Jody Oliver's List: Workshops: Office

explore around! really cool and lots of free things for education!

Take a look and this ongoing list of new stuff in Google Docs. Google is making it quite the online tool. And you don't need to worry if your computer crashes -- it keeps all of your documents online and secure.

A collaboration tool! Working on a proposal, presentation, or budget with several people? Use Google Docs! It's free and this way you only have one document! The "owner" can invite others to view and/or edit the same document.

Have Office at work and don't want to purchase it for home? Then use OpenOffice! It's free and completely compatible. Share this site with your schools, parents, colleagues, and students!

"Training roadmaps show you which courses are available and tell you what they cover"

Before designing any document, look to see if there is already a template created for you ... and tweak that!

All free and easy to use. Search is simple.

"64 Ways to Work Smarter in Office

Be more efficient! These tips will help you work faster in every MS Office program. You won't find these tips anywhere else!"

"You use Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint on a daily basis and are still be trying to figure out where things are and how they work, using only 10% of the applications power. Below are 101 customizations and tweaks to help you harness the power of productivity, and customize MS office to work for you."

Free Microsoft Office 2003, 2007, and Office 2010 Tricks, Tips & Notes "

"Microsoft Word 2007 tips and tweaks including configuring the status bar, adding document watermarks, hiding recent documents, and showing page thumbnails."

Get organized: Learn how to use Microsoft software in the classroom with tips and tricks presented in these how-to articles. You can use the search tool below to find lesson plans and how-to articles for your relevant subjects, grade levels, and products, or find articles on this page.