Microsoft Showcase: Office Casual: How to play the game of Office with Ribbon Hero

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Office Casual: How to play the game of Office with Ribbon Hero

January 19, 2010
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Now you can learn about using Word, Excel, and PowerPoint in a friendly and fun way: Ribbon Hero. Doug Thomas shows you how to play this game--from the folks at Office Labs--that teaches while you score points and humble your opponents.

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