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Microsoft Office 2003 to Office 2007 Transition

James Crowley C3 – Crowley Computer Consulting. Microsoft Office 2003 to Office 2007 Transition. Quiz. What version of Office do you use?. What edition?. 95 97 2000 2002 2003 2007. Basic Home and Student Standard Small Business Edition Professional Ultimate. Quiz.

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Microsoft Office 2003 to Office 2007 Transition

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  1. James Crowley C3 – Crowley Computer Consulting Microsoft Office 2003 to Office 2007 Transition

  2. Quiz What version of Office do you use? What edition? • 95 • 97 • 2000 • 2002 • 2003 • 2007 • Basic • Home and Student • Standard • Small Business Edition • Professional • Ultimate

  3. Quiz • Do you love Office? • Have you tried alternatives? Like WordPerfect, Lotus, OpenOffice • What is the cost of Office? And what is the Return On Investment in your application? • What do you want to learn today?

  4. Versions and pricing

  5. Versions and extras

  6. Where is help?

  7. Where is help? • ? Button in upper right hand corner of window. • Office help programs access Microsoft web pages for improved results. • Web searches, Google works!

  8. The Ribbon – heart of thenew User Interface (UI) • Same commands, new places • No menus • One toolbar • Not customizable • Easy to learn, but tough to unlearn menus and toolbars • More extensive tooltips • Most items will preview

  9. Ribbons In… Out… • Access • Excel • PowerPoint • Word • Open items of Outlook (mail, contacts, appointments) • OneNote • Publisher • Accounting Express • Groove • Infopath • Main Outlook screen

  10. Cutting the Ribbon to pieces • Tabs • Groups • Commands • Dialog boxes

  11. Lost commands • Many specific, contextual commands do not show on the ribbon until the proper context is available. For example, there are no picture formatting commands until a picture is inserted or selected.

  12. Ribbons adjust to fill window

  13. Mice are for wimps • Navigate the Ribbon by tapping the Alt key and then resulting KeyTips. • ESC moves to previous selection • There are many keyboard shortcuts. • Most are unchanged from older Office editions. • From Help, search for “keyboard shortcuts.”

  14. Where did my ribbon go? Minimize the Ribbon Click on tab titles to use • To minimize or restore the ribbon: • Choose Minimize the Ribbon or Restore the Ribbon from the Customize Quick Access Toolbar • Double-click on the active tab name • Press Ctrl+F1

  15. Microsoft Office Button • Think of the 2003 File menu • Application options are found on the bottom right.

  16. Quick Access Toolbar • Only easily customized part of the UI • Ribbon can be customized programmatically and via add-on apps • Save, Undo and Redo • Customize menu

  17. Customizing the Quick Access Toolbar • Select common tools from menu • Add more tools from More Commands… • Show below or above the Ribbon

  18. But not everyone has Office 2007! • Office 2007 can run on Windows Vista and Xp • All users running Office 2003 through 2000, running Windows 2000 or newershould install the compatibility pack from • http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=941b3470-3ae9-4aee-8f43-c6bb74cd1466&displaylang=en • Or Google “microsoft office compatibility pack” and it will be the first link • There are always winners and losers…

  19. Smart Art

  20. Smart Art Tools: Design

  21. Smart Art Tools: Format

  22. Applications Reviewed Not reviewed • Word • Excel • Outlook • PowerPoint • Publisher • Access • Accounting Express • Groove • InfoPath • OneNote

  23. Accounting Express • Accounting by Microsoft. Can they supplant QuickBooks?

  24. Groove • Groove is like instant messaging with application sharing. Allows for collaboration anywhere you have an Internet connection.

  25. InfoPath • Server based technology to create web browser fillable forms, manage form templates and collect data. Use requires a Share Point server.

  26. OneNote • Note-taking and information-management in electronic notebooks that can be shared. • Notebooks on steroids! • Incredible with a tablet.

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