Microsoft Office 2010: Hands OnJames CrowleyC3 – Crowley Computer Consulting

QuizWhat version of Office do you use?

95 97 2000 2002 2003 2007 2010

What edition? Basic Home and Student Standard Small Business

Edition / Home and Business

Professional Ultimate

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 Now customizable Easy to learn, but tough to unlearn

menus and toolbars More extensive tooltips Many items will preview

Cutting the Ribbon to pieces Tabs Groups Commands Dialog boxes

Lost commands Contextual Ribbons

Only show when in context.

For example, Picture Tools only shows when a picture is selected.

Insert ribbon may get you started!

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?To use minimize ribbon, click the Tab.To minimize or restore the ribbon:• Use button in

upper right• Double-click on the

active tab name• Press Ctrl+F1

BackstageReplaces the Office button (2007) and the File menu.

Microsoft Backstage

Microsoft Backstage

Microsoft Backstage

Microsoft Backstage

Microsoft Backstage

Quick Access Toolbar Customizable

toolbar Save, Undo and

Redo Customize menu

But not everyone has Office 2010! Office 2010 can run on Windows 7, Vista

and Xp All users running Office 2003 through

2002, running Windows 2000 or newer should install the compatibility pack from http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/deta

ils.aspx?FamilyID=941b3470-3ae9-4aee-8f43-c6bb74cd1466&displaylang=en

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

Office 2010 also new 32 bit, 64 bit and web version Paste preview Screen capture tool PDF creation (without add-in) Windows 7 like jump lists And more…

Office Live Workspace

Office Live Workspace Save documents to web Preview Invite others to access documents for

editing Copies downloaded to local app for

editing Invitiation to Windows Live SkyDrive with

5x storage and editing Co-Authoring feature with many apps

Microsoft Word 2010 Edit and apply effects to photos Improved SmartArt graphics New effects and capabilities in WordArt

Word 2010

Microsoft Excel 2010 Data trends with Sparklines New Color Formatting Enhanced PivotTable features

Microsoft Outlook 2010 New conversation view Ignore Enhanced multiple email account

features including Hotmail and Gmail Improved Calendar Preview and Multiple

Calendar View Outlook Social Connector

Outlook Social Connector

Outlook Multiple Calendar View

Microsoft PowerPoint 2010 Video embedding and processing

enhancements Improved picture editing Online broadcast capability

PowerPoint 2010

Microsoft OneNote 2010 Improved capture and storage of text,

images, video and audio Links back to source New version controls

OneNote 2010