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getting the most out of the 2007 Microsoft® Office system

No, this isn't a post about that questionable '80s movie adaption of the classic British coming-of-age novel. However, if you're new to Word, Excel, Powerpoint or Outlook you might be interested to know about the new 'Novice' training content available on Office Online.

These colourful training articles have loads of screenshots, introducing you to using Word, Excel, Outlook and Powerpoint with simple step-by-step instructions.

Like it's 80's movie counterpart our Novice content has a strong cultural flavour, not young British but most definitely far Eastern. Which is no co-incidence, given that it was designed and written by Office Online Japan. Thank you Japan!

Have yourself a merry little Christmas – with OneNoteNovember 20

As you may have guessed, we've gone a bit OneNote crazy in the team. We love it. It's just so.... useful. Leading on from my last post, here are some more thoughts around how OneNote can help you this Christmas.

Whether you’re preparing to celebrate Christmas, Hanukkah, or simply looking forward to a mid-winter seasonal break at home (or away), some planning will make everything go more smoothly. Of course you could just write lists in a notebook, bookmark useful sites on your PC, and tear out present ideas and recipes from magazines. But just think how much more useful it would be if you could keep all these bits together in one place. Microsoft Office OneNote 20007 gives you an infinitely-sized electronic notebook which will provide writing space, storage areas, a calendar, to-do lists, and you can import files from other programs like Word and Excel which you may already have on the go. Remember - if you've Office 2007 Home and Student you're already good to go. And if you don't? You can download a 60-day trial for free, from us here :).

Countdown has started

The first thing to do in your new OneNote notebook is to download a monthly calendar template and number each

The At Work Holiday Survival Guide Part 1November 14

Well, it seems winter is well and truly here. It’s cold, it’s dark, and it’s wet. But at least the holidays are coming! However, alongside the lovely upsides of Christmas - such as cake abundance and inbound gifts - there are also hazards such as present buying, party planning, and family politics. Fortunately, help is at hand, and in this series of blog posts, I’m going to try to help you negotiate these hurdles so that you can breeze through the festive season with a minimum of stress. First up on the list? Christmas shopping.

Shopping

There is no doubt that the advent of online shopping has given us a tremendous increase in choice and flexibility when trying to buy presents for people at Christmas. However, when you’re buying for multiple loved ones, things can get pretty complicated, particularly if you’re going for the whole ‘thoughtful’ present angle for those extra brownie points. When I shop online this Christmas, I’m going to use OneNote. Here are three reasons why OneNote is going to help me turn this potentially horrendously boring (and expensive) task into something which is much, much less painful:

1) A picture speaks a thousand words

They say a picture speaks a thousand words, and this is especially the case when brainstorming for presents. So, instead of bland and boring lists of text, I use OneNote to compare gifts that I find online. Not only do I find this more u

Scanning into Microsoft Word 2007November 7

I've had a number of questions about scanning images into Microsoft Word 2007 so I asked one of my colleagues to dig into the situation.

He's confirmed that this is an area where we've changed the functionality since Word 2003. Instead, you need to scan images to your computer and then insert them into Microsoft Word.

Here are some more useful links:

Hope this helps!

Unleash your creativity (and share it with the rest of us!)November 3

A lot of Office Online visitors head for our Templates section to make everything from birthday invitations to school reports. If you’re super-creative (and I know you are) you can now share your masterpieces with our 4 million visitors a month by submitting your own templates. The process takes a few minutes but stick with it, at the end you’ll have the satisfaction of seeing your template listed alongside the professionally-designed templates on Office Online.

Here’s what you need to do;

1. Go to the ‘Templates’ page on Office Online.

2. Click the ‘Submit a Template’ link in the left-hand menu. You can also take a look at the recently submitted templates to see what others have submitted.

3. Check that your template meets the criteria shown on the next screen.

4. Log in using your Live ID.*
*Your Live ID is same login you use