As a geek who made his bread and butter by knowing how to use the old style Microsoft products, I've felt a little frustrated trying to use the new versions.
Well, here is the solution. Downloading and running these interactives allows you to carry out the commands you know from the old interface and then immediately be shown how to do the same thing in the new interface. After a while you can take off the training wheels.
- Excel -- http://www.microsoft.com/DOWNLOADS/details.aspx?familyid=89718ABD-2758-47B3-9F90-93788112B985
- Word -- http://www.microsoft.com/DOWNLOADS/details.aspx?familyid=9044790B-4E24-4277-B714-66D7B18D0AA1
- Powerpoint -- http://www.microsoft.com/DOWNLOADS/details.aspx?familyid=BEF41DC3-8E28-4282-82D4-CEC2F416CD40
- Access -- http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=b9574c72-657f-438c-9de9-f8f70dd2d40d