Kurt Shintaku's Blog

I know at least one of you is in full deployment mode around Office 2010.  With that in mind, here are some poignant resources for educating the end user community around how to use Office 2010 relative to the previous Office. (XP?!?  Yecch.)

• Office Desktop Deployment Knowledge Center:
  http://www.microsoft.com/click/deployoffice/train.aspx
• The Enterprise Learning Framework is slated to be updated for Office 2010 by 8/30.
  http://www.microsoft.com/technet/desktopdeployment/
  bdd/elf/Products.aspx
• Office 2010 Ribbon Hero
  http://www.officelabs.com/ribbonhero
• Sharepoint Productivity Hub w/ Expansion for Office 2010 (Intranet-based Training Resources/Tips & Tricks for Office 2010)
  http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=277fefca-d62f-41bc-943d-79002254cfee
• Office 2010 Interactive Guide for End Users
  • http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/outlook-help/learn-where-menu-and-toolbar-commands-are-in-office-2010-and-related-products-HA101794130.aspx#_Toc268688374
  • http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/results.aspx?freetext=2010%20Interactive%20menu%20to%20ribbon%20guide&displaylang=en&stype=s%5Fbasic
• Office 2010 Menu-to-Ribbon Reference Workbooks
  http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/templates/CL101817133.aspx?CTT=5
• Office 2010 Training Online (Videos – downloadable w/ Quick Reference Cards)
  • http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/support/training-FX101782702.aspx?CTT=97
  • http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/support/download-office-2010-training-HA101901726.aspx (DOWNLOADABLE VERSION)

NOTE:  Each lesson has its own Silverlight-based video training & Quick Reference Card – for example:  “Word”

• VIDEO: http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/word-help/acquaint-yourself-with-the-ribbon-RZ101816356.aspx?section=2
• QUICK REFERENCE: http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/word-help/quick-reference-card-RZ101816356.aspx?section=11&mode=print

• Quick Start Cards & Videos (QuickStart cards are for purchase)
  http://www.brainstorminc.com/landing/product-integration/microsoft/microsoft-office-online-help.aspx
• Office 2010 First Look eBook
  http://blogs.msdn.com/b/microsoft_press/archive/2010/01/20/free-ebook-first-look-microsoft-office-2010.aspx
• Microsoft Office-branded Merchandise
  http://www.co-store.com/iwbrandedmerchandise/

THE TRAINING PACKAGES
There’s a couple packages of content that are designed to be all-inclusive training material packages.  The first item is a 65MB collection of professionally done “leave-behinds”, “quick reference sheets”, etc. … for EVERY Office 2010 product. The second item is targeted at getting the IT dept to better understand Office 2010 and includes evangelism materials like posters, placards, email templates, etc.

• Office 2010 End User Resources (65MB – Word DOCX format)
  End user resources that can help learn Office 2010 products.  Documents related Office 2010, including an overview, product guide, getting started, and new features.
  http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=9c45bba7-c08e-416c-8dcf-3a1b14bf1750
  (There is also a PDF version of these documents if you prefer for sending to external parties to reproduce professionally however they are not editable private use purposes i.e. you can’t personalize the docs & put your company’s logo into any of them or make them unique to the business.)
• Office 2010 IT Professional User Readiness Resources (40MB – Mixture of PDFs, .DOCX files, EMLs, etc.)
  Readiness materials that help prepare the business for the deployment of Office 2010. Help get users in your company excited about Office 2010. Use these posters, flyers, and weekly e-mail templates to get people excited.
  http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=730978c2-432e-4496-a40e-59bd6ab1a37d