Microsoft Office 2007: The Best Way to Orient One

This morning, as a team, we visited our Local Government Unit (LGU) counterparts in Gingoog City to discuss some significant schedules and initiatives to be considered for the Project on Enhancement of Local Governance and Community Empowerment in Microwatersheds in Misamis Oriental (Project ELCEMM). After the meeting, we wanted to print some documents and suddenly one of the counterparts complained about Windows Vista. While he was substantiating his problem, I realized that his problem is not really with this Operating System but the Office installed in it.

Desktop computers, which were provided by JICA (the project funder) to the counterparts are absolutely one of the latests and, expectedly, they are installed with the Microsoft Office 2007. Unfortunately, this office version is new to them that they got almost totally disoriented with the applications, specifically with Microsoft Word. Well, it wasn't my first time to hear this comment, but then I guess, they're simply not ready to it or perhaps not too well with the 2003 Office to get to the 2007 Office.

To address this common concern, Project ELCEMM is in the process of developing a training design, which aims to develop computer operation skills among project counterparts in LGUs.

While searching online, I happened to read an article entitled Getting to Know Microsoft Office 2007. This article is such a great help to me, who might be facilitating the incoming training, and to everyone else who are not quite acquainted yet with the latest Microsoft Office. Personally, this article has given me a better idea on how to explain the new applications in the simplest way. In this article, items are well explained, organized, and itemized. Instructions are very reader-friendly and can easily be followed. Examples and instructions are very specific, which I guess are comprehensible to the oldies and the newbies. Salient items include:

• Loading an Office 2007 Program
• Opening an Existing File
• Closing a File
• Using the Quick Access Toolbar
• Using the Quick Access Icons
• Adding Icons
• Removing Icons
• Minimizing the Ribbon
• Using the Ribbon
• Deciphering Ribbon Icons
• Using Line Preview

Take note that these features are common to Microsoft Word, Powerpoint, and Excel. In other words, mastering these 11 features promote one as well to a higher level of acquaintance or orientation to these frequently used Office 2007 applications.

Aren't you familiar yet with the latest Office? Better follow this site's instruction. Absolutely, you will agree with me that the Microsoft Office 2007 is far better and more user friendly than the previous ones.

Scholarships

My ate is a scholar eversince college, probably even elementary and high school if there were. After college, she received a free training in Netherlands. After which, she was granted a scholarship in Belgium. Having graduated Master of Science in Nematology with the highest honor in Ghent University, she was again granted another scholarship. Canada this time at the university of Manitoba, where she studies Master of Science in Soil Ecology.

As a scholar, she is at the same time a researcher and a scientist. She works with scientists in the arctic. Yes, the arctic, and she has seen polar bears which she used to see in books and in televisions. As scholar, she was afforded the opportunity to travel, if I may remember, places like Italy/Rome, Spain, Germany, Sweden, Netherlands, Belgium, Japan, Singapore, Canada, France, Paris, London, Venice, and the Philippines (hahahaha). Yeah, she had been to the historic sites of these places. It was made possible, aside from her thriftiness, by generous filipinos she met in Europe. She's blessed with friends like them.

I was never attracted to scholarships, not until I joined XU graduation where I saw different sorts of toga. I did wish, I have one like that of Fr. Jett.hehehehe

So, I told my ate that I am now convinced of taking a masters degree abroad as she had long been inviting and persuading me. She told me that she'll give me sites and online forms but I have found them myself online. Now, I am receiving scholarship updates from around the globe. And, as desired long time ago, I want to take the Mombusho scholarship of the government of Japan. I guess, after my term with JICA (Japan International Cooperation Agency) I will qualify as a scholar in Japan (If God wills it).

(If you are interested on scholarships, let me know, and we'll ask help from ate keket.)