Microsoft Office Labs brings a great way of learning Office by turning Office into a game. The game is named "Ribbon Hero". The game is a move by Microsoft to make every player to become a Hero of the Ribbon added in Office 2007 and later versions. By the way, Ribbon Hero only works with Microsoft Office 2007 and Office 2010 versions.
The game starts with a story involving Clippy as the lead actor. Clippy might sound familiar to everyone. Yes, it was a Microsoft Office assistant we all loved in the earlier Microsoft Office versions, which was removed from later versions of Office including 2007. Microsoft Office website provides the story which is excerpted below:
"The player will hop on board Clippy's stolen time machine and explore different time periods. With each time period, they get to explore a new game board with challenges they must complete to get to the next level. Each challenge takes the player into Word, Excel, PowerPoint, or OneNote to complete a task. Discover new Office features by actually using them, with a hint button to fall back on in case you get stuck. Race for a high score with colleagues, classmates and friends, or even put your score on your resume to show off your Office skills!"
How does Ribbon Hero work?
The game starts with a story involving Clippy as the lead actor. Clippy might sound familiar to everyone. Yes, it was a Microsoft Office assistant we all loved in the earlier Microsoft Office versions, which was removed from later versions of Office including 2007. Microsoft Office website provides the story which is excerpted below:
"The player will hop on board Clippy's stolen time machine and explore different time periods. With each time period, they get to explore a new game board with challenges they must complete to get to the next level. Each challenge takes the player into Word, Excel, PowerPoint, or OneNote to complete a task. Discover new Office features by actually using them, with a hint button to fall back on in case you get stuck. Race for a high score with colleagues, classmates and friends, or even put your score on your resume to show off your Office skills!"
How does Ribbon Hero work?
Ribbon Hero works on points. Points can be earned in two ways:
1. Once the app is installed as an addon on Office, using basic commands such as bold, italic, underline and complex commands such as styles will give points. Complex tasks definitely give more points than the basic tasks.
2. Play the challenges in Ribbon Hero. This is the real way of accumulating points as one can accumulate a good number of points in this option.
Also, Ribbon Hero keeps a tab on the features which are in use and those that are not. Ribbon hero also recommends other challenges to expose the players to new unused features. If you are planning to increase your score at a fast pace, then the second option is the way to go. By the way, Ribbon hero also allows to see the breakup of the points tally for the kind of activity performed right within the app.
Ribbon Hero facebook integration
Ribbon Hero allows for facebook integration and challenge friends on facebook. To integrate with facebook, click the "Connect to Facebook" button from the Ribbon Hero dialog box. After connecting with Facebook, Ribbon Hero will allow to compare your score to the average score of all of your friends, the average score of all Ribbon Hero users, and the average score in your primary network.
1. Once the app is installed as an addon on Office, using basic commands such as bold, italic, underline and complex commands such as styles will give points. Complex tasks definitely give more points than the basic tasks.
2. Play the challenges in Ribbon Hero. This is the real way of accumulating points as one can accumulate a good number of points in this option.
Also, Ribbon Hero keeps a tab on the features which are in use and those that are not. Ribbon hero also recommends other challenges to expose the players to new unused features. If you are planning to increase your score at a fast pace, then the second option is the way to go. By the way, Ribbon hero also allows to see the breakup of the points tally for the kind of activity performed right within the app.
Ribbon Hero facebook integration
Ribbon Hero allows for facebook integration and challenge friends on facebook. To integrate with facebook, click the "Connect to Facebook" button from the Ribbon Hero dialog box. After connecting with Facebook, Ribbon Hero will allow to compare your score to the average score of all of your friends, the average score of all Ribbon Hero users, and the average score in your primary network.
Ribbon Hero 2: Clippy's Second Chance
This is the second installation of Ribbon Hero, that is why '2' appears at the end of the title. The difference between the two versions is Clippy, comic strips, colorful graphics, surprise animations, multiple levels, time travel, upside-down Clippy, space ships, Greek Gods, bow-and-arrow battles, and a ton of useful Office features.
So go ahead, download Ribbon Hero 2: Clippy's Second chance, learn Microsoft Office and challenge your friends on Facebook.
Requirements: Vista or Windows 7 (32/64 bit) or XP (32 bit), Office 2007 or Office 2010 (32/64 bit)
Limitations: English only, Works with Word, Excel, PowerPoint and OneNote only, Does not support versions of Office earlier than Office 2007
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