microsoft ® office 2007 overview get up to speed with the 2007 system leon county schools presents:

Microsoft® Office 2007 Overview

Get up to speed with the 2007 system

Leon County Schools presents:

Why Office 2007?

When you get a new car, you have to learn a new dashboard.

With Office 2007, the dashboard has changed, and many new features have been added.

Updated 7/21/092007 Office Overview

Get up to speed with the 2007 Office system

The new Office: Made for you

The new look is called the Ribbon.

With the Ribbon, the commands and tools you need are more readily available.

Updated 7/21/09

What’s on the Ribbon?

The Ribbon has three parts; tabs, groups, and commands.

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Tabs sit across the top of the Ribbon and are the core tasks.

Groups are sets of related commands.

Commands are arranged in groups. A command can be a button, a menu, or a box where you enter information.


What’s on the Ribbon? Let’s start with the first tab.

In Word 2007, for example, the HOME tab has the most commonly used commands for writing documents:

font formatting (Font group),





paragraph options (Paragraph group),





paragraph options (Paragraph group),

text styles (Styles group).


How commands are organized

Commands are organized by how they’re used.

Frequently used core commands are the most prominent and are located in the same places in different programs.

To locate more options for a command - click the arrow below or next to it.


More commands, but only when you need them

Some Commands appear only when you need them, in response to an action.

For example, the Picture Tools in Word appear on the Ribbon when you insert a picture

In PowerPoint, when you insert a movie the Movie Tools will appear.

After you take the first steps, what you need will appear.


More options if you need them

Sometimes an arrow, called the Dialog Box Launcher, appears in the lower-right corner of a group.

This means more options are available for the group.

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On the Home tab, click the arrow in the Font group.

For example, to get to more font options in PowerPoint® 2007:

The Font dialog box opens, with the full selection of font commands.


Answers to critical questions

What else is new?

The Microsoft Office Button is new, as are new keyboard shortcuts and new file formats for Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Access 2007.


What happened to the File menu?Now you click on the Microsoft Office Button .

It appears in the upper-left corner of the window in Microsoft Office programs, such as Word and Excel.

The button offers more commands than the File menu did.


What happens when you click the button?Many options can now be found when you click the Microsoft Office Button.

Print, Save, and Save Asare all found here.


Setting Editing Preferences

The Microsoft Office Button has an Options tab at the bottom.

This opens the settings that control your preferences for things like correcting spelling or grammar.


Setting Editing Preferences

The Options include a place to personalize your copy of the program.


Where do I start a blank document?

Click the button and then select New.

When you create a new document, workbook, or presentation you’ll get a window to help you begin.

You can start with a blank or existing file…

Or select a template from the left to jump-start your authoring work.

Under Microsoft Office Online, click Featured, and choose from links to online templates and training courses.


Preview before you selectAnother change is the new LIVE PREVIEW-

Now you can see a live preview of your choice before you make a selection, which saves you time and gives you better results.

Animation: Right-click, and click Play.

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Preview before you selectSee how this feature allows you to preview the options before you make the change?

Now you can see a live preview of your choice before you make a selection, which saves you time and gives you better results.

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Put commands on your own toolbarThe Quick Access Toolbar is designed to be personalized.

You can easily place your favorites on the Quick Access Toolbar.

Located above the Ribbon when you first start your Microsoft Office program, the Quick Access Toolbar puts commands where they’re always visible and near at hand.


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Put commands on your own toolbarDo you often use commands that aren’t as quickly available as you’d like?

You can easily add them to the Quick Access Toolbar.

Located above the Ribbon, the Quick Access Toolbar puts commands where they’re always visible and near at hand.

Right click on the command you want to add, and select Add to Quick Access Toolbar

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Working with different screen resolutions

Everything described so far applies if your screen is set to high resolution and the program window is maximized.

If not, things look different.

• Low screen resolution: a few groups on the Ribbon will display the group name only, not the commands in the group. Click the arrow on the group button to display the commands.

How? Like this:


Working with different screen resolutions

Everything described so far applies if your screen is set to high resolution and the program window is maximized.

If not, things look different.

• Screen not maximized: Some groups will display only the group names.

