This Wednesday, Oct 31, at 10 a.m. in Gorgas Room 205: 

                A demonstration of Innovative Interfaces Inc. Encore discovery interface. 

Come with questions in hand.

Two Technology Fora have been scheduled for presentations on two discovery interfaces.

• Wednesday, October 17, 2007, 10 a.m. Ex Libris Primo
• Wednesday, October 31, 2007, 10 a.m. Innovative Interfaces Encore 

Come learn about these replacements for the public catalog interface.  Bring lots of questions. 

Sorry, folks, these will be held in Gorgas 205.

All,

Two Technology Fora have been scheduled for presentations on two discovery interfaces.

• Wednesday, October 17, 2007, 10 a.m. Ex Libris Primo
• Wednesday, October 31, 2007, 10 a.m. Innovative Interfaces Encore 

Come learn about these replacements for the public catalog interface.  Bring lots of questions. 

Some Tips on Office 2007

As you have probably noticed, there are a number of actions in Office 2007 applications that seem to require more mouse clicks (or keystrokes) to apply than in Office 2003. There are also some shortcuts that I’d like to highlight to ease the pain of this migration.

Office Button and Ribbon Tricks

The Office button is the clickable circle with colored squares in it located at the upper left-hand corner of the window. The ribbon flies to the right of the button. It includes shortcut options for the application you are currently running. The button and ribbon are available at different times depending on the application. Word and Excel have it available when you are in any particular document. Outlook, on the other hand, displays the button and ribbon only when you are viewing an individual email message.

By selecting the downward pointing arrow at the right end of the ribbon you can add shortcuts for a variety of tasks that you commonly use. For example in Word, I regularly use print, open, save, save as, undo, and redo, so I added them to my ribbon. You can select “More commands” to see a list of commands that can be added to your ribbon and to order them as you wish. You will need to set up the ribbon for each Office application, i.e., Word, Excel, Outlook, etc. Configuring Office in this way not only makes it easier to find popular commands, but also adds to your productivity within the software.

Save Formats in Office 2007

Another important factor to keep in mind with Office 2007 is the default file format. In Office 2007 it is a new type, incompatible with earlier versions, that fully supports the added features of Office 2007. The rest of the world, or campus to be more specific, may or may not have access to Office 2007. If you have a document (or spreadsheet) that is destined to be sent elsewhere on campus (or the world) it probably is best to save it in the “Word 97-2003 Document” format. Click on the Office button, select “Save As” and then “Word 97-2003 Document.” That way your document will be readable by earlier versions of Microsoft Office applications.

OLT will be scheduling additional Office 2007 training sessions in the near future. We highly recommend that everyone attend these, so that we are all up-to-speed on how to function effectively and efficiently in these key applications.

Wait ‘til You See What’s Up in Web Services

I just can’t contain my excitement! Shortly you will be invited into a new environment that we will use to show off interesting developments, test ideas and applications, and collect feedback. The folks in Web Services have been hard at work building something really cool! Stay tuned for more….