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Migrating to Microsoft Office 2007

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Help Migrating

I am hearing pleas for help from many staff members about the switch to Office 2007, especially Word which everyone uses. Andrew has sourced a great online tutorial from Microsoft that shows you, very simply how to do in the 2007 version, what you used to do in the 2003 version. if you bookmark this it can be a quick and easy way to work out how to do what you need to do.

However you cant see the sites in Firefox (for some reason?) so open Internet Explorer and:

copy and paste the following urls for the application you need help with in the browser window.

Once the site loads, Bookmark the site to make it easier to access next time.

Here are the links to the various office tutorial sites are below:

Microsoft Word:

http://office.microsoft.com/assistance/asstvid.aspx?assetid=XT100766331033&vwidth=1044&vheight=788&type=flash&CTT=11&Origin=HA100744321033

Microsoft Powerpoint:

http://office.microsoft.com/assistance/asstvid.aspx?assetid=XT101493271033&vwidth=1044&vheight=788&type=flash&CTT=11&Origin=HA101490761033

Microsoft Excel:

http://office.microsoft.com/assistance/asstvid.aspx?assetid=XT101493291033&vwidth=1044&vheight=788&type=flash&CTT=11&Origin=HA101491511033

Microsoft Access:

http://office.microsoft.com/assistance/asstvid.aspx?assetid=XT102389151033&vwidth=1044&vheight=788&type=flash&CTT=11&Origin=HA102388991033

How to use them: its simple really!

After hitting Start, the tutorial window loads the good old Word 2003 interface. If you undertake the specific task like you normally would - eg Edit > Copy, the window changes to a Word 2007 window and a little video shows you the steps, highlighting the key strokes with an orange box.

The tutorial caters for different learning styles too! You can choose not to watch the video, but instead, however the mouse over the last step of an action and a little dialogue window will pop-up to tell you the steps in words.

For those who prefer more detail, Microsoft has a great online tutorial with written notes. Click on the link below to go there (it works with any browser):

Microsoft Get Familiar with Word

Keep an eye on Andrew Greenlees great blog which I’ve told you about before - its got links to Microsoft Reference guides too.

Good luck!

I will be running an after-school workshop using this tutorial on my return from camp, in week 3. An email accompanying this link will provide details.