AGENDA

o What’s new in MS Office 2010

o How to take advantage of the free upgrade from MS Office 2007 to 2010.

o How to automate common tasks in Excel

See the Beginners MS Office SIG page for location, contacts, etc

The next meeting will be August 21.

Enjoy your time off, even if it’s a staycation.

– Jimmy

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AGENDA

o Excel
Demo of how to take an internet article and transform it into an automated quiz.
This will include:
How to Copy only part of an internet article.
How to properly Paste an internet article into a spreadsheet.
How to format the spreadsheet for maximum effect.
How to use formulas to transform the article.
How to protect the spreadsheet to avoid accidental erasures.

o Word and Excel
How to use the multiple Copy/Paste function of MS Office. Very powerful, but easy.

See the Beginners MS Office SIG page for location, contacts, etc

AGENDA

o How to determine the best time to start Social Security benefits.

o Are you living on the financial edge?
A simple test to see how close you are.

o Use a toll road?
New rules from TX Tag that could cost you money.

o The Ultimate Boot CD.
Every body should have one.
How you can get one for free.

o Mints on the Pillow

See the Grab Bag SIG page for location, contacts, more.

AGENDA

o Excel and Spreadsheets Basics
Comparing spreadsheets, side by side.
Why and How functions are so important.
A review of the best functions.

o Word
How to insert special symbols and characters
How to show non printing characters.
Word wrapping around objects.

See the Beginners MS Office SIG page for location, contacts, etc

AGENDA
o Excel and Spreadsheets Basics
Exploring the spreadsheet. Terms and terminology.
Types of cell entries.
Understanding the power of cell formatting.
Unleashing the power of number formatting.

If you have never used a spreadsheet, this would be a good time to come.

See the Beginners MS Office SIG page for location, contacts, etc

AGENDA

o Excel and Spreadsheets Basics

If you have never used a spreadsheet, this would be a good time to come.

We will …

1. how the reasons to use spreadsheets with examples.
2. Demo of how easy they are to learn and use.
3. Explore Excel starting from the basics.
4. Discuss how to get started.

See the Beginners MSO SIG page for location, contacts, etc

AGENDA
o Transition software
Demo of free software that illustrates how to do things in Office 2007 that you do in Office 2003. Very clever and useful.
o Word
Printing envelopes and labels
o Excel
How to get started with Spreadsheets
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EVENT: Beginners’ Microsoft Office SIG (Special Interest Group) meeting
DATE: Saturday, February 20, 2010 (3rd Saturday of each month)
TIME: 10:10 to 12:15
LOCATION: North Village Public Library, 2505 Steck Ave (just West of Burnet Rd).
MAP: Click here
CCA WEB SITE: www.CCAustin.org

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For coffee/breakfast beforehand at 9am
San Francisco Bakery & Cafe,
2900 West Anderson Lane, Suite L
(Directly behind CVS pharmacy) Map link

See the Beginners MSO SIG page for location, contacts, etc

AGENDA
o MS Word
Word has many features that are most helpful if you know how to use them.
We will look at the following:
Margins
– The various types and settings, and how to master them.
Rulers
– Great for layout work.
Hidden Symbols
– How to find them.
- What they mean.
- How are they useful.

See the Beginners MSO SIG page for location, contacts, etc

The topic is TBA

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