Microsoft® Office 2010: Transition from Office 2003 (First Look)
Course Specifications
Course number: 
Course length: 1.0 day(s)
Course Description
Course Objective: You will work with the new and updated features of Microsoft Office 2010.

Target Student: Users with prior experience of previous versions of the Microsoft Office suite, who are looking to transition to 2010 and want to know what the new features of Office 2010 are.

Prerequisites: To be successful in this course, you should be familiar with prior versions of the Microsoft Office suite of products (Excel, PPT, Word, Access, and Outlook).To ensure your success, we recommend you first take one of Element K's Level 1 courses, such as either of the following, or have equivalent skills and knowledge: 
•	Microsoft® Office Excel® 2003: Level 1
•	Microsoft® Office Word® 2003: Level 1 
•	Microsoft® Office Access® 2003: Level 1 
•	Microsoft® Office PowerPoint® 2003: Level 1 
•	Microsoft® Office Outlook® 2003: Level 1 
Hardware Requirements
•	A minimum of 4 GB of RAM per server plus 5 MB of RAM for each mailbox. 
•	At least 1.2 GB on the drive for installation. 
•	Additional 500 MB of available disk space for each Unified Messaging (UM) language pack that you plan to install. 
•	200 MB of available disk space on the system drive. 
•	DVD-ROM drive, local or network accessible. 
•	Disk partitions formatted as NTFS file systems. 
•	Keyboard and mouse or other pointing device. 
•	The paging file size should be equal to the amount of RAM on the server plus 10 MB. 
•	1 GHz Pentium® processor or faster. 
•	A minimum of 1 GB of RAM is recommended. 
•	10 GB of hard disk space or higher (You should have at least 1 GB of free hard disk space available for the installation of the Office suite.) 
•	CD-ROM drive. 
•	Keyboard and mouse or other pointing device. 
•	Monitor having 1024 x 768 resolution (recommended). 
•	Network cards and cabling for local network access. 
•	Internet access (check with your local network administrator). 
•	Printer (optional) or an installed printer driver. 
•	Projection system to project the instructor's computer screen. 
Software Requirements
Each computer requires the following software:
•	Microsoft® Office Professional Plus 2010 (Beta). 
•	Microsoft® Office Silverlight™ 3.0. 
•	Microsoft Windows Server 2008 x64 Standard and Enterprise Edition with Service Pack 2 or Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 Standard or Enterprise Edition. 
•	An x64 architecture-based computer with an Intel processor that supports the Intel Extended Memory 64 Technology (Intel EM64T) or AMD processor that supports the AMD64 platform. 
•	Operating system for installing management tools―the 64-bit editions of Microsoft Windows XP or Microsoft Windows Server 2008. 
•	Microsoft .NET Framework Version 3.0. 
•	Windows PowerShell. 
•	Microsoft Active Directory. 
•	Active Directory Application Mode (ADAM) SP1. 
•	Microsoft Management Console (MMC) 3.0. 
•	On all Mailbox servers with a 64-bit processor, you must install hotfixes such as Update for Windows Server 2008 x64 Edition (KB904639) and Update for Windows Server 2008 x64 Edition (KB918980). In addition, Exchange 2010 requires that you do not have the Network News Transfer Protocol (NNTP) or Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP) service installed. 
•	Microsoft Exchange Server 2010. 
•	Microsoft® Office® Professional Plus 2010 (Beta) suite Service Pack 1. 
•	Windows XP Professional with Service Pack 2. 
•	Microsoft® Windows Search 4.0. 
•	Microsoft® Windows Rights Management Services—Client. 
Course Objectives
Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to: 
•	identify the features that are common to all applications in the Microsoft Office suite. 
•	modify documents using Microsoft Office Word 2010. 
•	present spreadsheet data using Microsoft Office Excel 2010. 
•	create Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2010 presentations. 
•	work with databases using Access 2010. 
•	manage tasks using the new features in Microsoft Office Outlook 2010. 
•	share files in Microsoft Office 2010. 
Course Content
Lesson 1: Getting Started with Microsoft Office 2010
Topic 1A: Customize the User Interface 
Topic 1B: Work with Contextual Tabs 
Topic 1C: Save Files 
Topic 1D: Print Files 
Lesson 2: Modifying Documents Using Microsoft Office Word 2010
Topic 2A: Use the Navigation Pane 
Topic 2B: Apply Text Styles 
Topic 2C: Work with SmartArt Graphics 
Topic 2D: Insert Screenshots in a Document 
Topic 2E: Compare Reviewed Documents 
Lesson 3: Working with Spreadsheets Using Microsoft Office Excel 2010 
Topic 3A: Work with Tables in Excel 2010 
Topic 3B: Apply Conditional Formatting 
Topic 3C: Apply a Formula 
Topic 3D: Work with Charts 
Topic 3E: Create Sparklines 
Topic 3F: Work with PivotTables and PivotCharts 
Lesson 4: Creating Dynamic Presentations Using Microsoft PowerPoint 2010 
Topic 4A: Apply Themes 
Topic 4B: Apply Picture Effects to Presentations 
Topic 4C: Applying Animation Effects 
Topic 4D: Add Videos to a Presentation 
Topic 4E: Divide a Presentation into Sections 
Lesson 5: Working with Databases Using Microsoft Office Access 2010 
Topic 5A: Work with Tables 
Topic 5B: Work with Forms 
Topic 5C: Work with Macros 
Topic 5D: Work with Reports 
Topic 5E: Work with External Data 
Topic 5F: Designing a Database for the Web 
Lesson 6: Managing Tasks with Microsoft Office Outlook 2010
Topic 6A: Manage Mail Messages 
Topic 6B: Locate Information Quickly 
Topic 6C: Share Calendar Information 
Topic 6D: Share Information by Using an Electronic Business Card 
Topic 6E: Add RSS Feeds Through Outlook 2010 
Lesson 7: Sharing Microsoft Office 2010 Files
Topic 7A: Protect Files 
Topic 7B: Share Files Using Office Web Apps