Training for Windows 7 & Office 2010
Training for Windows 7 and Office 2010 is available online and/or in person. Time spent viewing the new features of these two products before these changes are implemented is time well spent.
Listed below are online training resources recommended for Windows 7, Excel, Outlook, and Word, along with a link to sign up for an instructor led demonstration.
Online Resources
Note: the viewing time and presentation format are noted for each topic
* = highly recommended
Windows 7
Desktop and Start menu
- Better, stronger, faster: The Windows 7 taskbar Get more out of the taskbar (8 mins, Article)*
- Using Jump Lists to open programs and items (2 mins, Tour/Video)*
- What happened to the Run command? It's now even easier to use the Run command (1 mins, Short Topic)
- What's new with the Start menu? (1 mins, Article)*
- What's new with the Windows 7 taskbar? Learn what is new about the redesigned taskbar (4 mins, Article)*
Finding and organizing files
- Accessing Information in Windows 7 (15 mins, Tour/Video)*
- Find a file or folder Looking for files in all the right places (2 mins, Short Topic)*
- Working with libraries (3 mins, Article)*
- Finding your files (5 mins, Tour/Video)
- Searching in Windows: frequently asked questions (4 mins, Reference Topic)
- Create a shortcut to (map) a network drive Easily get to your network drives (1 mins, Short Topic)
Getting help
- Getting help (3 mins, Article)*
Internet Explorer
- Change your Internet Explorer home page You can now have multiple home pages (2 mins, Short Topic)*
- Internet Explorer 8 Overview (2 mins, Tour/Video)*
- Show the menus in Internet Explorer (1 mins, Short Topic)*
- Find recently visited webpages History and favorites are now in one convenient place (1 mins, Short Topic)
Microsoft Office Excel 2010
What's new
- What's new in Microsoft Office Excel 2010 (10 mins, Article)*
New user interface
- Interactive Menu to Ribbon Guide: Excel (5 mins, Guided Example)*
New file format / conversion / upgrading
- Check your workbook for compatibility with earlier versions of Excel (3 mins, Short Topic)*
- Discontinued features and modified functionality in Excel 2010 (10 mins, Reference Topic)*
- Save a workbook in another file format (2 mins, Short Topic)*
- Use Office Excel 2010 with earlier versions of Excel (5 mins, Short Topic)*
Microsoft Office Outlook 2010
Working with your new program
- Basic Tasks in Outlook 2010 (5 mins, Short Topic)*
- Email Messages (5 mins, Reference Topic)*
- Find a message or item by using Instant Search (10 mins, Article)*
- Tame your Inbox: Organize messages by conversation (30 mins, Training Course - Web-based (online only))*
What's new
- Social Connector for Microsoft Office 2010 (5 mins, Short Topic)*
- What's new in Microsoft Office Outlook 2010 (5 mins, Article)*
Getting started
- Introduction to Outlook 2010 Calendar (5 mins, Article)*
New file format / conversion / upgrading
- Discontinued features and modified functionality in Outlook 2010 (10 mins, Reference Topic)*
Microsoft Office Word 2010
Working with your new program
- Use the Navigation Pane to search and move around in your document (15 mins, Training Course - Web-based (online only))*
What's new
- What's new in Microsoft Office Word 2010 (10 mins, Article)*
In Person Resources
Instructor led demonstration
- New features in Windows 7 and Office 2010:
- Sign up for TXClass course PP 2021 [UT EID required]
- Download the training presentation [PDF]
