Lancaster University

The links below provide access to guides, step by step handouts and practice files for the IT Training courses run in the Library Training Suites.

Demonstrations of New Software:

• Introducing Windows 7
• Introducing Office 2010
• Outlook Web App

Microsoft Office

PLEASE NOTE: There are a series of helpful Office 2010 handouts on the Office 2010 documentation page. These handouts cover Word 2010, Excel 2010, PowerPoint 2010 and Outlook 2010.

Hourly Word 2007 handouts:

• Session 1: Introducing Word
• Session 2: Page Setup, Headers and Footers, Breaks and Sections
• Session 3: Referencing using Table of Contents, Captions and Indexes
• Session 4: Tables, Smart Art and Quick Parts
• Session 5: Inserting Objects inc. cover pages, pictures, clip art, shapes and symbols
• Session 6: Tracking Changes, Protection
• Session 7: Mail Merge

Hourly Excel 2007 handouts:

• Session 1: Introducing Excel
• Session 2: Setting up a Spreadsheet, Basic Formula and Charts
• Session 3: Formula and Functions
• Session 4: Sorting, Filtering and Subtotals
• Session 5: Page Setup, Validation and Scenarios
• Session 6: Pivot tables and Pivot Charts
• Session 7: Conditional formatting, Error tracing and Protection

Hourly PowerPoint 2007 handouts:

• Introduction to PowerPoint
• Design Themes
• Charts, Tables and Shapes
• Animation
• Page Setup, Printing and Saving
• Masters and Templates

Hourly Outlook 2007 handouts:

• Using Email (inc. signatures, email options and quick parts)
• Using the Calendar (inc. appointments, meetings, sharing calendars)
• Using Tasks
• Mailbox Organisation (inc. personal folders and archiving)
• Link to Microsoft's PST backup Add in
• Shared Mailboxes
• Recovering Deleted Items

Guidebooks and files for Office 2007 Courses:

• Analysing and Reporting data with Excel 2007
  • Practice Files
  • Demo Practice File
• Word 2007 for Academic Purposes
  • Practice Files
• More from Outlook 2007
• Posters with PowerPoint 2007
  • Practice Files
• Poster Design Notes
• Presentations with PowerPoint 2007
  • Practice Files
• LICA Practice Files 2012 session

Web Authoring and Images

• Web Authoring with XHTML and CSS
  • xHTML Practice Files
  • CSS Practice Files
• Dreamweaver CS4
  • Practice Files
• Introduction to Adobe Photoshop CS4
  • Practice Files
• Basic Paint.net guide

Non-Microsoft courses

• Internet Security for Parents - ChildNet International Useful Fact Sheets

Working with EndNote (Bibliographic Databases):

• Short Video Presentation by EndNote
• Getting Started with EndNote X4 by EndNote
• ...more>>

University Systems and Learning Technology Guides

• Learning Technology Guides (LUVLE and more...)
• LUSI User Guides
• Agresso User Guides and Other Documentation
• Adobe Acrobat practice files

Last updated: 10.06.11