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Fall 2010 - We have started to upgrade Faculty and Staff PC's as they are arriving to the newest version, MS Office 2007 Professional. We plan on getting everyone upgraded as soon as possible this Fall. Since Office 2007 has a different structure and the menu items have been reorganized to help you work more efficiently we are providing training through links to the Microsoft Web site below.

    Tips before you begin:

• DO NOT DOWNLOAD MS OFFICE 2007 TRIAL VERSION TO ANY PC'S BELONGING TO FTCC.
• The training demos have 3 parts: 1) demo 2) practice 3) short quiz. As you go through the training demos please take your time. There may be a 10-20 sec. delay before all of the graphics are displayed and the audio part will start. Remember the video is being downloaded before it is played.
• In the training demos you will not be able to do the practice part until after MIS has installed the software on your PC. When you get to the, click the 'Practice in 'Word (or Excel or PowerPoint)' button, instead click the 'Next' button at the top and it will give you a short quiz on what has just been covered. You can go back after your software has been installed and do the practice.
• After MIS has installed MS Office 2007 on your PC there will be a 'Tab' on the 'Ribbon' named 'Help' which will have all of the links listed below for the application you have logged into.

    WORD 2007

1. Word 2007 Overview - See Word 2007 in action to learn what's new, what's better, and how the new Word works for you.
2. Up to Speed with Word 2007 -Watch Video Demos - See why you won't have to learn Word all over again, and how quickly you can get the most out of the new version.
3. Word 2007 How-to Demos - A list 92 or more how-to demos for Word 2007
4. Free Online Training for Word 2007 - Take a quick online course to learn how to use Word 2007 and how much it can do for you. Must have MS Office 2007 installed to do the hands-on part.
5. Help for Word 2007 - Explore the full range of Help and How-to information about Word 2007.
6. Discuss Word 2007 - Questions about Word 2007? Find answers from other users. The knowledgeable members of the Word online community are a great source of information about Word and how to get the most out of it.
7. Interactive Word 2003 to Word 2007 Command Reference Guide - Wondering where your favorite commands are? In the Interactive Guide, point to Word 2003 buttons and commands and it will show you where you can find it in Word 2007.

     Excel 2007

1. Excel 2007 Overview - See Excel 2007 in action to learn what's new, what's better, and how the new Excel works for you.
2. Up to Speed with Excel 2007 -Watch Video Demos - See why you won't have to learn Excel all over again, and how quickly you can get the most out of the new version.
3. Excel 2007 How-to Demos - A list 71 or more how-to demos for Excel 2007
4. Free Online Training for Excel 2007 - Take a quick online course to learn how to use Excel 2007 and how much it can do for you. Must have MS Office 2007 installed to do the hands-on part.
5. Help for Excel 2007 - Explore the full range of Help and How-to information about Excel 2007.
6. Discuss Excel 2007 - Questions about Excel 2007? Find answers from other users. The knowledgeable members of the Excel online community are a great source of information about Excel and how to get the most out of it.
7. Interactive Excel 2003 to Excel 2007 Command Reference Guide - Wondering where your favorite commands are? In the Interactive Guide, point to Excel 2003 buttons and commands and it will show you where you can find it in Excel 2007.

     PowerPoint 2007

1. PowerPoint Overview - See PowerPoint 2007 in action to learn what's new, what's better, and how the new PowerPoint works for you.
2. Get Up to Speed with PowerPoint 2007 -Watch Video Demos - See why you won't have to learn PowerPoint all over again, and how quickly you can get the most out of the new version.
3. PowerPoint 2007 How-to Demos - A list 70 or more how-to demos for PowerPoint 2007
4. Free Online Training for PowerPoint 2007 - Take a quick online course to learn how to use PowerPoint 2007 and how much it can do for you. Must have MS Office 2007 installed.
5. Help for PowerPoint 2007 - Explore the full range of Help and How-to information about PowerPoint 2007.
6. Discuss PowerPoint 2007 - Questions about PowerPoint 2007? Find answers from other users. The knowledgeable members of the PowerPoint online community are a great source of information about PowerPoint and how to get the most out of it.
7. Interactive PowerPoint 2003 to PowerPoint 2007 Command Reference Guide - Wondering where your favorite commands are? In the Interactive Guide, point to PowerPoint 2003 buttons and commands and it will show you where you can find it in PowerPoint 2007.

      Visio 2007

1. Getting Familiar with Visio 2007 - An introduction to Shapes on How to identify and change the type, move and join shapes. Also, entering and positioning text into Shapes.
2. Templates for Visio 2007 - Everything from Calendars, Diagrams, Plans, Planners, Schedules, and more.
3. Help for Visio 2007 - A complete array of Help including Flowcharts, Formatting Diagrams, Inserting drawings and images, and Maps and floor plans.
4. Visio 2007 Demos - Like 'Build your Visio flowchart in no time with AutoConnect' or 'Create your organization chart by using the Organization Chart Wizard'.
5. Discussions in Visio General Questions - Can't get something to work? Then discuss it with other Visio users online.

       1. Tech Republic -  www.techrepublic.com - select the 'Blogs' tab and ask a question. Ex. Conditional

           formatting in Excel 2007

       2. The Microsoft Office 2007 How-to's  http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/support

       3. Another site for free Visio tutorials  http://www.softwaretrainingtutorials.com/ms-visio-2007.php