Microsoft Office 2000: Document Integration

Course description

Overview: Students will learn how to create integrated files using information supplied by Microsoft Office 2000 applications, as well as how to increase interaction between Microsoft Office 2000 programs

Prerequisites: One of the following operating system courses: Windows 95: Introduction, Windows 98: Introduction, or Windows NT 4.0: Introduction. Additionally, all introductory level Microsoft Office 2000 classes (Access, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, and Word) or equivalent knowledge.

Target student: Students enrolling in this course should be familiar with the basics of Windows 95 or later as well as have an introductory-level understanding of all Microsoft Office 2000 programs.

Performance-based objectives

Lesson objectives help students become comfortable with the course, and also provide a means to evaluate learning. Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:

*     Customize the Microsoft Office Shortcut Bar and use it to get help from the Office Assistant, open existing Office documents, and create new ones.

*     Use the Office Clipboard to copy and paste data between Office documents and create and edit links between Office applications.

*     Differentiate between embedding and linking, open and edit an embedded object, and use different methods to embed objects.

*     Leverage shared Microsoft Office 2000 features (hyperlinks) and tools (SpellChecker, AutoCorrect, WordArt, and clip art).

*     Use Microsoft Office Binder to modify and organize multiple documents.

*     Create a PowerPoint presentation based on a Word outline and existing slides, use the Meeting Minder, and preview a presentation as a Web page.

*     Use Outlook to track document activity, import an existing Access database, and use imported information in a Word mail merge.

Course Content

Lesson 1: Introduction to the Microsoft Office

Shortcut Bar and the Office Assistant

Exploring the Microsoft Office Shortcut Bar

Opening documents from the Shortcut Bar

Creating new documents from the Shortcut Bar

Getting Help using the Shortcut Bar

Lesson 2: Copying and pasting to share data

Copying and pasting data

Using Paste Special to create links between Office applications

Lesson 3: Embedding objects to share data

Embedding objects

Editing an embedded object

Additional methods for embedding objects

Lesson 4: Shared Microsoft Office 2000 features and tools

Creating hyperlinks between Microsoft Office 2000 files

Using the SpellChecker and AutoCorrect

Using WordArt and clip art

Lesson 5: Using the Office Binder

The Office Binder

Creating a new binder

Working with binder sections

Modifying and printing a binder

Lesson 6: Using PowerPoint integration features

Inserting files to create slides

Using the Meeting Minder

Preparing a presentation for the Web

Lesson 7: Using Outlook integration features

Using the Journal to track Office files

Creating a new Contact folder and importing an Access database

Using the Outlook address book to create a mail merge in Word

Viewing the Outlook Journal