Microsoft Office 2003—2007 Introduction
Integrated Software Package Combines several computer applications into one program Microsoft Office Word processor—Word Spreadsheet—Excel Database—Access Presentation—PowerPoint Schedule/organization—Outlook Desktop publishing—Publisher
Opening Screen Title bar—program name & file name Menu bar—pull-down menus Standard toolbar—icons for common tasks Formatting toolbar—alignment, type styles Insertion point—where typing will start Scroll bars—move through application Status bars—info like page # or slide # Taskbar—shows Start and open programs Task pane—contains common commands
Task Pane Separate window on right-hand side of opening screen To show task pane in Publisher— Click view, then task pane
Vocabulary Menu Short menu—only partial list Like menu in restaurant Short menu—only partial list To show rest of menu, click arrows at bottom Expanded menu—complete list
Vocabulary Toolbar Icons Open Contains group of choices for commands Small pictures of commands Open Load file onto your screen
Vocabulary Save Close Look in box Store on a disk or disk drive Save—saves with current name Save as—save with new name or in new location Close Remove from screen Look in box Where you locate the file
Filenames May contain up to 255 characters Use descriptive name for file Cannot contain * asterisk \ backslash [] brackets : colon = equal sign >greater than sign < less than ; semicolon / slash “ quotation mark ? Question mark | vertical bar
Vocabulary Shortcuts Help Link My recent documents from Start menu Question mark icon Link Represented by colored, underlined text Jumps to document with more information
Vocabulary Office Assistant animated character that offered tips in Office 2003 No assistant in 2007 Default assistant— paper clip Default— setting used unless another is chosen
To Exit File…Exit Close button on title bar
Vocabulary Internet World Wide Web (WWW) Network of linked computers Need internet server provider (ISP) World Wide Web (WWW) Computers that share information by hyperlinked pages Uniform Resource Locators (URLs) Addresses to locate documents http://www.microsoft.com
Web toolbar— Contains back and forward arrows Has place to type address Back takes to previous page Forward takes to next page Internet explorer Refresh reloads page Favorites –bookmarks sites
Vocabulary Intranet Home page Web browser Company’s private web Only accesses computers in the company Home page 1st page that appears Web browser Software used to display web pages Microsoft Internet Explorer—browser with Office