerPoint Tiger”: Unleash visuals that pack a punch – no more boring slides, just knockout graphics.
- Excel Flash Fill – “Fill Me Up Before You Go-Go”: Data entry? More like data dance party. Let Excel do the moves for you.
- Outlook Templates – “Inbox in the Groove”: Organise your inbox like a pro- your folders line up smoother than a Motown bassline.
- AutoCorrect – “Oops!… I Fixed It Again”: Typos? Not on your watch. Britney would approve.
- Presenter View – “Every Slide You Take”: See your notes, keep your cool, and own the stage like Sting in a suit.
- Windows Clipboard – “Saving All My Clips for You”: Keep your favourite snippets on standby and paste them anywhere in Windows – your documents will always love you-U!
Bonus Track:
- Excel Quick Analysis – “Analyse Like It’s 1999”: Just select, click, and let Excel party on your data – no one needs to know your secret weapon behind those purple rain results!
Please note – The Teams invitation for this workshop will be sent once an order is placed. If for some reason you have a problem accepting, please mark an email as urgent to growthhub@staffordshire.gov.uk
