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Converting to Microsoft Word 2010 and Microsoft Excel 2010

This one-day course looks at the changes in Microsoft Office 2010 looking in detail at Word and Excel. 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 Outlook and PowerPoint also then look at our Converting to Microsoft Office 2010 Overview(1-day) course.

Course Outline

Common areas

  • Using the Ribbon, and Dialog Box Launchers
  • Customise the Ribbon
  • See how the Backstage view helps you
  • Learn about Autosave and file recovery
  • Learn about Protected View
  • Printing and saving in PDF format
  • Modify the status bar information

Word

  • Displaying the Ruler
  • Using the new Quick Style Gallery
  • Laying out documents with tabs & tables
  • Creating Quick Parts to speed up text entry
  • Working with headers and footers

Excel

  • Learn about formatting cells and styles
  • Filling and copying cells
  • Headers and footers in sheets
  • Creating and updating charts
  • Learn to use sparklines
  • Learn how to use the new pivot tables and slicers
  • Working with lists, sorting and filtering

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.