During 2008 the University will be upgrading to Windows Vista and Microsoft Office 2007 on all PCs at all campuses. For more details on this project see the Computing Services Website|.
Training Sessions
Details of Training Sessions for Vista and Office Upgrade
Tutorials from the Microsoft Website
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Interactive Online Guides - these interactive guides will help you find where your favourite Office 2003 commands are located in the new 2007 Office system.
Other resources from Microsoft
Printable Guides
Quick Guides - printable 2 page PDF files that will give you an overview of the changes and new features in each program.
Our What's New in... series of more in depth manuals [pdf format] will help you to make the change from Office 2003 to Office 2007 as quickly and smoothly as possible. These guides also support the classroom based sessions which we will be running.
Cheltenham Courseware Training Library - printable and online manuals for Vista, Office 2007 and Internet Explorer 7 - only accessible to staff and students of Canterbury Christ Church University.
Guide to using PowerPoint 2007 in teaching labs| - over the summer most IT labs across the campus network were upgraded to Vista/Office 2007 - if you are using an IT lab and need to open and run PowerPoint files then this is a useful one page printable guide to the new 2007 version of PowerPoint.
Advice for Web Authors
FrontPage does not exist in the Office 2007 suite of programs so once your PC has been upgraded to Vista/Office 2007, if you need to edit University web pages you will need to use Terminal Services to continue to access FrontPage 2003.
View instructions on how to access FrontPage via Terminal Services| (updated August 2008)
For help and support with Vista and Office 2007 you can also contact:
i-zoneTel: 01227 782222 (ext. 2222 from an internal phone)
Email: i-zone@canterbury.ac.uk|