Other Office Packages

In addition to the five core packages listed on the left, Microsoft Office has other packages that are often used in conjuction with the main packages to extend functionality in more specialised areas. In no particular order, these packages are:

  • Visio
  • Publisher
  • One Note
  • Project
  • Groove
  • Communicator
  • Infopath

Microsoft Office 2007 / 2010

Launched, as their names suggest in 2007 & 2010, Microsoft Office 2007 was the most radical overhaul the Office suite had had in years.

Gone were the familiar menus, drop downs and dialogs that had been the mainstay of the office interface for many years, now replaced with the 'Ribbon' which was something you either loved or hated (we loved it!). The introduction of the Ribbon overshadowed many other additions, such as improved and extended functionality, live previews, open file formats and the ability to directly save documents as PDF files (with a free add-on from Microsoft)

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Microsoft Office - General Information

Information applicable to more than one member of the Office 2007 / 2010 Family

New Office File Formats - Office now has more file formats than ever, see them all here.
The new Microsoft Office user interface - Office now has a brand new radical interface, all explained here.

Microsoft Office - Access

This is Microsofts flagship database creation package, it is ofen used as the platform for commercial database development, and many 'pro' database programmers have cut their teeth on Access

Microsoft Office - Excel

The de-facto, standard spreadsheet application as used by almost every business in the country.

Adding a background to your Excel Spreadsheets - How to Jazz up your spreadsheets

Microsoft Office - Outlook

Most people know this as a program for sending & receiving E-mail but it has so much more, such as Calendar, Contacts & Task lists.

Importing Data Into Outlook - How to import your data from other programs into Outlook 2007 / 2010.

Microsoft Office - PowerPoint

Contrary to popular belief PowerPoint doesn't actually cause death, but is actually a fully featured multimedia presentation tool.

Microsoft Office - Word

Probably the most widely used of the Microsoft Office packages, used from homes, schools, and businesses to produce all types of documents.