The Office 2021 training helps you discover everything that has changed in the Microsoft suite and immediately benefit from features that truly change productivity. Over a full day, you go through Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook and OneNote new features. A strategic update for users moving to Office 2021 and wanting to fully exploit it.
Immediately benefit from all Office 2021 new features without wasting time on self-training
On the ground in Geneva or Lausanne, switching to Office 2021 without training means paying for a new suite to use only what you already knew. This Office 2021 training focuses on high-impact new features: new Excel functions, Word coediting mode, PowerPoint morphing, Outlook focus mode.
Module 1: Office 2021 changes
Module 2: What’s new in Word 2021
Module 3: What’s new in Outlook 2021
Module 4: What’s new in Excel 2021
Microsoft Office 2021 brings several major advances over the 2019 version, but without dedicated training most users keep working as before. The Office 2021 training delivers the immediate benefit of the upgrade.
Excel 2021 is probably the most enriched Office component. The training details dynamic array functions (FILTER, UNIQUE, SORT, SEQUENCE), the XLOOKUP function that advantageously replaces VLOOKUP, the LET function that makes complex formulas readable.
On Word 2021 side, the training covers improved real-time coediting, focus mode, new review tools. PowerPoint 2021 introduces morphing between slides, cinematic transitions. Outlook 2021 improves search and focus mode.
The training also clarifies the difference between Office 2021 (one-time purchase, frozen version) and Microsoft 365 (subscription, continuous updates).
The Office 2021 training is designed for any organization or user who has just moved to Office 2021 and wants to get the best out of it.
At our ITTA centers in Carouge and Le Flon, this Office 2021 training runs over one day. You test each new feature on concrete cases.
What is the difference between Office 2021 and Microsoft 365?
Office 2021 is a one-time purchase with a frozen version. Microsoft 365 is a subscription with continuous updates.
Do I need to know Office before this training?
Yes, regular use of Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook is required.
Does the training cover XLOOKUP and Excel array functions?
Yes, these new Excel 2021 functions are at the heart of the training.
Is PowerPoint morphing covered?
Yes, morphing and cinematic transitions are covered in the PowerPoint 2021 part.
Is this Office training held in Geneva?
Yes, at the ITTA center in Carouge in Geneva, at Le Flon in Lausanne and in a virtual classroom.
Should I change all my habits after Office 2021 training?
No. The training shows what really deserves to be adopted and what is anecdotal.
How long to discover Office 2021?
One intensive day is enough to go through key new features of the four main components.
Office 2019 or earlier users transitioning to Office 2021, organizations migrating on-premise, and profiles wanting recent Microsoft Office evolution panorama. In Geneva and Lausanne, the course welcomes participants from international organizations, banking, consulting and growing SMEs. No specific prerequisite is required other than a concrete willingness to progress on the subject.
You leave with an operational mastery of the fundamentals, reusable canvases on your concrete cases, a structured action plan for the weeks that follow. Many participants report a visible effect from the first week back, with sustainable anchoring over four to six weeks of regular practice. The course combines short theory inputs, practical exercises on your real situations and personalized trainer debrief.
A team transitioning from Office 2016 discovering new Excel functions (XLOOKUP, FILTER, LET). A manager adopting collaborative novelties between Word and OneDrive. An assistant mastering modern PowerPoint functions for efficiency gain. The course adapts exercises to your context with personalized trainer feedback, and each participant leaves with an action plan calibrated to their own situation.
This training combines well with courses dedicated to Office applications (Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Outlook) for deeper specifics, and Microsoft 365 new features for cloud. Many participants enroll in one of these courses in the following trimester, according to their current priority and professional context.
Office 2021 brought major features (XLOOKUP, FILTER, LET, real-time Co-Authoring, Visual Refresh) modernizing user experience. For on-premise organizations or in transition, this training offers structured panorama to fully exploit installed version and prepare next step toward Microsoft 365.
Most participants report a noticeable effect from the first week of return, with deeper anchoring over four to six weeks of regular practice on real files. The course closes with a personalized practice plan calibrated on your professional context, including milestones and review prompts to ensure the techniques become permanent.
The tools and techniques covered in this course are used daily by millions of professionals across Geneva and Lausanne organizations. Mastery of these features transforms repetitive work into efficient routine, freeing time for higher-value activities. This training relies on real professional cases and offers an outfitted approach calibrated for the 2025-2026 evolutions of the platform.
At ITTA centers in Geneva and Lausanne, this course runs in a small group with an expert trainer and a format alternating concise theory, practical exercises and personalized debrief. Group confidentiality is explicit and held. Each participant arrives with a real case and leaves with an action plan calibrated to their context. The course integrates recent evolutions of the domain (digital tools, hybrid formats, 2025-2026 practices) without losing focus on fundamentals.
Suitable for on-premise organizations?
Yes, the course targets Office 2021 deployments without cloud.
Does it address Microsoft 365?
Briefly, in positioning and differences with Office 2021.
Suitable for advanced users?
Yes, focus on novelties is useful complement to users mastering Office 2019.
Where do sessions take place?
ITTA has three centers in French speaking Switzerland: in Geneva (Carouge, Route des Jeunes 35), in Lausanne at the Flon (Rue des Cotes de Montbenon 16) and at Lausanne Mon-Repos (Avenue de Mon-repos 24). The training is also available in virtual classroom.
Monday to Friday
8:30 AM to 6:00 PM
Tel. 058 307 73 00
ITTA
Route des jeunes 35
1227 Carouge, Suisse
Monday to Friday, from 8:30 am to 06:00 pm.
