Overview

It’s the NWIITT Microsoft Office 2010 launch presentation and we’ve got all the inside news on the new Office suite together with free resources for all attendees.

As well as having demonstrations of many of the new features within Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access and more, we’ll also be taking a close look at the most obvious change across all the applications – the new user interface and Backstage view.

We also have a FREE book and resource pack for every attendee. So if you’ve got questions, want information about what’s included in each variation of the suite or just want to see the new versions of your most frequently used applications, don’t delay – come along and guarantee your free resource pack.

Date and Time

25 March 2010, 20:00 – 21:30 GMT

Presenters

Elaine Giles and Mike Thomas

Wrap Up

Not surprisingly, the Office 2010 Revealed event was very well attended – well the launch is only a couple of months away.

Elaine presented an overview of the different versions of Office – including a new ad-supported version. A copy of her presentation is provided below.

The main part of the event was Mike’s demonstration of some of the new features of Office including a customisable Ribbon, a cool new way to take screenshots and video editing in PowerPoint. The demonstrations all available as video clips (hosted on YouTube).

• The Ribbon
• BackStage View
• Word 2010
• Excel 2010
• Outlook 2010
• PowerPoint 2010 – Part 1
• PowerPoint 2010 – Part 2

At the conclusion of the presentation there was a question and answer session and the subsequent chat went on until late.

Written by The NWIITT Team

The Institute of IT Training is the world’s first professional body for IT training professionals. Launched in 1995, the Institute has made significant progress in developing and promoting high standards of excellence within the profession.

The North West Group (known as NWIITT) is the most active of the Institute’s regional groups. Our monthly events, social events and website provide you with some fantastic learning and networking opportunities.