As computer scientists we are trained to communicate with the dumbest things in the world – computers – so you’d think we’d be able to communicate quite well with people. Here are a few links to sites with learning resources: You can change the search criteria at the top of the page for other applications and subjects: This site has LOTS of free PDF versions of paper manuals you can download for free. There is lots of free learning/training materials online. You have to either find material online using google/bing searches or buy training or buy paper manuals in a bookstore. Some examples will be discussed below.There no longer is any 'user manual' provided by MS. Instead of selecting a formatting option, then finding that it is not correct, and going through the formatting again, all you have to do is hover your cursor over the feature to see a live preview of the changes that would occur if you selected the feature. This may be one of the most effective time-management tools provided by the new office suite. Other Office programs have retained the original file menu structure. The ribbon is also used in Outlook when creating messages and scheduling appointments. The ribbon is the primary user interface for Word, PowerPoint and Excel. This replaces the old file menus, and provides a visual button for the most common features in each program. THE RIBBON. The foundation of the new user interface is the Ribbon. This is also where you will find tools and customization capabilities. This is the most disconcerting issue for new users, but fear not! All of the features that you usually found in the FILE MENU are now behind the ubiquitous OFFICE BUTTON (circled below). There is lots of free learning/training materials online. Most importantly, the FILE MENU is missing. The first thing that you might notice is that some of the menus are no longer there. Fast-forward 30 or so years and a quick search on Google reveals literally hundreds of thousands of results for Microsoft Word training. The new interface for Office 2007 is very different from previous versions. When the first version of Microsoft Word was released in the 1980s, the only training available was a manual as thick as a bodybuilder’s arm, written in impossible-to-decipher tech-speak, and possibly a Word Help function that worked occasionally. A simple tool with which we can develop a multitude of jobs and that both beginners and expert users can exploit to their advantage. Microsoft Word 2007. It is the quintessential word processor.
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