Overview

In this Upgrading to Microsoft Office 2013 course, you will learn all about the new features in Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook. This course covers everything that is new since 2003 and starts out with a lesson that covers the features that are new across all four programs. This course is appropriate for anyone upgrading from 2003, 2007, and 2010 versions of Office.

Goals

Learn the features in common across all Office 2013 software.
Learn how to pin favorites.
Learn to quickly upgrade to using Excel 2013.
Learn to quickly upgrade to using Word 2013.
Learn to quickly upgrade to using PowerPoint 2013.
Learn to quickly upgrade to using Outlook 2013.

Outline

Common Features across All Office 2013 Products
1. The Ribbon
  1. Tabs
  2. Groups
  3. Commands
  4. Commands
2. The Quick Access Toolbar
  1. Adding Common Commands
  2. Adding Additional Commands with the Customize Dialog Box
  3. Adding Ribbon Commands or Groups
  4. Placement
3. Backstage View (The FILE Menu)
4. Opening a File
5. New Documents and Templates
6. Printing Files
7. Adding Your Name to Microsoft Office
8. Pinning Favorites
9. Using the Cloud
10. Exercise: Using the Cloud
Upgrading to Excel 2013
1. Starting Microsoft Excel
2. Creating a Workbook
  1. Saving a Workbook
3. Adding and Deleting Worksheets
  1. Closing a Workbook
4. The Status Bar
5. Using Formulas
6. Tabs
7. Groups
8. Commands
9. The HOME Tab
10. On-demand Commands on the Ribbon
11. Keyboard Shortcuts
12. Working with Other Versions of Excel
  1. Opening Workbooks Created in Previous Excel Versions
  2. Saving an Excel File Created in a Previous Version
  3. Saving an Excel File as a Previous Version
13. One Workbook per Window Feature
14. Using Flash Fill
15. Exercise: Using Flash Fill
16. Using Slicers to Filter Data
17. Exercise: Filtering Data with Slicers
18. Creating a PivotTable Timeline
19. Exercise: Creating a Timeline
20. Creating a Standalone PivotChart
Upgrading to Outlook 2013
1. Working with Messages
  1. Creating a Message
  2. Sending a Message
  3. Reading and Replying to a Message
2. Conversation View
  1. Overview
  2. View and Work with Messages in a Conversation
  3. Ignore Conversations
  4. Cleaning Up Conversations
3. Ribbon Tabs
  1. Groups
  2. Commands
  3. View Options
4. Changing Your Outlook View
  1. Outlook Social Connector
5. Working with the Backstage View
  1. Printing Emails and Other Outlook Items
6. Keyboard Shortcuts
7. Exercise: Using KeyTips
8. The Calendar Ribbon
9. Searching in Outlook 2013
10. The Screenshot Tool
11. Quick Steps
Upgrading to PowerPoint 2013
1. Starting Microsoft PowerPoint
2. Normal View
3. Creating a Presentation
4. Saving a Presentation
5. Tabs, Groups, and Commands
  1. Tabs
  2. Groups
  3. Commands
6. The HOME Tab
7. Keyboard Shortcuts
8. Animation Tools
  1. The Animation Painter
  2. The Animation Pane
9. Working with Other Versions of PowerPoint
  1. Opening Presentations Created in Previous PowerPoint Versions
  2. Saving a PowerPoint File Created in a Previous Version
  3. Saving a PowerPoint File as a Previous Version
10. Presenter View Changes
11. Object Smart Guides
12. Exercise: Using PowerPoint Smart Guides
13. Using Comments
14. Exercise: Using the Comments Feature
15. Motion Path Changes
Upgrading to Word 2013
1. Starting Microsoft Word
2. Creating a Document
3. Saving a Document
4. The Status Bar
5. Closing a Document
6. Tabs, Groups, and Commands
7. Tabs
8. Groups
9. Commands
10. Keyboard Shortcuts
11. Using the Navigation Pane
12. Working with Other Versions of Word
  1. Opening Documents Created in Previous Word Versions
  2. Saving a Word File Created in a Previous Version
  3. Saving a Word File as a Previous Version
13. Using Read Mode
14. The Object Zoom Feature
15. Exercise: Exploring the Read Mode and Object Zoom Features
16. Editing PDF Documents in Microsoft Word
17. Exercise: Editing a PDF in Word
18. Using Live Layout and Alignment Guides
  1. Live Layout
  2. Alignment Guides
19. The Resume Reading Feature

Class Materials

Each student in our Live Online and our Onsite classes receives a comprehensive set of materials, including course notes and all the class examples.

Preparing for Class

Onsite: Course Setup
Live Online: Course Setup | WebEx Setup

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