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KeyStone Learning - Office 2007 Tips

Deanna Reynolds has some excellent tips and tricks for many of the Office 2007 applications.  For instance,  she offers some advice on ways to reduce spam in Outlook as well as the steps for publishing a Powerpoint Presentation to the web.

Take a look at Deanna’s blog, over at Keystone Learning, for more Office 2007 tips and tricks!

A few Microsoft Office 2007 Tutorials

What’s new in Microsoft Word 2007

Demo: Up to speed with Word 2007

Demo: Word 2007 — Work with documents created in earlier versions

Demo: Spice up your text with SmartArt graphics

Online Training in Word 2007

What’s new in Microsoft Excel 2007

Demo: Up to speed with Excel 2007

Demo: Creating charts in Excel 2007

What’s new in Microsoft Outlook 2007

Demo: Up to speed with Outlook 2007

Demo: Customize your calendar

Demo: Find needles in a haystack with Instant Search

University of Richmond’s VTC Subscription

Free online tutorials for operating system, productivity, and multimedia software

http://www.vtc.com

The New Paperclip

The New Paperclip is a site devoted to helping new Office 2007 users get comfortable. It has lots of very simple and short text/image based tutorials on everyday Office skills.

He breaks tutorials down by application and by user level- there are beginner, regular, advanced and expert tutorials available.

Office Tips and Tricks

The MS Office 07 Tips and Tricks site has some good information. The irritating thing is you have to sign up for a Windows Live ID to get at the videos. If you already have a Live ID (it’s the same as your MSN Hotmail, or MSN Messenger ID) or don’t mind a simple sign up then the site is well worth checking out.

Complete Office 2007 Overview

Check out all the changes to Office 2007’s suite of programs. “The Films” are humorous but not too useful. I’d stick to the tabs labeled “The Improvements” and “The Facts.”

The Ribbon

When you open Microsoft Office Word 2007 for the first time, you’ll notice that it looks very different. That’s because it’s been redesigned to make your work easier, faster, and more efficient

Microsoft has text or video demonstrations of Word 2007 available. These demonstrations explore the new “ribbon” interface and explain its perceived benefits.