How to Complete Microsoft Office 2007 Online Self Paced Training

Quicknote #106

October 2007

Introduction:

This Quicknote is written as a tool to assist University of Michigan-Flint students, faculty and staff in completing the Microsoft Office 2007 Online Training.  Office 2007 has a very different look and feel than previous versions of Office.  The online self paced training will help familiarize users with the new features of Office 2007.

Table of Contents

¨     Navigating to the Training Website

¨       Completing Office 2007 Demos

¨       Interactive Command Reference Guides

¨       Additional Resources

Navigating to the training section of the Microsoft website:

To navigate to the Microsoft Office 2007 Training page using the following link in internet explorer:

http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/products/default.aspx

Select “Help and How-to” (outlined in red in the image below) from the tabs along the top of the page.

On the “Help and How-to” page, select “Training” from the menu on the left (shown in the image to the right).

Next scroll down the page until you see the three tabs shown in the image below.  Select the “2007 Office System” tab.

Completing the Online Demos:

To complete the online demos click on the demo of your choice in the right column of the training section.

When the demo page of your choice loads click Play Demo:

A video of the new features will load and begin to play.  The video will cover most of the highly used features of the new programs.  To find commands you use fast, try the interactive command reference guides below.

Using the Online Interactive Command Reference Guides:

To use the interactive command reference guides click on the guide of your choice in the left column of the training section.

When the guide page of your choice loads click Start the Guide:

When the guide loads click Start:

You will see the old version of Office software. 

Click on the tool you want to use and the guide will give you a visual demonstration of how to perform the command in Office 2007.

Additional Resources:

A wide variety of ITS Quicknotes are available in the Student Computer Lab in 206 MSB, at the ITS HelpDesk in 207A MSB, or online at http://www.umflint.edu/helpdesk.

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