Lesson 34: Multitasking with Office 2010

1. Lesson 34: Multitasking with Office 2010

2. Learning Objectives • After studying this lesson, you will be able to: • Combine items created in various Office applications • Create a chart in Excel from data in an Access database • Integrate data from an Excel document into a Word document • Integrate an Excel chart into a Word document • Create a PowerPoint presentation from a Word document • Integrate Excel charts into a PowerPoint presentation

3. Task Summary

4. Formatting with Styles • Use Word’s Quick Styles to ensure consistent formatting for headings and body text

5. Multitasking • Flip between open program windows using • Multitasking may be slow on computers with less RAM • Exercise instructions often have you leave a program open and return to it later

6. Importing Slides from Word • A Word outline can insert new slides into PowerPoint • The use of Styles makes the import seamless • Heading 1 Style = New PowerPoint slide • Heading 2 Style = Bullet point on the slide New PowerPoint slide Word outline

7. In-place Editing • You can edit objects in one program using tools from the program which created the object. Excel chart commands appear when you double-click the chart on a PowerPoint slide

8. Lesson 34: Multitasking with Office 2010