Microsoft+2007

Since many of you have just purchased your computers at the beginning of this school year, many of you are using the lastest version of Microsoft Office, Microsoft 2007. As you open up each new program, including Microsoft Word, Excel, Publisher, and Powerpoint, you may notice that they have a significantly new look. All of the old tools are still there, as are some new ones, but you need to find them. Take some time to explore the new versions, find the Save and the Print commands, and try out some of the new tools available. However, you might need some help finding your way to some of the necessary functions. If you are having trouble using the new versions of Microsoft, visit the website http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/help/FX100485361033.aspx?pid=CL100605171033 and click on the Word, Excel, or Powerpoint Interactive Reference Guides to figure out how to navigate around the latest version of Microsoft.

To browse a list of Help items, check out the following links! For help with Microsoft Excel 2007: http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/excel/FX100646951033.aspx?CTT=96&Origin=CL100570551033 For help with Microsoft PowerPoint 2007: http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/powerpoint/FX100648951033.aspx?CTT=96&Origin=CL100626991033 For help with Microsoft Word 2007: http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/word/FX100649251033.aspx?CTT=96&Origin=CL100636481033 For help with Microsoft Publisher 2007: http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/publisher/FX100649111033.aspx?CTT=96&Origin=CL100632931033

Also available on the Microsoft Office website are additional Powerpoint templates and clip art for free download.

Microsoft Excel is a very effective tool for teachers. It helps with recording students' grades from tests, quizzes, projects, etc. It makes it easy to list each student's grades and then calculate the total using the sum function. You can also average that one students grades using the average function, or do a class average as well. Excel also then uses a function to calculate the letter grades using your customized grading system. Overall, Microsoft Excel makes the grading system much easier for teachers.

Microsoft Excel is also a lot better for calculating grades because if you were to make a mistake on one student's grade, then you would be able to just change the number and the program will change the average and grade as long as you used the sum functions, instead of having to redo everything else yourself.

PowerPoint, another program of Microsoft Office, is a perfect way to present a lesson to a class. The ability to show pictures, video clips, sound clips, graphs, charts, and clip art can really complete the lesson. Having a visual such as a powerpoint presentation keeps students' attention and helps them take notes. Using PowerPoint in the classroom also allows you to save presentations and re use them or give the files to students who may have been absent. This is just another way Microsoft Office can be used in the classroom.

Microsoft Word is a great program to use in the classroom. Students are able to practice their typing while accomplishing a task. They could be typing up a report or project and are practicing their typing and computer skills simultaneously. It is a program that students will use as they progress in their education and if they use it early on in their education they will definitely be ahead of the game!

Microsoft Publisher is a wonderful program that comes with some versions of Microsoft Office. It provides quite a variety of different templates for any type of flyer or document you would ever need. It makes creating banners and posters simple and painless. Also, Microsoft Publisher makes adding clip art and other photos into various types of documents a breeze. Take some time if you have Publisher to explore the many options it has available for you.

All student should learn the new updated version of the microsoft software which is now microsoft 2007. Microsoft 2007 has many new great features that will make the programs easier for both students and teachers to learn and use. Excel is a great tool for teachers to use. Excel can be used as an elecronic gradebook and they can display graphs and see the average of\all students with the formulas excel carries. Microsoft 2007 is an effective and great program that students should learn and inquire how to use.