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Microsoft Office 2007 Web Training Resources

Microsoft Training and Demos

• Office Training Home Page
  An abundance of online training including self-paced and demo classes.
• Demo: Up to Speed with Word 2007
  Introductory video demo covering the basic features such as the Ribbon and the Mini toolbar.
• Demo: Up to Speed with Outlook 2007
  Introductory video demo covering the basic features such as the Ribbon and the Quick Access Toolbar.
• Demo: Up to Speed with PowerPoint 2007
  Introductory video demo covering the basic features such as the Ribbon and some useful commands.
• Demo: Up to Speed with Excel 2007
  Introductory video demo covering the basic features such as the Ribbon and the new Page Layout view.
• Demo: Up to Speed with Access 2007
  Introductory video demo covering the basic features such as the Ribbon and the Navigation Pane.
• Webcast: Top 10 Tips for Microsoft Office 2007 E-mail
  Integrated solutions for managing your time and information involving Microsoft Outlook 2007.
• Live and On-demand Webcasts

Interactive Guides from Microsoft 

• Interactive Word 2003 to Word 2007 commands
• Interactive PowerPoint 2003 to PowerPoint 2007 commands
• Interactive Excel 2003 to Excel 2007 commands
• Interactive Outlook 2003 to Outlook 2007 commands

Microsoft Training and Resources for Office 2007

• Microsoft's Office 2007 Training Page
  Microsoft's self-paced training courses and demonstrations.

• Microsoft's "Get Started" Training Tab
  This downloadable "get started" training allows you to download a connection to the resources right into your program, so it's there when you need it.Once installed, it provides a "Get Started" tab within the application ribbon and includes video demonstrations to show you how the 2007 applications work, interactive tools to show you where the 2003 commands and buttons appear in the 2007 ribbon and free online training courses to help you get the most out of the 2007 programs quickly.

• Interactive Command Reference Guides
  These interactive guides allow you to easily familiarize yourself with the new version of Office 2007. Select a command in an Office 2003 application and you will be presented with the steps taken to complete the same action in Office 2007 applications. Run the guides from Microsoft's website, or download them to your own computer.

• Mapping Workbooks
  Another resource from Microsoft to help you familiarize yourself with the Office 2007 Suite, these workbooks provide you with a list of all Office 2003 menu and toolbar commands and their locations in the 2007 Office system. The first tab of each workbook provides tips for customizing, finding and printing the lists.
  Note: These mapping workbooks are Microsoft Excel files, so you will need to have a version of Excel on your computer in order to view them.

• Microsoft Office 2007 Help and How-to
  Access a plethora of Microsoft Office 2007 "help" and "how-to" items from this Microsoft page, including access to training, demos, webcasts, support and a searchable Help field.

• Microsoft Office 2007 Solution Center
  This Microsoft page provides you with an abundance of Office 2007 support items, including installation/setup instructions, troubleshooting assistance, Office update information and transitioning to Office 2007 from earlier versions of Office.

• Office Open XML Format Information
  The Microsoft Office suite applications now use a new format as the default file format. Based on XML, this format uses the ZIP file container, which is compressed and up to 75% smaller than previous Office file formats. This Microsoft page will provide you with additional information pertaining to the new file format in Office 2007.

• What's New
  Interested in learning more about the new features and enhancements in the Microsoft Office 2007 applications? Click on any of the applications below to discover more about it's new elements:
• Microsoft Access
• Microsoft Excel
• Microsoft Outlook
• Microsoft PowerPoint
• Microsoft Word