Document Yourself: Office Suite Comparisons and Uses
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Document Yourself: August 10 2013 Office Productivity Suite Comparisons and Uses Types of Office Suites • It's no secret that Microsoft dominates the productivity/office suite market, but that doesn't mean it's the only way to go. • Corel, Sun Microsystems, Apple, IBM, and others offer alternatives free or at a fraction of the price. • As of the last few years you will also need to decide if your internet is reliable enough to subscribe to an online office suite or if you need to load the software on your desktop. History of Microsoft Office http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Microsoft_Office • Office 1, January 23, 1985 • Office2, August 1 1989 • Office 3, August 30, 1992 • Office 4.x, January 14, 1994 • Office 95, August 30, 1995 • Office 97, November 19, 1996 • Office 2000, June 7, 1999 • Office XP (Version 2002), May 31, 2001 • Office 2003, November 17, 2003 • Office 2007, January 30, 2007 • Office 2010 , June 15 2010 • Office 365, June 28 2011 (Online) • Office 2013, January 29 2012 http://www.upvlibrary.org/UPVL_imag es/upvl _ms_word_200 7_logo. png Microsoft Word http://www.upvlibrary.org/UPVL_imag es/upvl _ms_word_200 7_logo. png http://lh3.ggpht.com/-wYNNaYTghxU/UE3n0cychgI/AAAAAAAABSY/6EW9gbDRwpE/msword2007UI%25255B6%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800 Microsoft Word http://www.upvlibrary.org/UPVL_imag es/upvl _ms_word_200 7_logo. png http://www.upvlibrary.org/UPVL_imag es/upvl _ms_word_200 7_logo. png • 1. FILE MENU BUTTON: use as the most standard menu command under the file menu in old version. Once you click, you can print your document, setup restrictions of your document, save and save as, and publishing document in the blog and sent your document in an email, etc. • 2. INSERT MENU TOOLBAR: primarily used to insert objects of application. One of the most common is the image or picture, such as: pages, tables ,illustrations, links, header & footer, text formatting, and symbols. • 3. HOME MENU TOOLBAR: these are the standard and formatting command buttons of the application features such as clipboard- the cut, copy, paste, and paint command font formatting command, the paragraph indentions, and the styles of the text. • 4. PAGE LAYOUT MENU TOOLBAR: once you prepare your document template, use this menu to apply Themes, Page Setup, Page background, Paragraph Indentions, and text alignment or the arrange buttons. • 5. REFERENCES MENU TOOLBAR: these are the table of contents features, footnotes, citation, bibliography, captions, index, and table of authorities. • 6. MAILINGS MENU TOOLBAR: in advance use of this new version, use this menu for creating envelops, labels, document mail merge, write and insert fields, preview results, and finish mail merge. • 7. REVIEW MENU TOOLBAR: to assure the correctness of our spelling and grammar and other features, this versions have a features of Proofing, comments, tracking service, changes,compare, and protect. • 8. VIEW MENU TOOLBAR: other features included, same as the applications of the view menu toolbar of the MS-WORD 2003. This includes of the Document Views, Show/Hide, ex: Ruler, Document-Zoom, Window View, and Macros application. • 9. ZOOM IN ZOOM OUT SLIDING BAR: situated at the bottom right side of the document window, this is use to zoom in/zoom out within the document. By dragging this using your mouse, rather by selecting a specific number of size of document template. http://www.razorleaf.com/wp-content/ uploads /2009/0 9/Micr osoft-Excel-2007-Logo. png Microsoft Excel http://www.razorleaf.com/wp-content/ uploads /2009/0 9/Micr osoft-Excel-2007-Logo. png http://0.tqn.com/d/spreadsheets/1/0/0/-/-/-/excelScreen_labeled.gif http://www.razorleaf.com/wp-content/ uploads /2009/0 9/Micr osoft-Excel-2007-Logo. png Microsoft Excel http://www.razorleaf.com/wp-content/ uploads /2009/0 9/Micr osoft-Excel-2007-Logo. png • Active Cell - In a worksheet, the cell with the black outline is the “active cell”. Data is always entered into the active cell. • Formula Bar - Located above the worksheet, this area displays the contents of the active cell. It can also be used for entering or editing data and formulas. • Name Box - Located next to the formula bar, the Name Box displays the cell reference or the name of the active cell. • Column Letter - Columns run vertically on a worksheet and each one is identified by a letter in the column header. • Row Numbers - Rows run horizontally in a worksheet and are identified by a number in the row header. • Together a column letter and a row number create a cell reference. Each cell in the worksheet can be identified by this combination of letters and numbers such as A1, F456, or AA34. • Sheet Tab - Switching between worksheets in a Microsft Excel file is done by clicking on the sheet tab at the bottom of the