Here is What's New in Microsoft PowerPoint 2007, a free online PowerPoint course from Dell which will assist you in becoming more productive using PowerPoint 2007. This free PowerPoint course takes you through many of the important features you need to understand and know so you can use PowerPoint more effectively, including the new Office user interface and application navigation. To start the free PowerPoint 2007 course on Dell's web page, click on the "Launch Your Free Course Now!" link or the course's title. (Your pop-up blocker must be disabled and free registration is required.) Below is the outline of the course's modules.


PowerPoint 2007 Course Overview: Modules & Lessons:

• Navigation Overview   
• What's New in Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2007
• Getting Started
• Lesson Introduction   
• Exploring the New Interface   
• Tasks and Tabs   
• Self Test   
• Creating Presentations 
• How to Create Custom Layouts   
• Powerful Diagrams   
• How to Insert Tables and Charts   
• Contextual Menu for Tables and Charts   
• Self Test   
• Enhancing Presentations
• Themes   
• Effects   
• New Presentation Options   
• Self Test   
• Sharing Presentations
• What are PowerPoint Slide Libraries?   
• How to Insert Slides from a PowerPoint Slide Library   
• Publishing Presentations to a PowerPoint Slide Library   
• Review and Approval Workflows   
• How to Finalize Presentations   
• Selecting Appropriate Finalizing Methods   
• Self Test   
• Module Summary   
• Glossary
• Next Steps

What's New in Microsoft Outlook 2007 is a free online Outlook course from Dell that will help you become more productive using Outlook 2007. This free Outlook course contains lessons which take you through using the new Office user interface and application navigation so you can better utilize Outlook's common features. To start the free Outlook 2007 course on Dell's web page, click on the "Launch Your Free Course Now!" link or the course's title. (Your pop-up blocker must be disabled and free registration is required.) Below is the outline of the course's modules.


Outlook 2007 Course Overview: Modules & Lessons:

• Course Overview
• Navigation Overview   
• What's New in Microsoft Office Outlook 2007
• Getting Started
• Account Manager   
• The New User Interface   
• Self Test   
• Managing Your E-mail and Information 
• Enhanced Features   
• Color Categories   
• RSS Subscriptions   
• How to Connect Document Libraries to Office Outlook   
• Self Test   
• Managing Tasks
• The To-Do Bar   
• Integration of Tasks with E-mail   
• Integration of Tasks with Calendar   
• How to Connect Tasks from a Windows SharePoint Site with Office Outlook   
• Self Test   
• Managing Calendars and Appointments
• Benefits of Internet Calendars   
• How to Connect a SharePoint Team Calendar to Office Outlook   
• Calendar Snapshots   
• Improved Scheduling Capabilities with Exchange "12"   
• How to Share Calendars with Other Exchange Users   
• Self Test   
• Managing and Sharing Contacts
• Electronic Business Cards   
• Contacts Sharing Request   
• SharePoint Contacts in Office Outlook   
• Self Test   
• Glossary
• Next Steps

Here is a free Excel course from Dell, titled What's New in Microsoft Excel 2007. This free Excel course shows and demonstrates for you the new Office user interface and application navigation to access the common Excel features you need to use. To start the free Excel 2007 course on Dell's web page, click on the "Launch Your Free Course Now!" link or the course's title. (Your pop-up blocker must be disabled and free registration is required.)


Excel 2007 Course Overview: Modules & Lessons:

• Course Overview
• Navigation Overview
• What's New in Microsoft Office Excel 2007
• Exploring the New Interface
• The Ribbon
• Tasks and Tabs
• The Enhanced Workbook
• Self Test
• Organizing Business Information
• How to Insert and Format Tables
• External Sources of Business Information
• New Formula Features
• How to Create Professional-Looking Reports
• Self Test
• Analyzing Business Information
• How to Analyze Data Using Conditional Formatting
• New Chart Features
• Create PivotTables and PivotCharts
• Analysis of Business Information Using Office Excel Services
• Self Test
• Sharing and Managing Business Information
• Benefits of Publishing Spreadsheets
• Different Ways to Interact with a Spreadsheet in a Browser
• User Permissions in Office Excel 2007
• What Are Business Intelligence Dashboards?
• What Are Snapshots?
• Self Test
• Module Summary
• Glossary
• Next Steps

This is a free course from Dell, titled What's New in Microsoft Office Word 2007. This free Word course teaches you how to understand and use the new user interface and application navigation to access the common Word tools you need to use. To start the free Word 2007 course, on Dell's web page, click on the "Launch Your Free Course Now!" link or the course's title. (Your pop-up blocker must be disabled and free registration is required.)


