How To Use Microsoft Office Mobile – Nokia Lumia 720

How To Use Microsoft Office Mobile - Nokia Lumia 720

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Microsoft Office Mobile is your office away from the office.

Go to the Office hub to create and edit Word documents and Excel workbooks, open and view PowerPoint slide shows, and share documents with SharePoint.

You can also save your documents to Windows SkyDrive. SkyDrive is cloud storage that you can use to access your documents from your phone, tablet, computer, or Xbox. When you stop working on a document, and go back to it later, youre in the same place where you left it no matter which device you’re using.

Microsoft Office Mobile consists of the following:

  • Microsoft Word Mobile

  • Microsoft Excel Mobile

  • Microsoft PowerPoint Mobile

  • Microsoft SharePoint Workspace Mobile

  • Windows SkyDrive

Read Microsoft Office documents

In the Office hub, you can view Microsoft Office documents, such as Word documents, Excel workbooks, or PowerPoint presentations.

  • Tap Office icon.

  • Swipe to places, and tap the location of the file you want to view.

  • Tap a Word, Excel, or PowerPoint file

Create a Word document

You can create new documents with Microsoft Word Mobile.

  • Tap Office icon.

  • Swipe to recent.

  • Tap + Add icon.

  • Tap a blank Word file or a template.

  • Write your text.

  • To save your document, tap > save.

Edit a Word document

Polish your documents on the road with Microsoft Word Mobile. You can edit the documents and share your work on a SharePoint site.

  • Tap Office, and swipe to places.

  • Tap the location of the file.

  • Tap the Word file you want to edit.

  • To edit the text, tap Edit icon.

  • To save your document, tap . . . > save.

Note: To access an important document quickly, you can pin it to the start screen. Tap and hold the document, and tap pin to start.

Add a comment

  • Tap Edit > Comment icon.

Search for text in a document

  • Tap the Word file and Search key.

Send a document in a mail

  • Tap the Word file and . . . > share….

Create an Excel workbook

With Microsoft Excel Mobile, you can create new Excel workbooks.

  • Tap Office icon, and swipe to recent.
  • Tap + Add icon.

  • Tap a blank Excel file or a template.

  • Tap a cell and the text box at the top of the page.

  • Enter values or text.

  • To save your workbook, tap Back key > . . . > save.

Edit an Excel workbook

No need to travel to the office to check the latest figures. With Microsoft Excel Mobile, you can edit your workbooks, and share your results on a SharePoint site.

  • Tap Office icon, and swipe to places.

  • Tap the location of the file.

  • Tap the Excel file you want to edit.

  • To move to another worksheet, tap Save icon and a worksheet.

  • To save your workbook, tap . . . > save.

Add a comment to a cell

  • Tap . . . > comment.

Apply a filter to cells

  • Tap . . . > apply filter.

Change the cell and text format

  • Tap . . . > format cell….

Find data from a workbook

  • Tap the Excel file and Search key.

Send a workbook in a mail

  • Tap the Excel file and . . . > share….

Delete a document

Phone memory filling up? You can delete any Office documents you no longer need.

  • Tap Office icon, and swipe to places.

  • Tap phone or any other location of the document you want to delete.

  • Tap and hold the document, and tap delete.

View and edit a PowerPoint presentation

Add the finishing touches to your presentation en route to your meeting with Microsoft PowerPoint Mobile.

  • Tap Office icon, swipe to places, and tap the location of the PowerPoint file you want to view

  • Tap a PowerPoint file, and turn your phone to landscape mode.

  • To browse between slides, swipe left or right.

  • To go to a specific slide, tap Slide icon and the slide you want to see.

  • To add a note to a slide, turn your phone to portrait mode, and tap the blank area under the slide.

  • To edit a slide, tap Edit Slide icon.

  • To save your presentation, tap . . . > save.

Send a presentation in a mail

  • Tap the PowerPoint file and . . . > share….

Delete a presentation

  • Tap and hold the PowerPoint file, and tap delete.

Watch a PowerPoint broadcast

You can attend a meeting on the go and watch a PowerPoint presentation broadcast over the internet on your phone.

Open the mail containing the link to the broadcast presentation, and tap the link.

Share documents with SharePoint Workspace Mobile

Work on shared Microsoft Office docu
ments, and collaborate on projects, schedules, and ideas. With Microsoft SharePoint Workspace Mobile, you can browse, send, edit, and synchronize your documents online.

  • Tap Office icon, and swipe to places.

  • Tap Camera icon, write the web address for a SharePoint site, and tap .

  • Select a document.

A copy is downloaded to your phone.

  • View or edit the document, and save your changes.

Tip: To keep an offline copy of a document on your phone, tap and hold the document, and tap always keep offline.

Return to SharePoint Workspace Mobile

  • Press Back key.

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