What’s New!Office 2007

Stacy L. GeeSt. Louis Community College

3-30-07

Stacy L. GeeA.A. St. Louis Community College

B.A. St. Louis UniversityM.B.A. Fontbonne University

Pursuing Doctorate at UM-St. Louis

Teach at St. Louis Community CollegeInformation Systems - Meramec & Flo

How & Why???Feedback from the box that “Send or

Don’t Send” boxTools were “hidden”“Catch an option”Mo’ money! Mo’ money! Mo’ money!No matter the reason, you can only call

in “sick” for so long…..

User Interface Components

Office buttonPdf’s & blogs

Quick access toolbar

Mini toolbarStatus bar

Ribbon, Tabs, Groups and GalleriesRibbon

Contains basic and commonly used commandsRibbon contains tabs

Home, Insert, Design, Animations, etc.Tabs contain groups

Clipboard, Slides, Font, Paragraph, etc.Dialog box launcher

Opens dialog box related to the group

Ribbons and Tabs - WordIN

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Contextual Tabs: TablesTable Tools Design Tab

Table Tools Layout Tab

Display Shortcut keys – Alt Key

Contextual Tabs: GraphicsPicture Tools Format Tab

Drawing Tools Format Tab

Gallery – Oh, so cool!Set of options that display as thumbnailsLive Preview

Displays the change instantly – no trial and error

New File FormatsWord - .docx

Excel - .xlsx

PowerPoint - .pptx

Access - .accdb

.docx.xlsx.pptx.accdb

Just Spend Quality Time…….New TerminologyNew InterfaceNew AdditionsNew File FormatsNew LearningNew Teaching

Just spend some time with it, just as you would a loved one…..

• 16,384 columns • 1,048,576 rows• 100 undo levels• 4.3 billion unique colors allowed in a single workbook• 64 sort references in a single sort• 255 Data series in a chart• 10,000 filter (previously known as AutoFilter)

conditions• Formulas: 255 arguments and 64 levels of nesting• Lists are now tables• Themes• Galleries

New Features - Excel

Total Row New functions in Total Row

Headers are visible when scrollingTable Styles

Icon sets Data bars Color scales

Conditional formatting options

Excel, check this out!!The formula bar doesn’t fill up your screen

anymore!!!

Access – WOW!

Access - Wow!New InterfacePre-built categorized templatesThe Navigation Pane shows you what's in the

database you're using (tables, forms, reports, queries ) at the same time

More secureMore compactRecovery is easierPictures in fields and as attachments

Quick Steps

Select Template-Download – Done!Select Create Tab – Table Template – Select –

Done!Save Table – Click Form – Done!Select Report – Done!

Cool things in PowerPointWe’re in it! Let’s check it out!

Other Products from MicrosoftGroove – Virtual Office Space

http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/groove/FX100487641033.aspx

Sharepoint-Dreamweaver equivalent/replaces FrontPagehttp://office.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepointserver/FX100492001033.aspx

Expression-Similar to Macromedia productshttp://www.microsoft.com/products/expression/en/default.mspx

One Note – Great for students & part of Office 2007 purchasehttp://office.microsoft.com/en-us/onenote/default.aspx

What I’ve learned so far…

It’s all there! It’s easier to find once you get used to the new interface

Use the groups to help guide youSave the file correctly for the recipientThe new software makes me look SMART I’ve learned the most from actually using it

Download a free trial

You will survive….

ResourcesAdditional Resources

http://blogs.msdn.com/jensenh/archive/tags/All+Office+2007+UI+Posts/default.aspx

http://blogs.msdn.com/excel/

http://blogs.msdn.com/brian_jones/archive/tags/Office+2007/default.aspx

Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack for Word, Excel, and PowerPoint 2007 File Formatshttp://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=941B3470-3AE9-4AEE-8F43-C6BB74CD1466&displaylang=en

60 Days for FREE!http://us1.trymicrosoftoffice.com/

Stacy L. GeeSt. Louis Community College

sgee@stlcc.edu

Presentation posted:www.stlcc.edu/presentations