Word 2007 Course Overview: Modules & Lessons:

• Course Overview
• Navigation Overview   
• What's New in Microsoft Office Word 2007
• Exploring the New Interface
• The Ribbon   
• Tasks and Tabs   
• The Full Screen Reading View   
• Self Test   
• Creating Professional-Looking Documents
• How to Insert Tables, Illustrations, and Equations   
• What Are Building Blocks?   
• Insert Building Blocks in a Document   
• How to Change the Layout of a Document   
• How to Add References in a Document   
• Self Test   
• Reviewing and Finalizing Documents
• How to Finalize Documents   
• What Are Workflows?   
• How to Initiate Workflows   
• How to Compare Multiple Versions of a Document   
• Available File Formats   
• Self Test   
• Module Summary   
• Glossary
• Next Steps

Here is an excellent free Office training book, titled Sams Teach Yourself Microsoft Office 2003 in 24 Hours. This book will teach you great keyboard shortcuts and efficient methods to perform many of the common tasks in Office. It covers many important topics and features of all of the Office applications. These include the following: Word Formatting, Customizing Word, Advanced Word, Editing and Formatting Excel Worksheets, Excel Charting, Editing and Arranging Powerpoint Presentations, Advanced PowerPoint Features, Animating Your Presentations, Planning and Scheduling with Outlook, Displaying and Retrieving Data in Access, Reporting with Access, Using Office with the Internet, Creating Web Content with Word, Excel, Access, and PowerPoint, and Inserting Art with Publisher Art, and Publishing with Publisher. It also includes chapters covering Web Page Design and Creation using FrontPage, and managing your web site with FrontPage.


Table of Contents for Sams Teach Yourself Microsoft Office 2003 in 24 Hours

  » Introduction
  » Who Should Read This Book?
  » What This Book Does for You
  » Can This Book Really Teach Office 2003 in 24 Hours?
  » Conventions Used in This Book

  » Part I. Working with Office 2003
  » Hour 1. Getting Acquainted with Office 2003

  » Part II. Processing with Word 2003
  » Hour 2. Welcome to Word 2003
  » Hour 3. Formatting with Word 2003
  » Hour 4. Managing Documents and Customizing Word 2003
  » Hour 5. Advanced Word 2003

  » Part III. Computing with Excel 2003
  » Hour 6. Understanding Excel 2003 Workbooks
  » Hour 7. Restructuring and Editing Excel 2003 Worksheets
  » Hour 8. Using Excel 2003
  » Hour 9. Formatting Worksheets to Look Great
  » Hour 10. Charting with Excel 2003

  » Part IV. Presenting with Flair
  » Hour 11. PowerPoint 2003 Presentations
  » Hour 12. Editing and Arranging Your Presentations
  » Hour 13. PowerPoint 2003 Advanced Features
  » Hour 14. Animating Your Presentations

  » Part V. Organizing with Outlook 2003
  » Hour 15. Communicating with Outlook 2003
  » Hour 16. Planning and Scheduling with Outlook 2003

  » Part VI. Tracking with Access 2003
  » Hour 17. Access 2003 Basics
  » Hour 18. Entering and Displaying Access 2003 Data
  » Hour 19. Retrieving Your Data
  » Hour 20. Reporting with Access 2003

  » Part VII. Combining Office 2003 and the Internet
  » Hour 21. Office 2003 and the Internet
  » Hour 22. Creating Web Content with Word, Excel, Access, and PowerPoint

  » Part VIII. Publishing Eye-Catching Documents
  » Hour 23. Publishing with Flair Using Publisher 2003
  » Hour 24. Adding Art to Your Publications

  » Part IX. Appendixes
  » Appendix B. Business Contact Manager and Office Extras

  » Part X. Bonus Hours
  » Hour 25. Using FrontPage 2003 for Web Page Design and Creation
  » Hour 26. Managing Your Web with FrontPage