Microsoft® Office 2013: Transition from Office 2003

Course Specifications

Course Number:

091123

Course Length:

1 day

Course Description

Overview:

You’ve used Office 2003 to create various types of business materials from documents in Microsoft® Word to spreadsheets in Excel® to presentations in PowerPoint®. Perhaps you use Outlook® to manage your calendar, contacts, and email or Access® to manage inventory and trouble tickets.

However you use Office, the fact is the Office suite of applications is the de-facto standard for business productivity software. Each new release of Office builds upon the successes of the previous generations.

This course builds upon the foundational Microsoft® Office 2003 knowledge and skills you’ve already acquired. It focuses on the enhanced features you’ll want to leverage to improve the way you manage, organize, present, and distribute your company’s data and information.

You’ll explore a variety of enhancements, from Word’s ability to edit PDF files, to the new Flash Fill functionality in Excel that dramatically increases the speed at which you can add data to a spreadsheet. You’ll discover how the cloud has been deeply integrated into your Office experience and how collaborating with colleagues has never been easier.

The Microsoft® Office 2013: Transition from Office 2003 course will help you bridge the gap from the version you already know and love to the latest release of Microsoft’s flagship productivity suite.

Course Objectives:

In this course, you will increase your productivity using the new features available in Office 2013 applications.

You will:

Target Student:

This course is intended for individuals who already have foundational knowledge and skills in Office 2003, and who are interested in transitioning to Office 2013.

Prerequisites:

To ensure your success in this course, you will need to have familiarity with Windows® 8 or 8.1 and the Office 2003 suite of products, including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access, and Outlook. To meet this prerequisite, you can take any one or more of the following Logical Operations courses:

Course-specific Technical Requirements

Hardware

For this course, you will need one computer for each student and one for the instructor. Each computer will need the following minimum hardware configurations:

Software

Course Content

Lesson 1: Getting Started with Microsoft Office 2013

Topic A: Work with the Ribbon

Topic B: Customize the User Interface

Topic C: Save and Print Files in Different Formats

Topic D: Apply Office 2013 Common Features

Lesson 2: Working with Microsoft Word 2013

Topic A: Navigate and Find Information

Topic B: Manage Text and Graphics

Topic C: Manage Documents

Lesson 3: Working with Microsoft Excel 2013

Topic A: Manage Worksheet Data

Topic B: Incorporate Charts

Topic C: Analyze Data

Lesson 4: Working with Microsoft PowerPoint 2013

Topic A: Apply Themes and Effects

Topic B: Leverage Enhanced Presentation Features

Topic C: Incorporate Objects

Lesson 5: Working with Microsoft Access 2013

Topic A: Navigate Access and Work with Tables

Topic B: Create Forms and Use Templates

Topic C: Work with Queries, Macros, and Reports

Topic D: Build a Database for the Web

Lesson 6: Working with Microsoft Outlook 2013

Topic A: Manage Email Messages

Topic B: Manage Calendar, Task, and Contact Information

Topic C: Apply Additional Outlook 2013 Features