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Finally making the leap from Office 2003 to 2007 or 2010? Wondering where your favorite 2003 commands are located in the new interface? Or just want to explore the new interface with a little guidance?

Microsoft has put together a handful of interactive web applications that will help ease the transition. Check them out!

• Office 2003-2007 Interactive Command Reference Guides
  • To use the guides, in INTERACTIVE GUIDES, in Run from here, click the appropriate guide — Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access, Outlook.

• Office 2003-2010 Interactive Command Reference Guides
  • To use the guides, in Use an interactive guide to find my commands, click the appropriate guide — Word, Access, Excel, InfoPath, Outlook, OneNote, PowerPoint, Publisher, Project, Visio.

Need to import an Excel chart into a PowerPoint Presentation? Don’t just copy and paste the chart! This can let viewers of your PPT file gain access to the data and change the way the chart looks.

Instead:

1. In Excel:
   1. Select the chart.
   2. Copy the chart (Control/Command – C).
2. In PowerPoint:
   1. Create the slide in which you wish the chart to be displayed.
   2. Bring up the Paste Special dialog box:
      • PowerPoint 2003/2004/2008/2011
        Click Edit>Paste Special
      • PowerPoint 2007/2010
        On the Home tab, click the arrow under Paste, and select Paste Special
3. Choose Picture.
4. Click OK.

Now your chart will appear as just a picture, the chart won’t have the data embedded inside of it. This helps prevent viewers of your presentation from gaining access to the data and possibly manipulating the chart without your permission. Plus, it’ll make your PowerPoint file smaller in size!

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