1. Microsoft Office 2003—2007
Introduction

2. 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

3. 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

4. Task Pane Separate window on right-hand side of opening screen
To show task pane in Publisher—
Click view, then task pane

5. 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

6. Vocabulary Toolbar Icons Open Contains group of choices for commands
Small pictures of commands
Open
Load file onto your screen

7. 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

8. 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

9. 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

10. 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

11. To Exit
File…Exit
Close button on title bar

12. 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

13. 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

14. 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