Microsoft Powerpoint 2010 features great tools to allow the user to create an eye-catching presentation.

1. Create a Theme

Microsoft Office introduced themes in Microsoft Office 2007 and they remain a popular feature in the 2010 version as well. Themes allow the user to create a consistent type font, graphic effects, and color scheme throughout Microsoft Powerpoint presentations, Microsoft Word documents and Microsoft Excel spreadsheets. Play around with themes in the Design tab.

2. Insert Videos or Audio

Recorded narration can enhance the flow of your presentation.  Insert a brief video to expand upon the point of your presentation and it is embedded automatically with Powerpoint 2010.  Video trim, fades and effects help to incorportate your video seamlessly into the presentation.

3.  Use Graphics

Well-placed charts and diagrams can sometimes express more to your audience than bulleted points. If Microsoft Excel is installed on your computer, click the Chart icon to produce a diagram and insert it into your slide. If you are using a theme, the chart will match it automatically.

Check out our video on creating dynamic charts!

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Microsoft is openning up to the public the Office 360 beta testing. 

Join the beta program, and explore Microsoft Office 365. When Office 365 is commercially released, beta accounts will be activated to trial versions and you can easily continue using Office 365 beyond the 30-day trial period if you choose to purchase.

Included with the Microsoft 365 beta are many of Microsofts most popular products including:

Office Professional Plus
Microsoft Exchange
Sharepoint
Lync

This is a great opportunity to test the new online options for Microsoft Office.

Learn more about the Beta Here:

http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/office365/enterprise/enterprise-beta.aspx

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Themes are a collection of fonts and colors that we can add to an entire document. Themes work very well with Microsoft Word Styles. Watch as we show you how to apply and use various themes. Although themes are a collections of fonts and colors we will show you how to separate the two after you’ve applied a theme.

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Are you researching a move to Office 2010? Make sure to check out the Backstage videos to learn more about what went into the development of Office 2010.

In this short video Antonie Leblond shares some of the goals of the Microsoft Office Team while developing the latest version of Microsoft Office. The Microsoft engineers spent 100′s of thousands of hours developing this new tool and they wanted to provide new ways to express ideas and provide tools to bring those ideas to life. Office 2010 provides more ways to collaborate with others and extends the reach of Office beyond that of your desktop PC with Microsoft Web Applications. Office 2010 had the largest ever beta audience with 7.5 million beta users! 100′s of thousands of users provided feedback to provide real world data.

Watch this great intro to Office 2010 and be sure to check out others available on the backstage. http://www.office2010themovie.com/

Outlook 2007: Link a Task to a Contact

1. Open the task.

2. At the bottom of the task window, click Contacts.

*If you do not see the Conacts button, do the following:
a. On the Tools menu, click Options.
b. On the Preferences tab, under Contacts and Notes, click Contact Options.
c. On the Contact Options dialog box, under Contact Linking, select the Show Contact Linking on all Forms check box.
3. In the Select Contacts dialog box, under Items, select the contact that you want to link to this task.
* To select multiple contacts, click one contact, hold down CTRL, and then click each additional contact.
* To view linked items from a contact, open the contact, and on the Contact tab, in the Show group, click Activities. To view a specific item type, in the Show list, click the item type.

Embracing Change, Uncovering the New Features of Office 2007 (Word, Excel, & Outlook)

Date(s): Thursday, September 24, 2009
Time: 3:00PM (EST) U.S.
Duration: 60 minutes 

Description: Change; Love or hate it, it’s a way of life.  Coming to understand can help you embrace it and the new possibilities that come along with that change.  This is true of Microsoft Office 2007.  Office 2007 has a whole new look and new features to go with it.  This Webinar explores the new Office interface and the dynamic features of the Office Suite.  While each application has new features, we will look at the common elements throughout the new interface.  We will also go into Word, Excel and Outlook to point out some of the big changes.  If you have Office 2007, this webinar is a must to get you on the path to embracing the change.  Word has exciting new features to help you create, manage, and distribute documents.  Excel has Smart Art, tables, and improved conditional formatting.  Outlook’s To Do Bar is a way to view dates, upcoming calendar appointments, and tasks all while looking at your email.

Some of the things you will learn:

• The Office Interface (The Office Button, Ribbons, Quick Access Toolbar, Contextual Tabs and Dialog Box Launchers)
• How to deal with documents from  earlier versions of Office
• How to use SmartArt
• New distribution features in Word
• Improved conditional formatting in Excel
• Benefits of the To-Do Bar in Outlook
• Improved Calendar and Task features

Click here to register.  Fee: $79.00.

Coming up on November 4th, we will run a live, 90-minute webinar to help you master PivotTables in Microsoft Excel 2007:

Analyzing Data Dynamically using Excel 2007 PivotTable Reports

Join us as we demonstrate how Microsoft Office Excel 2007 PivotTable reports can enable you to analyze your spreadsheet data effectively. In this 1-hour webinar, get tips and tricks as we show you how to create a PivotTable report, format a PivotTable report to make its data easier to understand, and rearrange the data dynamically so that you can discover vital information about your business.

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Analyzing Data Dynamically using Excel 2007 PivotTable Reports

Product(s): Microsoft Office PowerPoint.
Audience(s): Business Professional.
Duration: 60 Minutes
Start Date: Tuesday September 16th 10:00 AM Eastern Time
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Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2007 enables users to quickly create high-impact, dynamic presentations, while integrating workflow and ways to easily share information. From the redesigned user interface to the new graphics and formatting capabilities, PowerPoint 2007 puts the control in your hands, so you can produce great-looking presentations. Register for this  informative webinar and learn the top 10 ways you can put PowerPoint 2007 to work for you.

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