Interactive Guides for Office 2007
We are getting many inquiries on whether those should upgrade to Office 2007. While I won’t discuss the intricacies of deciding that with a simple answer as each client and environment is different, for those that do decide to upgrade there is a slight challenge in the new user interface. The new interface which is called “the ribbon” provides easy access to many advanced features and allows a more logical grouping of functions. Like anything new though, it does take some getting used to.
According to research done by Microsoft, the new interface is much easier for those that have never used Microsoft Office before. It provides a much easier and logical method of finding regular and advanced features. For those of us that are veterans of the older versions, Microsoft realized that there could be a challenge for us learning how to find things in the new programs.
To assist us with the transition, they created some very neat Internet tools that will allow you to easily find the locations of features. Some of these are presentations to present to staff, online interactive training for specific features and functions, and printable reference documents. The one tool though that I think is worth noting are the Interactive Guides. These Flash based web pages provide a representation of the older Microsoft Office programs that you can manipulate. You click on the menus of the older program and the Interactive Guide will tell you where to find it in the new one. If you click on the menu option, the guide will also show you in the Office 2007 product.
These are very cool and kind of fun. Check them out:
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/training/HA102295841033.aspx
Derek Rowan
President
HLP Associates, Inc.
http://www.hlp.net/
According to research done by Microsoft, the new interface is much easier for those that have never used Microsoft Office before. It provides a much easier and logical method of finding regular and advanced features. For those of us that are veterans of the older versions, Microsoft realized that there could be a challenge for us learning how to find things in the new programs.
To assist us with the transition, they created some very neat Internet tools that will allow you to easily find the locations of features. Some of these are presentations to present to staff, online interactive training for specific features and functions, and printable reference documents. The one tool though that I think is worth noting are the Interactive Guides. These Flash based web pages provide a representation of the older Microsoft Office programs that you can manipulate. You click on the menus of the older program and the Interactive Guide will tell you where to find it in the new one. If you click on the menu option, the guide will also show you in the Office 2007 product.
These are very cool and kind of fun. Check them out:
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/training/HA102295841033.aspx
Derek Rowan
President
HLP Associates, Inc.
http://www.hlp.net/
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7:52 PM
