1. Presented by: Deborah Lindsell - IT Specialist Trainer Gerard Kell - Learning & Innovation Unit Using Microsoft Office 2007 Place your photo here Gerard and Deborah

2. Topics  What is happening at SI  Differences between 2003 and 2007  MS Fluent User interface  Office 07 Applications  How and when can you upgrade  Further training options  It’s not cheating promotion

3. Introduction Great news! Microsoft (MS) Office 2007 and MS Internet Explorer (IE7) Installed in all classrooms in the Sydney Institute over the coming December vacation!

4. Office 2007 for staff PCs for teaching staff will be upgraded at the beginning of 2008 Other staff will be able to “opt in” and upgrade to Office 2007 during 2008

5. Differences MS Office 2007 has some differences to MS Office 2003 look and feel and compatibility issues when documents are transferred Electronic ECs and Clams

6. New Features The Micro Soft Office Fluent user interface click this link here to find out more: http://office.microsoft.com/en- us/getstarted/FX101055081033.aspx http://office.microsoft.com/en- us/getstarted/FX101055081033.aspx

7. New Features Up to speed with Word 2007 http://office.microsoft.com/en- us/word/HA100484691033.aspx

8. Up to speed with Excel 2007 http://office.microsoft.com/en- us/excel/HA100484501033.aspx

9. Up to speed with Outlook 2007 http://office.microsoft.com/en- us/outlook/HA100518161033.aspx

10. IE7 Training Materials and Guides You can ‘take a tour’ link that goes through the new interface and tabbed browsing; http://www.microsoft.com/australia/windows/ products/winfamily/ie/default.mspx

11. ITS NOT CHEATING Promotion 15 October 2007 until 15 May 2008. purchase Office 2007 at a reduced price. allowed to purchase one product of either: –Microsoft Office Ultimate 2007 (perpetual license) for $75 –or a Microsoft Ultimate 2007 Subscription (12 month license) for $25 per year. details of this program can be found at http://www.itsnotcheating.com.au/. http://www.itsnotcheating.com.au/

12. Training options Flexible – any time –DET On line program for all staff –Microsoft tutorials –Hot Topics - resources Face to face / mentoring Term 1 2008 –Group workshops –General Workshops –Targeted Workshops

13. DET staff are eligible to access E-Learning E-Learning courses for desktop software (like Windows Vista, Windows XP, Office 2007 and Office 2003) online at Microsoft.com at no cost. These courses are for DET employees only and will help you to keep up-to-date with the latest Microsoft software. If you would like to have access to this online elearning, please contact Learning and Innovation who will arrange for you to be sent out an individual email with instructions and access codes

14. 2003 program interface Guides that display the 2003 program interface so you can hover your mouse over an option and receive a popup that tells you where to find the command in the 2007 version are available MS Office 2007 Training Materials and Guides links are available on the wiki page

15. Contact and Information For more information please contact Learning and Innovation Unit or the Office 2007 wiki page on myLearning at http://umfweb2.sydney.det.win/mylearningwi ki/index.php/MS_Office_2007

16. Next Session: More sessions will begin in early February 2008 Any ideas? Forward your suggestions to Paula Williams in Learning and Innovation phone 9217 5925