Learning Office 2007
I just installed Office 2007 on my laptop yesterday. If you have already done this, you will understand why I had to head out and find a way to figure out what this new Word was and how I used it. Well, after much dinking around on Google, I decided to actually try the Microsoft site for Office. There I found a great series of training pieces for all of the parts of Office. To find the training section, click on the tab towards the top marked "Help and How-to." That will lead you into the right place. For the exact training items I used, click on Training under Help Resources on the left-hand menu. But there are lots of things here. So far, I have gone through both Word and Outlook. I have Excel to go and those three make up the bulk of what I use Office for.
I am creating a little cheat sheet of tips for my staff who will slowly be converted to the new Office. Things like how to open files or create new ones can be baffling with the new Word. That said, I think that they really fixed a lot of the issues of the old Office and created a refreshing new suite of programs. It is certainly worth taking a look at and seeing if the features outweigh the learning curve. For us, it was an easy choice.
Once my cheat sheet is complete, I will post it here.