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Microsoft Office 2007 Training Handouts

These documents were created to be used as Microsoft Office 2007 training handouts for Illinois Central College’s Teaching and Learning Center. The copyright holder grants permission for the reproduction of these training handouts, for educational purposes only, as long as the documents are not edited in any way.

Microsoft Excel

Excel 2007 - Using the Fill Handle [PDF]
Identifying the selected cell and the fill handle.  Moving the contents of a cell by clicking and dragging.  Copying with the fill handle.  Generating a series with the fill handle.

Excel 2007 - Cell References [PDF]
An overview of cell references.  Relative Cell References.  Absolute Cell References.  Mixed Cell References.  How to toggle between relative, absolute, and mixed references.  Referencing a cell from another worksheet.  Referencing a cell from another workbook.

Excel 2007 - Formulas [PDF]
A basic introduction to cell references.  Basic formulas using cell references.  An introduction to the Formula Bar.  Creating more advanced formulas.  Order of operations.  Entering cell references by selecting cells.  Common  formula error messages.

Microsoft Outlook

Outlook 2007 (EMAIL) [PDF]
Sending an email message.  Attaching files to an Email.  Reading your email.  Replying to an email.  Forwarding an Email.  Deleting Email from your inbox.

Outlook 2007 - Calendar Appointments [PDF]
How to add an appointment to your Outlook calendar.  Modifying an existing appointment.  Deleting an appointment from the calendar.  Scheduling a recurring appointment.  Editing or deleting a recurring appointment.

Outlook 2007 - Scheduling a Meeting [PDF]
How to send a meeting request.  Responding to a meeting request.  Receiving responses from a meeting request.  Modifying the details of an existing meeting on your calendar.  Schedule a recurring meeting.

Microsoft PowerPoint

Basics of PowerPoint 2007 [PDF]
An introduction to using the Office Button, the Quick Access Toolbar, the Mini-Toolbar, and the Zoom Slider.

Saving a PowerPoint Presentation as a PDF File [PDF]
What is a PDF file?  Why save your PowerPoint as a PDF?  How to save your PowerPoint presentation as a PDF.  Creating PowerPoint handouts and outlines as a PDF file.

Microsoft Word

Introduction to Word 2007 [PDF]
An introduction to using the Office Button, the Quick Access Toolbar, the Mini-Toolbar, and the Zoom Slider.

Resetting Line Spacing and Font Settings to Word 2003 Defaults [PDF]
How to reset your default document so that paragraphs are single spaced without any extra space after each paragraph.  How to reset the default font to Times New Roman.

Saving a Word Document [PDF]
Using Save and Save As.  How to saving a Word document.  The Save As Dialogue Box.  Additional Controls in the Save As Dialogue Box.  Saving as different File Types.

Formatting Text and Paragraphs [PDF]
Selecting text within your document.  Formatting text.  Displaying non-printing characters.  Applying font formatting to paragraphs.  Paragraph formatting.  Using the paragraph dialogue box.

Margins [PDF]
How to Change the size of your document’s margins.  Distinguishing between margins and paragraph indentation.  Setting custom margins.  Applying different margin settings to different parts of a document.

Indenting [PDF]
How to identify Left, Right, Hanging, and First Line Indents.  Adjusting Left and Right Paragraph Indentation from the Ribbon.  Adjusting Indentation from the Paragraph Dialogue Box.  Adjusting Indentation from the Ruler.  Word 2007 AutoFormat and First Line Indents.

Headers, Footers, & Page Numbers [PDF]
Inserting a “Built-In” Header or Footer.  Creating a Header or Footer.  Inserting a Page Number into a Header or Footer.  No Header and Footer on First Page of Document.  Applying Different Headers and Footers to Sections of a Document.  Formatting Page Numbers.

Saving a Word document as a PDF file [PDF]
What is a PDF file?  How to save your Word document as a PDF.