Office 2010 for the Over 50s In Simple Steps

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Top Ten Office Tips for the Over 50’s

1.    Create shortcuts to all Office programs

2.    Use the Format Painter

3.    Preview and apply a style in Word

4.    Use Cut, Copy and Paste

5.    Browse available templates

6.    Personalise the Quick Access Toolbar

7.    Add a sender to Outlook’s address book

8.    Back up Outlook data

9.    Insert a picture or clip art

10.  Preview and apply a theme in PowerPoint

 

1.    Introduction to Microsoft Office 2010

.    Understand Office programs

.    Create shortcuts to programs

.    Open Office programs

.    Explore the Tabs

.    Explore the Ribbon

.    Explore the File tab

.    Understand Office Options

2.    Introduction to Microsoft Word

.    Open a new, blank document

.    Type a letter

.    Apply font characteristics to text

.    Preview and apply a style

.    Create a bulleted or numbered list

.    Insert a picture

.    Insert clip art

.    Edit a picture or clip art

.    Use the Thesaurus

.    Check spelling and grammar

.    Choose a different view

.    Use Zoom

.    Save a document

.    Get Help

3.    Edit documents

.    Open an existing document

.    Select and replace text

.    Use Cut, Copy, and Paste

.    Use Undo Typing and Redo Typing

.    Use Find and Replace

.    Use the Format Painter

.    Create a table

.    Add a comment

.    Use Strikethrough

4.    Share, print, and personalise

.    Email a document

.    Save and send a document as a PDF

.    Print a document

.    Explore printer settings

.    Print an envelope

.    Print labels

.    Change where files save by default

.    Personalise the Quick Access Toolbar

.    Learn More

5.    Introduction to Microsoft Outlook

.    Get a free email address

.    Start Outlook the first time and input email account information

.    Input a secondary email account

.    Set one account as the default account

.    Check for new emails

.    Stay in Mail View

.    Read (and delete) an email

.    Add a sender to the address book

.    Change how often Outlook checks for email

.    Reply to or forward an email

.    Compose a new email

.    Explore advanced formatting tools

.    Attach a file

.    Insert a picture

.    Edit a picture

.    Request receipts

.    Preview an attachment

.    Open and save attachments

.    Use Zoom

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