screen. http://spreadsheets.about.com/od/excel101/ss/Excel_Screen.htm https://corporatetrainingmaterials.com/images/c10006.gif Microsoft Power Point https://corporatetrainingmaterials.com/images/c10006.gif http://edutech.msu.edu/online/tutorial-imgs/ppt/mainwindow.png http://microsofthelpnow.com/wp-content/uploa ds/2012/04/M icrosoft -help3. png Microsoft Publisher http://microsofthelpnow.com/wp-content/uploa ds/2012/04/M icrosoft -help3. png http://img.downfocus.com/_software/la/30/834/ff8080813a07b324013a07c64c330834.png http://microsofthelpnow.com/wp-content/uploa ds/2012/04/M icrosoft -help3. png Microsoft Publisher http://microsofthelpnow.com/wp-content/uploa ds/2012/04/M icrosoft -help3. png • Publisher will help you to create, personalize and distribute professional-quality newsletters, brochures, calendars and more. • You can create your own publications with the professionally designed Publisher templates and customize the templates to meet your needs. • Do you need to create several publications for the same business? You can create different publication types that use the same options and information — such as the same color scheme and business information set. http://fc08.deviantart.net/fs70/i/2012/087/0/3/microsoft_office_picture_ma nager__ _2010_ style_by_poot erman-d4u73g w.png Microsoft Picture Manager http://fc08.deviantart.net/fs70/i/2012/087/0/3/microsoft_office_picture_ma nager__ _2010_ style_by_poot erman-d4u73g w.png “Microsoft Office Picture Manager has been removed from Office 2013 suites. However, there are more additional editing tools have been added in PowerPoint and Word 2013 applications which would accomplish the features of Picture Manager Program.” http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/office/forum/office_2007-office_install/is-office-picture-manager-included-with-office-h-s/3ce09200-1b05-4823-984c-9a4fa3ace54f Office 365 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_Office_365 Compare Microsoft Office Home 2013 to Microsoft Office Home 365 http://www.enterwebhub.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/Difference-between-office-2013-365.png Microsoft 365 Service Prices http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/home-premium/?WT.intid1=ODC_ENUS_FX101785584_XT104052692 http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/buy/compare-microsoft-office-products-FX102898564.aspx Battle of the Major Online Office Suites http://www.informationweek.com.mx/wp-content/uploads/galeria/office365-vs-googleapps/01_office-365-v-google-apps_full.jpg www.microsoft_office_365_versus_google_apps_for_business_battle_in_the_cloud.html http://images.pcworld.com/images/article/2011/05/07d_bizcr_chart1000px-5175280.jpg Another Online Office Productivity Option http://s3.amazonaws.com/crunchbase_prod_assets/assets/images/original/0007/6741/76741v2.png Another Online Office Productivity Option • You can run open office via a free remote connection via. www.openoffice-online.com They offer no storage, you will have to save your documents to your computer Battle of the ”free open source office suites” http://techandscience.com/techblog/ShowArticle.aspx?ID=2524 • Over the last two decades, two giants have emerged in the field of free open source office suites: Apache OpenOffice and LibreOffice. • At first glance the two seem completely identical, so how does the average user choose? Explore the details and features of both office suites so you can decide for yourself which free program is right for you. • We will be looking at Performance, Features and Support Similarities to Microsoft Office • The OpenOffice and LibreOffice interfaces look almost exactly the same, with only subtle differences in the details. Both are designed to be similar to Microsoft Office (specifically 2003), to make the transition easier for Microsoft users. • Both OpenOffice and LibreOffice are compatible with almost every operating system, including Linux, Windows, and Mac. – Both are compatible with all major competitor’s file formats, including Microsoft Office, and both are available in almost every language. • Both OpenOffice and LibreOffice open with a Start Center which allows you to choose which application you would like to use. Both even come included with the same applications: • Writer, Calc, Impress, Draw, Base, and Math. Writer, Calc, Impress, Draw, Base, and Math. • Writer/Text Document: is a word processing program similar to Microsoft Word, • Calc/Spreadsheet: is a spreadsheet program similar to Microsoft Excel, • Impress/Presentation: is a presentation program similar to Microsoft PowerPoint. • Draw: is a very basic image manipulation program similar to paint. • Base/Database: is a database program similar to Microsoft Access. • Math: is a tool for inserting mathematical equations and formulas into documents. Features • Both OpenOffice and LibreOffice feature accessibility options, a PDF exporter,