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Use Templates to Help You Learn a New Office Program

Jason Bean — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 03:25:01 +0000

Sometimes getting started with a new application can be a little bit daunting. I may be surprised, but I’d think just about everybody over the age of 16 these days has probably spent some time in Microsoft Word, maybe Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint.

I find that when I’m staring at a blank canvas or a nice and blank “new document” I don’t have a good idea of what direction I could be heading with my thoughts or needs. If you start with a template and see what other people have done with the tool you’re using, it can help get your own gears of creativity spinning and give you an idea of what’s possible with the application you’re getting started using.

If you’re trying to learn what one of the Microsoft Office applications are capable of, starting with a template is a great way to see the power and features of the app.

You can look through templates based on themes, industry or in our case of learning a new program, by “Program Category”. The Microsoft Office Online website has templates available in the following apps:

So, whatever the business app you’re more than likely trying to learn, Microsoft probably has a template to help get you started.

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Use Templates to Help You Learn a New Office Program

Create Mind Maps on the Fly with MindMeister

admin — Sat, 05 May 2007 20:40:12 +0000

If you’re just looking for a simple Mind Mapping application, Mind Meister may be for you. Yes, Visio can be used to create some excellent mind maps, but if you’re looking for a less bloated, free, and online application, then MindMeister will be the application for you. In addition, MindMeister has a boat load of collaboration and sharing options.

MindMeister brings the concept of mind mapping to the web, using its facilities for real-time collaboration to allow truly global brainstorming sessions.

Users can create, manage and share mind maps online and access them anytime, from anywhere. In brainstorming mode, fellow MindMeisters from around the world (or just in different rooms) can simultaneously work on the same mind map – and see each other’s changes as they happen. Using integrated Skype calls, they can throw around new ideas and put them down on “paper” at the same time.

Create Mind Maps with MindMeister – [MindMeister]

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Create Mind Maps on the Fly with MindMeister

The New Office 2007 Beta-gram

Jason Bean — Tue, 03 Oct 2006 01:47:15 +0000

Microsoft in partnership with Waggener Edstrom has released a new e-mail newsletter for those people participating in the Office 2007 beta.

The release of the 2007 Microsoft Office system is quickly approaching. We are excited to bring you this update that will highlight useful news, information and resources that will help you evaluate the next Office release. Look for this communication to arrive in your mailbox every other week to keep you apprised of the most current Office related information.

Consider this your own personal Beta-gram…a one stop shop for information and communication from the Office Reviews team!

This newsletter highlighted their new Live Meetings that they’ve started:

This month we started a Live Meeting series of educational briefings on the 2007 Office System. These sessions will cover all aspects of the 2007 release including client application features, server features and the core investments Microsoft is making in Office that are critical to enterprises. The following three Live Meetings will take place in the coming weeks.

Enterprise Search in Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 (October 4, 8am PST)
Windows SharePoint Services v2: Foundation for Collaborative Applications (October 11, 8am PST)
Microsoft Office Project 2007 (October 24, 8am PST)
Enterprise Content Management (ECM) in 2007 Office System (already occurred)
Professional Plus 2007 (already occurred)

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The New Office 2007 Beta-gram

Office 2007 Training Resources

Jason Bean — Thu, 13 Jul 2006 17:35:29 +0000

There are some informative documents and information on the Microsoft Learning site for Office 2007. If you haven’t visited there before here’s a list of some of the items currently available.

Course 4697: Introduction to the New Microsoft Office User Interface
Course 4622: What’s New in Microsoft Office Access 2007
Course 4623: What’s New in Microsoft Office Excel 2007
Course 4624: What’s New in Microsoft Office InfoPath 2007
Course 4625: What’s New in Microsoft Office OneNote 2007
Course 4626: What’s New in Microsoft Office Outlook 2007
Course 4627: What’s New in Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2007
Course 4628: What’s New in Microsoft Office Word 2007
Course 4629: What’s New in Microsoft Office Visio 2007
Course 4698: What’s New in Microsoft Office Groove 2007

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Office 2007 Training Resources

Office 2007 Prodcasts

Jason Bean — Tue, 11 Jul 2006 05:42:29 +0000

Don’t check your spell check, I did say “Prodcasts”. It’s a new term coined for a productivity podcast by Shawn Murray. Not sure I like the term, let’s just call it what it is, an interview delivered in MP3 or WMA format that can be enjoyed from your computer or portable media device.

All that aside though, if you’re interested in learning more about the functionality of Office, but don’t have time to sit and read, this may just be the thing for you.

There are lots of topics now available, check the list out at the The IW Center, A community portal for information workers….

Jensen Harris is to be thanked for this heads up as well.

I’m downloading and listening to one on Windows Mobile 5.0 right now, I’ll let you know what I think of it and some others specifically related to Office 2007 soon.

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Office 2007 Prodcasts

What’s in store for Visio 12

Jason Bean — Fri, 20 Jan 2006 15:12:22 +0000

The following insights into these two products are taken directly from a recent article about Microsoft’s purchase of UMT, a leading project/portfolio management and consulting company.

Full article: Microsoft Completes Acquisition of UMT and Outlines New Innovations in Enterprise Project Management

Microsoft Office Visio “12″

Office Visio “12,” the code name for the next generation of the Microsoft Office Visio business and technical diagramming program, will help organizations make more effective business decisions by enabling people to capture, visualize, analyze and communicate complex information, processes and systems. Complementary to Project “12″ advancements, Visio “12″ will help organizations take more effective action and make decisions more effectively by enabling people to capture and understand complex data.

In Visio “12,” new features and enhancements will make Visio diagrams even easier and faster to create, as well as more professional-looking:

Design diagrams and graphics. Visio “12″ delivers new diagramming and graphics capabilities that make it easier to document, design and redesign processes and systems. Using the new Themes feature, customers can choose a color or effect theme for a diagram with a single click. People can also apply conditional formatting to data using the new Data Graphics Gallery task pane. This type of visual representation allows organizations to quickly weed through complex information to identify key trends, exceptions and insights.

Connect to data sources. With the new Data Selector wizard, it is simple to connect Visio diagrams to one or more data sources such as Microsoft Office Excel®, Microsoft Office Access, Microsoft Office SharePoint Portal Server or Microsoft SQL Server(TM). In addition, customers can associate shapes in a diagram with data using the new Automatic Link Wizard.

Track trends and flag exceptions. The new PivotDiagram template in Visio “12″ helps people visualize business data in a hierarchical form that shows data groups and totals, trends, issues, and exceptions. PivotDiagrams can also be inserted into any Visio diagram to provide metrics and reports that help track the ongoing progress of a process or system.

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What’s in store for Visio 12