Chapter 2

• Chapter 2 discusses the office interface.
  • This interface is shared across most office applications.
  • They have tried to maintain consistency
  • That way if you learn one product, you have a good start on any other.
• Start word, powerpoint, excel
• Notice all three present a common starting point
  • The option to log into your Microsoft account
    • This will give you integrated access to your Microsoft One drive.
  • Templates
    • A set of default templates
    • And the ability to search for other templates.
    • These are sometimes useful when you don't know how do format something
  • Recent documents
    • I think this is turned off for you in this lab.
    • But I have come to think this is a useful function.
  • Open Otter documents
    • Lets you search your file system for documents to open.
• Just start a blank document in each
  • Notice all three have a common look
• The most noticeable item is the ribbon
  • This contains most of the commands you will be using.
  • The ribbon contains a number of tabs
  • Each tab contains a number of workgroups
  • Workgroups contain buttons
  • Some workgroups have drop down menus
  • Some even contain galleries
  • Some workgroups contain a Dialog Box Launcher which gives access to a Dialog Box.
• Pinning and unpinning the ribbon.
• The ribbon can be customized
  • I tend to not do this
  • But there are instructions for this in chapter 2.
• Look at the quick access toolbar
  • Save
  • Undo/Redo
  • Other / add components
• At the bottom of the screen
  • a status area
  • Some program dependent tools.
  • View and zoom settings.
• The file tab is somewhat strange.
  • This takes us to the backstage view
  • Get out with the arrow at the top