Learning and Living in the Online World » Microsoft Word http://blog.gcflearnfree.org Tips, tricks, and tutorials for the technology you use everyday Fri, 03 Feb 2012 14:21:25 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 SkyDrive and Office Web Apps Tutorial Now Available http://blog.gcflearnfree.org/2011/11/skydrive-and-office-web-apps-tutorial-now-available/ http://blog.gcflearnfree.org/2011/11/skydrive-and-office-web-apps-tutorial-now-available/#comments Fri, 18 Nov 2011 21:32:12 +0000 elizabeth http://blog.gcflearnfree.org/?p=8087 This week, we launched our tutorial on the Office Web Apps and SkyDrive. You might remember reading about the Office Web Apps earlier this year. Basically, the Web Apps are free, Cloud-based versions of the Microsoft Office programs. If you occasionally need to use Word, Excel, and PowerPoint but don’t feel like spending money on software, you should give the Web Apps a try.

Office Web Apps aren’t exactly like the desktop Office 2010 programs, so you may not be able to create documents that look quite as polished as you’d like. However, if you just need a way to create and edit simple documents, you’ll probably find the Web Apps pretty useful.

The PowerPoint Web App

Our tutorial also covers Windows Live SkyDrive, a free online storage space. You can use SkyDrive to store documents you create in WebApps, as well as photos, videos, and other files uploaded from your computer. Like Web Apps, SkyDrive won’t cost you anything– all you need is a free Windows Live account. (Never heard of Windows Live? We have a tutorial about that, too.)

Since Web Apps and SkyDrive are both located online, you can access them from any computer with an internet connection. No more carrying around a USB flash drive with all of your files– with SkyDrive and Web Apps, you can view, share, and edit your documents anytime and anywhere.

To get started with Web Apps and SkyDrive, visit our tutorial, Office Web Apps (SkyDrive).

 

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Our free and popular Microsoft Office tutorials are now available with the new  Word 2010, Excel 2010 and PowerPoint 2010 versions. Whether you want to update your workplace skills or simply learn the software for personal use, our simple-to-follow, thorough tutorials can help. With step-by-step instructions, vivid screenshots, engaging interactives and easy-to-follow videos, they make learning the software easy and fun.

Check out a sample of a few of our video tutorials below:

Check Out Our New Office 2010 Tutorials

Check Out Our New Office 2010 Tutorials

Check Out Our New Office 2010 Tutorials

More Free Office 2010 Tutorials Coming Soon!

  • Our instuctor-led Online Classes for Word 2010, Excel 2010 and PowerPoint 2010 will be available by the end of February.
  • Access 2010 will be available by the end of March.
  • We will also create tutorials for Outlook 2010 and Publisher 2010.

Visit our Office 2010 subject page to get started.

]]> http://blog.gcflearnfree.org/2011/02/check-out-our-new-office-2010-tutorials/feed/ 0 Use Microsoft Word’s Track Changes Feature to Polish Your Documents http://blog.gcflearnfree.org/2010/10/use-microsoft-words-track-changes-feature-to-polish-your-documents/ http://blog.gcflearnfree.org/2010/10/use-microsoft-words-track-changes-feature-to-polish-your-documents/#comments Tue, 12 Oct 2010 20:51:18 +0000 stephen http://blog.gcflearnfree.org/?p=3584 Let’s say you want to apply for a job. You’ve just typed a cover letter and updated your resume, and you’ve checked both of them for spelling and grammar errors. As far as you can tell, they look perfect.

Should you go ahead and email them to the company now?

Not yet! You should let somebody else proofread them before sending them out. A friend or family member can catch errors that you (and the spell check) may have missed. They can also give you a fresh perspective on things like word choice, what types of information to include, and even the page layout. And the more professional your resume and cover letter look, the better you’ll look as a candidate!

Tracked changes in a document

Proofreading can be as simple as asking your roommate to look at your resume on your computer, but you may also want to consider using Word’s powerful Track Changes feature. Track Changes lets the reviewer make any changes they want, and then you can look over them and decide which changes you want to keep. All of the changes will be marked with a different text color, so it’s easy to tell exactly what was changed.

Sometimes, the reviewer may just want to make a suggestion or ask a question, rather than changing something. They can do this by adding comments to your document. The comments will show up in the margin, so you’ll be able to see them easily.

There’s just one final step: Make sure you accept or reject all tracked changes and delete all comments before sending out your document. Otherwise, anyone who reads your document can view them, and a stray comment could be just as damaging to your resume as a spelling or grammar error.

The Track Changes and Comments features in Word 2010 and 2007 are located in the Reviewing tab (in Word 2003, they’re in the Tools and Insert menus). For full instructions on using these features, check out our Reviewing Documents lesson, or watch the video below.

Use Microsoft Word’s Track Changes Feature to Polish Your Documents

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In making these videos, we focused on creating a learning experience that combined straight-forward instruction with user-friendly advice and appealing examples. Below are two examples of our work. The first showcases Word’s Themes and teaches you how to apply them to a document. The second video displays how to remove the background from a photo utilizing Word’s new photo-editing tools.

New Word 2010 Videos Now Available

New Word 2010 Videos Now Available

To see the rest of our videos and to learn more about how to use Word, just go to our Microsoft Word 2010 tutorial and get started. Next up is Excel 2010, coming in October!

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Watch the video to see What’s New in Word.

What’s New in Microsoft Word 2010

As you can see from the video a lot of the user interface in Word is the same with a few improvements made to the ribbon. The Backstage View appears to be very convenient and vastly superior to the confusing Office button in 2007.  There are also some pretty cool photo editing features that should greatly improve the ability to create professional, creative documents.  In addition, the Review capabilities have finally been updated to include simultaneous editing by multiple users along with an interesting chat feature.

Stay tuned for more videos on Office 2010 and additional advice that will help you decide whether the new version of Office is for you.

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