microsoft office notes and tips

Office 2007 Notes:
(some of these are in .docx format
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Office 2000-2003 Notes:

Practice Files

What is an Office Application?
Sometimes confused with the Operating System (like Windows XP), applications sit on top or need an OS in order to function. Examples of Office Suites are: Microsoft Office 2000 or Office XP, Microsoft Office for Apple, Open Office, Star Office, whereas single programs are Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, or Microsoft Outlook Express which comes with Windows and is like the "little brother" to the fuller version like Microsoft Outlook.

Word Processing – Letter writing. People can make changes such as spelling, margins, additions, deletions, and movement of text

Excel Spreadsheets – Budget spreadsheets. People can store numeric data, add, subtract and manipulate numbers or text that can be used in calculations, address books, or listings in a table format. Plus one can create charts and graphs using the spreadsheet application.

Access Databases - A database can sort the names, addresses, grades, classrooms for students in a school. From this, one can print professional looking reports, whereas in a Spreadsheet, it will only show the raw data.

PowerPoint, Publisher - Create a slide show presentation, or newsletter/brochure, and other similar types of publications. It is similar to word processing one can use text, graphics, lines, shapes, patterns, and borders.