Microsoft has embraced a more open manner with its software applications by asking users to create how-to videos for Microsoft products. Microsoft has now set up a Community Clips section to its online Help and How-to Guides' web pages. It also offers a Community Clips recorder which is a free download and add-on. So if you see yourself as a Office 2007 software guru you can start creating your own How-to Office tutorials and How-to guides with this screen capturing software recorder.
I haven't created any of my own videos yet. I will be using it to add how-to videos to my FAQ page Spring 2009. I have looked over several of the videos made by others. Here is one that tells you about community clips.
One of my top selections is the one below on "How to Transpose Data in Excel 2007" with the new Data tab they have. I have accounting students asking this question alot and I always have to go to Help to remember how to do it. Sad I know.
Another video that brings to mind another accounting exercise is one that uses major league baseball wins and salaries to create a graph of comparison. This community clip shows you how to use the Data tab in Excel to grab live data off the Internet and bring it into an Excel sheet. Enjoy.
