Office 2007 Team Meeting Minutes, December 5, 2006
Present:
Deb Bowser, Alex Kozlov, Alice Downing, Esther Yanow, Lisa St. Croix, Bill Brids, John Fothergill, Bronwen Heuer, April Barton
Introductions
Everyone introduced themselves and we welcomed Lisa St. Croix (Shared Svcs/Facilities and Alice Downing (Sloan) to the team.
Minute taking:
We will rotate taking minutes based on last name. Deb took minutes. The next team member to take minutes will be Bill Brids :-)
Future meetings:
Meetings for now will be bi-weekly. The next meeting is scheduled for Tues, Dec 19 in N42-202 then January 2. Deb will be at an off-site on the 19th.
Alex will facilitate and send agenda prior.
Project timeline:
February 2007
Training begins in February:
Excel:
- new features
- hands-on
- quick starts (1st Tues in Feb)
Word:
- 3hr hands on scheduled for Feb 27
Testing (team brainstorm session)
Deb asked the team to send written test results to the team via mail list <office-release@mit.edu>. If any bugs or incompatibilities are found, please attempt to reproduce before sending to team. The team will attempt to reproduce.
- pdf add-on (save files as pdf)
- test with multiple browsers (ie7, firefox)
- what does this feature have to offer
- why buy adobe pro
- compatibility add-on
- new file format (xms)
- compatibility (office 03, office 04)
- UI (ribbon, etc)
- shortcuts
- help menu
- mail merge
Test scenarios:
When testing upgrading or new installs, it is important to capture the amount of time it takes for installations to complete. It took Deb 20 minutes on an upgrade for only Outlook 2007. For someone else on the team, it took several hours?
We need to test and document customizing the installation for word, excel and powerpoint. Otherwise, the whole suite installs. The customization feature is not straight-forward.
Upgrading:
Windows XP SP2
- since we support Office 2003, we will test the upgrade path from this version and "NO" other versions.
New installations:
- Vista Enterprise
Communications plan:
A communication is being drafted by Jon hunt which informs the liaisons of the timeline of availability. The liaisons provide their own support and will be the first to receive Office 07 via media (CD)and a packet much like the Office 03 release (MSCA at MIT).
Deb needs to bug Jon to find out the status
- release project underway
Deb will draft a release project underway and send to the team for review by next week; pending the above communication.
- project notebook
Deb created a project notebook: (send info to Deb to be added) http://web.mit.edu/swrt/releases/office/
If needed, we will provide a 45 day update to the MIT community should something go awry with testing and our timeline is bumped.
Draft Office 2007 Release Announcement
- will be drafted and circulated to the team once we get close to release date.
Articles of interest:
Office 2007 Elearning content:
http://www.microsoft.com/learning/office2007/default.mspx
Word help and how to:
http://office.microsoft.com/enus/word/FX100649251033.aspx?CTT=96&Origin=CL10
0636481033
Excel help and how to:
http://office.microsoft.com/enus/excel/FX100646951033.aspx?CTT=96&Origin=CL1
00570551033
PowerPoint help and how to:
http://office.microsoft.com/enus/powerpoint/FX100648951033.aspx?CTT=96&Origi
n=CL100626991033
All downloadable training material:
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/results.aspx?qu=office+2007+training