How? Like this:

• Tablet PCs: On those with smaller screens, the Ribbon adjusts to show smaller versions of tabs and groups.


Keyboard shortcuts that begin with CTRL still work.

For example, the shortcut CTRL+C still copies, and the shortcut CTRL+V still pastes.

What about favorite keyboard shortcuts?

What about the old keyboard shortcuts?


What’s new for keyboard shortcuts?

If you rely on the keyboard more than the mouse, you’ll want to know that the Ribbon design comes with new shortcuts.

• There are shortcuts for every single button on the Ribbon.

• Shortcuts often require fewer keys than before.


Keyboard shortcuts are now Key Tips!

The new shortcuts also have a new name: Key Tips.

The picture shows an example of using Key Tips to remove a heading style in Word.

Press ALT to make the Key Tips appear.

Press H to select the Home tab.

Press E to select the Clear Formatting button in the Font group to remove the heading style.

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What if I can’t find a command?

If you can’t find the command you’re looking for, there’s help.

For Word 2007, Excel 2007, and PowerPoint 2007, there’s a visual, interactive reference guide to help you quickly learn where things are.


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What if I can’t find a command?If you can’t find the command you’re looking for, there’s help.

For Word 2007, Excel 2007, and PowerPoint 2007, there’s a visual, interactive reference guide to help you quickly learn where things are.

Updated 7/21/09


What about the new file formats?

Word 2007, Excel 2007, and PowerPoint 2007 use new file formats.

• Increased security for your files and reduced chances of file corruption.

• Reduced file size.

• New features.

There are lots of great reasons for the change:


• The default file format now has an “x” on the end, representing the XML format. For example, in Word, a document is now saved by default with the extension .docx, rather than .doc.

• If you save a file as a template, the same applies: You get the template extension of old, with an “x” on the end; for example, .dotx in Word.

• If a file contains code or macros, save it using the new macro-enabled file format. For a Word document, use .docm; for a Word template, it’s .dotm.

What about the new file formats? A bit more about the new format in Word, Excel, and PowerPoint:


Working with files from earlier versions

You can read earlier versions in the 2007 Office system.

And you can save files in earlier version formats to share

You can share documents between the 2007 Office system and earlier versions of Office programs.


•You can open a file created in previous versions of Office programs, from 95 through 2003. Just open the file as usual.

– After working with it in the 2007 version, you can save it in the new version, or use the Save As dialog box to save the file created in a previous version as that same version.

– As you save, a Compatibility Checker will let you know of any new features added to the file that may be disabled, or matched as closely as possible.

Working with files from earlier versions Here’s how:


•Colleagues who have Word, Excel, or PowerPoint versions 2000 through 2003 (and the latest patches and service packs) can open 2007 files.

Working with files from earlier versions Here’s how:

– When they open your document, they will be asked to

download a converter that will let them open your document.


What about the new file format in Access?

The new file format in Access 2007, .accdb, supports new product features.

For example, Access supports the attachment data type—which lets you store documents and files as compressed attachments in your database—and multivalued fields.


What’s new in PowerPoint?

There are new locations to start a slide show.


Smart Art- new graphic organizers, a lot like Inspiration

Enhanced graphics.

What’s new in PowerPoint?


Lab: Suggestions for practice1. Create a new document in Word.

2. Delete private information and comments from your document.

3. Save your Word file as a different version.

4. Check out your options in Excel.

5. Use a keyboard shortcut.

Online practice (requires Word 2007 and Excel 2007, part of the 2007 Microsoft Office system)

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Suggestions for practice1. Add a bulleted list in Word.

2. Apply heading styles in Word.

3. Insert a picture into a Word document.

4. Format text in Word using the Mini toolbar.

5. Add a button to the Quick Access Toolbar and then delete one.

6. Find more options.

Online practice (requires Word 2007 and Excel 2007, part of the 2007 Microsoft Office system)

Updated 7/21/09


Quick Quiz 2, question 2: Answer

ALT.

This will display badges showing which key you press to access each tab.

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Quick Reference Card

For a summary of the tasks covered in this course, view the Quick Reference Card.

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