A First Look at Microsoft Office 2007
Learn how the new capabilities of Office 2007 aim to enhance your Office experience.
Course Duration: 1 Day
Who Should Attend: Experienced Office users who wish to gain an overview of the changes and new features across all the Office 2007 programs.
Prerequisites: Attendees should have previous experience of using Office 2003 or earlier, running under a Windows environment.
At course completion you will be able to:
- Understand changes to the interface and functionality across all Office programs
- Understand some of the key new features specific to Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook
- Understand, at a high level, Office integration with Microsoft SharePoint
Topics covered in the course include:
Office 2007 new features:
- Changes to the interface
- Using the Office button
- Working with the ribbon
- Understanding tabs, groups and commands
- Using contextual tabs
- Using the quick access toolbar
- Using the mini toolbar
- Customising the environment
- Live previews of formatting
- Using themes
- Using SmartArt graphics
- Using the enhanced charts
- Understanding compatibility between different versions
Word 2007 new features:
- Applying quick styles
- Creating cover pages
- Using quick parts
- Changes to headers and footers
- New contextual spell checking
- Using the document inspector to remove 'metadata'
- Different Word file formats
Excel 2007 new features:
- Using the excellent new conditional formatting
- Using the improved list features, including sorting and filtering
- Improved formula construction
- Using the enhanced PivotTable features
- Using the new page layout view
- Different Excel file formats
PowerPoint 2007 new features:
- Converting text to SmartArt
- Creating custom slide layouts
- Using the enhanced graphic features
- Improved pasting of Excel tables
- Different PowerPoint file formats
Outlook 2007 new features:
- Changes to the interface
- Displaying RSS feeds
- Using the new to-do bar
- Using the new colour categories
- Emailing calendar snapshots
- Enhanced out of office settings
- Using the new instant search
- New tasks area in the calendar view
- Viewing multiple calendars side by side
SharePoint integration:
- Examples of how Office 2007 integrates with SharePoint
Overview of changes in other Office 2007 applications including:
- Access 2007
- Project 2007
- InfoPath 2007
- OneNote 2007
(Please note the content of any particular course may vary slightly)