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What’s New! Office 2007

What’s New! Office 2007. Stacy L. Gee St. Louis Community College 3-30-07. Stacy L. Gee. A.A. St. Louis Community College B.A. St. Louis University M.B.A. Fontbonne University Pursuing Doctorate at UM-St. Louis Teach at St. Louis Community College

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What’s New! Office 2007

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  1. What’s New!Office 2007 Stacy L. Gee St. Louis Community College 3-30-07

  2. Stacy L. Gee A.A. St. Louis Community College B.A. St. Louis University M.B.A. Fontbonne University Pursuing Doctorate at UM-St. Louis Teach at St. Louis Community College Information Systems - Meramec & Flo

  3. How & Why??? • Feedback from the box that “Send or Don’t Send” box • Tools were “hidden” • “Catch an option” • Mo’ money! Mo’ money! Mo’ money! • No matter the reason, you can only call in “sick” for so long…..

  4. User Interface Components • Office button • Pdf’s & blogs • Quick access toolbar • Mini toolbar • Status bar

  5. Ribbon, Tabs, Groups and Galleries • Ribbon • Contains basic and commonly used commands • Ribbon contains tabs • Home, Insert, Design, Animations, etc. • Tabs contain groups • Clipboard, Slides, Font, Paragraph, etc. • Dialog box launcher • Opens dialog box related to the group

  6. Ribbons and Tabs - Word Home insert Page layout

  7. Ribbons and Tabs References mailings review view

  8. Contextual Tabs: Tables • Table Tools Design Tab • Table Tools Layout Tab

  9. Display Shortcut keys – Alt Key

  10. Contextual Tabs: Graphics • Picture Tools Format Tab • Drawing Tools Format Tab

  11. Gallery – Oh, so cool! • Set of options that display as thumbnails • Live Preview • Displays the change instantly – no trial and error

  12. New File Formats • Word - .docx • Excel - .xlsx • PowerPoint - .pptx • Access - .accdb .docx .xlsx .pptx .accdb

  13. Just Spend Quality Time……. • New Terminology • New Interface • New Additions • New File Formats • New Learning • New Teaching • Just spend some time with it, just as you would a loved one…..

  14. New Features - Excel • 16,384 columns • 1,048,576 rows • 100 undo levels • 4.3 billion unique colors allowed in a single workbook • 64 sort references in a single sort • 255 Data series in a chart • 10,000 filter (previously known as AutoFilter) conditions • Formulas: 255 arguments and 64 levels of nesting • Lists are now tables • Themes • Galleries

  15. Headers are visible when scrolling Table Styles Total Row New functions in Total Row

  16. Conditional formatting options Icon sets Data bars Color scales

  17. Excel, check this out!! • The formula bar doesn’t fill up your screen anymore!!!

  18. Access – WOW!

  19. Access - Wow! • New Interface • Pre-built categorized templates • The Navigation Pane shows you what's in the database you're using (tables, forms, reports, queries ) at the same time • More secure • More compact • Recovery is easier • Pictures in fields and as attachments

  20. Quick Steps • Select Template-Download – Done! • Select Create Tab – Table Template – Select – Done! • Save Table – Click Form – Done! • Select Report – Done!

  21. Cool things in PowerPoint We’re in it! Let’s check it out!

  22. Other Products from Microsoft • Groove – Virtual Office Space http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/groove/FX100487641033.aspx • Sharepoint-Dreamweaver equivalent/replaces FrontPage http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepointserver/FX100492001033.aspx • Expression-Similar to Macromedia products http://www.microsoft.com/products/expression/en/default.mspx • One Note – Great for students & part of Office 2007 purchase http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/onenote/default.aspx

  23. What I’ve learned so far… • It’s all there! It’s easier to find once you get used to the new interface • Use the groups to help guide you • Save the file correctly for the recipient • The new software makes me look SMART • I’ve learned the most from actually using it • Download a free trial

  24. You will survive….

  25. Resources Additional Resources http://blogs.msdn.com/jensenh/archive/tags/All+Office+2007+UI+Posts/default.aspx http://blogs.msdn.com/excel/ http://blogs.msdn.com/brian_jones/archive/tags/Office+2007/default.aspx Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack for Word, Excel, and PowerPoint 2007 File Formats http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=941B3470-3AE9-4AEE-8F43-C6BB74CD1466&displaylang=en 60 Days for FREE! http://us1.trymicrosoftoffice.com/ Stacy L. Gee St. Louis Community College sgee@stlcc.edu Presentation posted: www.stlcc.edu/presentations

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