In Transitioning From Microsoft® Office 2003 to 2007, you'll learn...
- How to insert and format pictures, clip art and charts in Word 2007
- The power of Quick Styles in PowerPoint® 2007
- How to protect your spreadsheets in Excel® 2007
- How to organize your appointments in Outlook® 2007
- And much more!
Word and Outlook® 2007 still provide the basic functions you have used in the past, but with a different esthetic look and feel. The traditional menus and toolbars have been replaced with the Microsoft® Office button and the Ribbon and Tabs user interface. While this new interface can present a learning curve, this seminar will teach you the steps, how-to’s and tricks you need to transition from 2003 to 2007 easily, smoothly and rapidly.
WORKSHOP AGENDA
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Getting started in Word 2007+
- What’s new in Word 2007
- The Office button
- The customized Quick Access Toolbar
- Ribbons and tabs
- Live preview
- File extensions
- Customized Status Toolbar
- Document views
Working with Word documents+
- Creating a new document
- Opening an existing document
- Saving and closing a document
- Renaming a document
- Saving a file as a Web page
- Printing options
Inserting and formatting items in a Word document+
- Inserting page number and page, section and column breaks
- Inserting a file into your document
- Inserting Quick Parts
- Inserting and formatting pictures, clip art and charts
- Inserting and formatting tables
- Inserting a hyperlink
Additional valuable Word tools+
- Checking for spelling and grammar errors
- Tracking changes in a document
- Mail Merge
- Creating macros
- Using templates
Getting started with PowerPoint 2007+
- What’s new in PowerPoint 2007
- The Office button and PowerPoint Options button
- Customizing the Quick Access Toolbar
- Ribbons and tabs—the new interface
- The different views to make things easier for you
Creating a PowerPoint presentation+
- Beginning a presentation
- Adding, deleting, reusing and hiding slides
- Changing the slide layout and color scheme
- Using the power of Quick Styles
- Creating a Slide Master so you can create multiple slides quickly
- Creating impressive presentations using templates and themes
- Adding pictures, clip art and charts
- Adding hyperlinks to Word and Excel
Applying animation and music in PowerPoint+
- Applying animation to make your slides action-packed
- Adding transitions
- Adding sound or movies to slides
- Adding narration
Saving your PowerPoint presentation+
- Saving a presentation—you have choices
- Publishing a presentation to a PDF file
- Printing slides, handouts or slide outlines
- Keyboard shortcuts to save you time
Getting started in Excel 2007+
- What’s new in Excel 2007
- Using Help
- The Office button and what you will find there
- Saving a workbook as a PDF file—yes, you can
- Customizing the Quick Access Toolbar—making it work for you
- The new Ribbon and Tab interfaces
- The Status Bar
- The Formula Bar
Working with Excel spreadsheets+
- Creating, opening, closing, deleting and saving a workbook
- Basic navigation
- Inserting data into the worksheet
- Speed Fill
- Finding data the easy way
- Copying and moving data
- Inserting and formatting graphics and charts
- Defining and saving your own styles
Additional Excel tools to use+
- Protecting your spreadsheets
- Using the Trust Center
- Printing basics to get your document to print the right way
- The PDF add-in
Getting started in Access 2007+
- Finding and using the Office button
- Understanding the new Ribbon and tabs interfaces
Creating Access databases+
- Becoming familiar with the database objects
- Using the Navigation Pane effectively
- Entering data in a database
- Importing and linking information easily
- Building and customizing your database
- Working with tables
- Creating forms
- Using queries
- Creating reports
- Using macros to save you time
- Access and the Web
The Outlook E-mail screen+
- Receiving e-mail
- Sending e-mail
The Outlook Contacts screen+
- Creating a new contact
- Updating contact information
- Organizing contacts
The Outlook Calendar screen+
- Creating a new appointment
- Creating recurring appointments
- Updating/rescheduling an appointment
- Organizing your appointments
- Scheduling a meeting
The Outlook Tasks screen+
- Creating a new task
- Setting recurring tasks
- Organizing your tasks
The Outlook Notes screen+
- Creating a new note
- Updating a note
- Defining a note category
- Organizing your notes
- E-mailing a note to a contact
The Outlook Journal screen+
- What are journal entries?
- What do you need to keep track of?
