CIOS

Welcome to Computer Information and Office Systems (CIOS)

What can CIOS do for you?

Are you ready to enrich your life by being involved in Kodiak College?

You can hone your technology skills, develop a network of colleagues, and share your expertise with others in your field.

The Computer Information and Office Systems department at Kodiak College provides students with the opportunity to develop the skills and qualities required to succeed in a world of technology and rapid change. Students can choose from a variety of job enrichment courses or work toward a Certificate or Associate of Applied Science degree.

Microsoft Office 2007 Tips

The first thing you’ll notice about the new version of Microsoft Office is the redesigned user interface. With over 1500 commands, Word finally outgrew its menu system. The Ribbon is designed to be more intuitive with command tabs (similar to the former menu items but reorganized) that are placed in the order the user is likely to use them. Instead of a drop down list of commands, each tab shows a set of buttons when you click on it.

Tip: The “Office button” has the same commands the old file menu had, like save and print.

Contextual commands (for working with tables, charts, etc.) appear only when the related object is selected (tricky for beginners who don’t know you have to select an object before you can do anything with it!).

Dialog launchers are the small arrow symbols in the lower-right corner of the command sets (e.g. see them above to the right of clipboard, font, etc.?). They provide more options.

Note: you won’t see this new menu structure in Publisher or Outlook.

Other new features across the board include galleries, live preview, the quick access toolbar and mini toolbar.

The new version of Office takes Galleries to the next level. For example, you’ll have a gallery of Themes to choose the “look” (colors, fonts, etc.) of your Word document, Excel spreadsheet, or PowerPoint slide. Live Preview allows you to see what the styles will look like with your content before you commit!

You can add buttons to the Quick Access Toolbar (see it above the home and insert tabs?) by right clicking a command and choosing Add to Quick Access Toolbar. There is also a Mini Toolbar that includes commonly used formatting tools. It appears when you select text.