MS Office Overview 2007

This course is designed for existing Office 97-2003 users who are upgrading or have upgraded to the Office 2007 suite of business applications.
This course is ideal for regular MS Office users who have upgraded to the Office 2007 system and are finding it difficult to orientate themselves within the new interface. The course is designed to introduce participants to the new features, the re-designed interface and the new file types of the Office 2007 system.

During the course participants will be given a practical overview and experience of the four core Office 2007 applications:
•    MS Word
•    MS Excel
•    MS PowerPoint
•    MS Outlook

Pre-requisites
This course is targeted at participants who have at least a Level 1 working knowledge of earlier Office versions (97-2003)
 

An introduction to the Microsoft Office 2007 User Interface

• Replacing menus - The Ribbon

                - Tabs & Groups
                - More - Dialog Box’s
                - The Office Button

• The Quick Access Toolbar
• The Mini Toolbar
• Quick Styles
• Live Preview
• Viewing Documents
• File Formats
• Using Help

Word 2007

• The Word 2007 screen
• Word 2007 Ribbon, Tabs and Options
• New Features

                - Themes
                - Quick Styles
                - Quick Parts and Building Blocks
                - Inserting Graphics and SmartArt

Excel 2007

• The Excel 2007 screen
• Excel 2007 file types
• Excel 2007 Ribbon, Tabs and Options
• New Features:

               - Conditional Formatting
               - New Formulas and Functions options
               - Inserting Charts & Graphs.
               - Excel 2007 Tables

PowerPoint 2007

• The PowerPoint 2007 screen
• PowerPoint 2007 Ribbon, Tabs and Options
• New Features:

                - New Slide Layouts
                - Master Slides – a new approach
                - Themes and Built-in Designs
                - Slide Libraries and Photo Album

Outlook 2007

• The Outlook 2007 screen

                 - The To-Do Bar
                 - Instant Search

• Email

                 - The new message window
                 - Flagging Email for Follow-up
                 - Categories
                 - Previewing Attachments
                 - Out of Office

• Contacts

                 - The Contact Cards window
                 - Business Cards

• Calendar

                 - The new screen layout
                 - Task Integration
                 - Calendar Snapshots
                 - Calendar Overlays
 

 Location: Irish Times Training, The Irish Times Building, 24 - 28 Tara Street, Dublin 2