MICROSOFT OFFICE 2003 TO OFFICE 2007 TRANSITION

James CrowleyC3 – Crowley Computer Consulting

Quiz

What version of Office do you use? What edition?

95

97

2000

2002

2003

2007

Basic

Home and Student

Standard

Small Business Edition

Professional

Ultimate

Quiz

Do you love Office?

Have you tried alternatives? Like WordPerfect, Lotus, OpenOffice

What is the cost of Office? And what is the Return On Investment in your application?

What do you want to learn today?

Versions and pricing

Versions and extras

Where is help?

Where is help?

? Button in upper right hand corner of window.

Office help programs access Microsoft web pages for improved results.

Web searches, Google works!

The Ribbon – heart of the new User Interface (UI) Same commands, new places

No menus

One toolbar

Not customizable

Easy to learn, but tough to unlearn menusand toolbars

More extensive tooltips

Most items will preview

Ribbons

In… Out…

Access

Excel

PowerPoint

Word

Open items of Outlook (mail, contacts, appointments)

OneNote

Publisher

Accounting Express

Groove

Infopath

Main Outlook screen

Cutting the Ribbon to pieces

Tabs

Groups

Commands

Dialog boxes

Lost commands

Manyspecific, contextual commands do not show on the ribbon until the proper context is available. For example, there are no picture formatting commands until a picture is inserted or selected.

Ribbons adjust to fill window

Mice are for wimps

Navigate the Ribbon by tapping the Alt key and then resulting KeyTips.

ESC moves to previous selection

There are many keyboard shortcuts.

Most are unchanged from older Office editions.

From Help, search for “keyboard shortcuts.”

Where did my ribbon go?

Minimize the Ribbon Click on tab titles to use

To minimize or restore the ribbon:•Choose Minimize the Ribbon or Restore the Ribbon from the Customize Quick Access Toolbar•Double-click on the active tab name•Press Ctrl+F1

Microsoft Office Button

Think of the 2003 File menu

Application options are found on the bottom right.

Quick Access Toolbar

Only easily customized part of the UI

Ribbon can be customized programmatically and via add-on apps

Save, Undo and Redo

Customize menu

Customizing the Quick Access Toolbar

Select common tools from menu

Add more tools from More Commands…

Show below or above the Ribbon

But not everyone has Office 2007! Office 2007 can run on Windows Vista and Xp

All users running Office 2003 through 2000, running Windows 2000 or newer should install the compatibility pack from http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.asp

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Or Google “microsoft office compatibility pack” and it will be the first link

There are always winners and losers…

Smart Art

Smart Art Tools: Design

Smart Art Tools: Format

Applications

Reviewed Not reviewed

Word

Excel

Outlook

PowerPoint

Publisher

Access

Accounting Express

Groove

InfoPath

OneNote

Accounting Express

Accounting by Microsoft. Can they supplant QuickBooks?

Groove

Groove is like instant messaging with application sharing. Allows for collaboration anywhere you have an Internet connection.

InfoPath

Server based technology to create web browser fillable forms, manage form templates and collect data. Use requires a Share Point server.

OneNote

Note-taking and information-management in electronic notebooks that can be shared.

Notebooks on steroids!

Incredible with a tablet.