This one-day course gives an overview of the changes in Microsoft Office 2010, concentrating on Word, Excel, Outlook and PowerPoint. It is specifically for users of these packages in earlier versions who are about to upgrade or have upgraded their software and are looking at converting their skills. If you need to cover Word and Excel in more detail then look at our Converting to Microsoft Word 2010 and Excel 2010 (1-day) course.
Learn about:
Common areas
- Using the Ribbon, and Dialog Box Launchers
- Customise the Ribbon
- How the Backstage view helps you
- Autosave and file recovery
- Protected View
- Printing and saving in PDF format
Word
- Displaying the Ruler
- Using the new Quick Style Gallery
- Laying out documents with tabs & tables
- Creating Quick Parts to speed up text entry
Excel
- Headers and footers in sheets
- Creating and updating charts
- Sparklines
- Working with the new pivot tables and slicers
Outlook
- Navigating around Outlook
- Grouping conversations
- Ignoring conversations and the dangers
- Automating actions using QuickSteps
PowerPoint
- Inserting slides from other presentations
- Changing themes
- Working with shapes and SmartArt
- Adding transitions and animations to slides
- Using Presenter View
Who would benefit from the course?
People who are about to upgrade or have upgraded to Office 2010 having been users of version 2003 or earlier and now want get up and running quickly.
Pre-requisites
Users should have a working knowledge of Office 2003 or earlier versions.
