Office 2007 Upgrade

About Office 2007 Upgrade

ILS has upgraded from Microsoft Office 2003 to 2007 on student PCs over the summer, this included all teaching lecterns and PC labs.

If you currently use the Office suite as part of teaching you can upgrade the application on your staff PC (see the right-hand column on this page) or you can log a request for an upgrade at: http://eris.worc.ac.uk/customerportal

Any documents, including PowerPoint presentations that were created in 2003 will still run on the 2007 platform.

We are initially covering the following topics:

  • PowerPoint
  • Word 
  • Major differences between 2003 and 2007.

We provide a one to one training program and an email support line at mailto:k.johnson@worc.ac.uk

We also provide links to online training material on the Tabs at the top of this page for you to go through at your own pace.  If you have any queries please email Tim Johnson on k.johnson@worc.ac.uk.

Compatibility Pack

Please note you can also install the compatibility pack that allows anyone who has 2003 to view and edit 2007 files. To access the download please go to:

To perform the installation of  Office 2007 to your University Computer yourself 

Follow the instructions below:

1. Close any open Office applications (such as outlook, Word, Excel)

2, Click on the Start button

3. Go to Settings and click on Control Panel

4. In the Control Panel window click Add or Remove Programs

5. A new window will open listing your currently installed programs.  On the left-hand side of the window click Add New Programs

(if Office 2007 is not in the list you may have to log off your computer and then back on again before you will see it)

6. You will see a list of available installations, click the "add" button to the right of Microsoft Office 2007

7. The software will launch, click the Upgrade button if prompted and follow any on screen prompts

8. That's it.  Go and have a cup of coffee for 20 minutes or so while the software installs.  When it has completed click Close.

If you have any Office 2007 using or training questions please contact Tim johnson (k.johnson@worc.ac.uk).  If you have any problems or installation requests for further Office 2007 applications (e.g. OneNote) please contact Mark Jones (mark.jones@worc.ac.uk).

Your own copy of Office

If you require a copy for home use please refer to the discounted MS Office for Staff document.

 

Useful Guides
Common Problems Finding Things:

The short answers below are all in alphabetical order. If you need something in more detail look at the FAQ or Useful Links Tabs above.  Remember you can always move frequently used buttons to The Quick Access Toolbar.

  • Help - Open the Office application you want help with and just click on the f1 key on your keyboard. If you want help with a particular Group, hover over the button you want help with and press f1.
  • Insert Comments - It's on the Review Tab, second Group from the right.
  • Line Spacing - It's on the Home Tab in the middle of the Ribbon, third Group from the left. The button is in the middle on the bottom row.
  • New Style - It's on the Home Tab, click on the small arrow in the corner of the Styles Group to open the Styles side bar. The New Style button is at the bottom of the side bar on the left.
  • Print - It's in the Office Button on the top left-hand side of your screen
  • Save - It's in the Office Button on the top left-hand side of your screen
  • Textbox - It's on the Insert Tab, second Group from the left
  • Word Count - It's on the left-hand side of the bar at the bottom of the screen
FAQ

There are lots of ways to find information on this site:

  • For very quick answers, view Useful Guides.
  • The  documents about Word Tabs and Ribbons on these pages show what you can find under the different tabs, they are about 3 pages long.
  • The other Word documents which accompany the Screencasts are "How to ..." instructions and are about one page long.
  • All the FAQ answers are created as videos and as Word documents.  We have tried to keep them very short, the majority will be only 3-4 minutes long.
  • Each video is matched to one of the "How to" guides and you might find it useful to print out the Word document before you watch the video so you can make notes.
  • The Microsoft videos are very long about 20-40 minutes but they are useful if you want to gain a wider understanding of part of Office 2007.
  • The Software Made Simple Books you will need a password which you can obtain from the "eLearning and Teaching Technologies" team in ILS at mailto:eos@worc.ac.uk
If you can't find an answer to your question in one of the resources here please email me, Tim, on k.johnson@worc.ac.uk or please do contact me if you want to suggest something that you have found useful.
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