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Microsoft Office 2010

Getting Started with Microsoft Office 2010

Muhammad Faisal Siddiqi

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Exploring Microsoft Office 2010• Microsoft Office 2010, or Office, is a collection of

Microsoft programs– Microsoft Office Word 2010 (documents)– Microsoft Office Excel 2010 (workbooks)– Microsoft Office Access 2010 (databases)– Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2010 (presentations)– Microsoft Office Outlook 2010 (information

management)• A major advantage of Office is integration, the ability

to share information between programs

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Switching Views• Switching Views

– Each Office program has different view options• Word has five views:

–Print Layout–Full Screen Reading–Web Layout–Outline–Draft

– View changes presentation, but not content

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Zooming and Scrolling

• Zooming magnifies or shrinks content displayed in workspace

• To change zoom percentage:– Use Zoom slider at right of status bar– Click Zoom level button to left of Zoom slider– Use Zoom group in View tab on the Ribbon

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Zooming the Workspaces

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The Ribbon at the top of the program window just below the title bar is the main set of commands that you click to execute tasksThe first tab on the Ribbon, the File tab, opens Backstage view

Backstage view provides access to file-level features, such as creating new files, opening existing files, saving files, printing files, and closing files, as well as the most common program optionsThe second tab in each program—called the Home tab—contains the commands for the most frequently performed activities

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Opening Dialog Boxes and Task Panes

• Page tab in the Page Setup dialog box

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Using Contextual Tools

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• Some tabs, toolbars, and menus come into view as you work

• Any object that you can select in a file has a related contextual tab

• A contextual tab is a Ribbon tab that contains commands related to the selected object so you can manipulate, edit, and format that object

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Accessing the Mini Toolbar• The Mini toolbar is a toolbar that appears next to the

pointer whenever you select text and contains buttons for the most commonly used formatting commands

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Opening Shortcut Menus• A shortcut menu is a list of commands related to a

selection that opens when you click the right mouse button

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Saving a File

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Opening a File

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• The Save to Web option on the Save & Send tab in Backstage view gives you access to Windows Live SkyDrive, which is an online workspace provided by Microsoft

• Click the File tab to open Backstage view, and then click the Save & Send tab in the navigation bar

• In the center pane, click Save to Web• In the right pane, click the Sign In button, and then use your Windows Live ID to

log on to your Windows Live SkyDrive account

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Getting Help

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Printing a File

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Muhammad Faisal Siddiqi