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Word 2007 Ribbon Guide
This is a quick-reference guide which lists the basic functions available in Word 2007
as they are grouped under the tabs which form the "Ribbon" interface which replaces the old menus
and toolbars in Microsoft Office.
We have similar guides for Excel 2007 and
PowerPoint 2007 as well.
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Having trouble finding the features you use in the new Microsoft Office Word 2007 "Ribbon" interface?
If you are, maybe this can help. The following is a fairly complete list of tabs and the main
sections below each tab in the Word 2007 Ribbon.
Note that where a "flyout" icon is shown in the bottom-right corner of a sub-section,
clicking it will popup a small window with more options/features. We put an asterisk (*) next to those
sections which have one of these "more options" buttons.
- Office Button (round button on top-left corner)
New, Open, Save, Save As (incl. 97-2003 format), Print (incl. print preview), Prepare, Send (email, fax), Publish, Close, Word Options.
- Home
- Clipboard *
Cut/Copy/Paste and Format Painter.
- Font *
Font face, size, bold, italic, underline, strikethrough, sub/superscript, highlight, font color, clear formatting.
- Paragraph *
Bullets, indentation, sort, show/hide, justification (left/right/center/full), line spacing, fill/shading color, borders
- Styles *
Basically a style gallery that makes it easy to apply a range of styles simultaneously to your text.
- Editing
Find, replace, select.
- Insert
- Pages
Insert cover page, page break, blank page.
- Table
(Insert, draw, convert text, Excel spreadsheet, quick tables)
- Illustrations
Insert picture, clip art, shapes, smart art, chart.
- Links
Insert hyperlink, bookmark, cross-reference.
- Header & Footer
Insert, header, footer, page number.
- Text
Text box, Quick Parts, WordArt, drop cap, signature linse, Date/Time, Object.
- Symbols
Equation, Symbol.
- Page Layout
- Themes
Themes, colors, fonts, effects.
- Page Setup *
Margins, orientation, size, columns, breaks, line numbers, hyphenation.
- Page Background
Watermark, page color, page borders.
- Paragraph *
Indentation, spacing (above/below)
- Arrange
Position, bring to front/send to back, text wrapping, align, group, rotate.
- References
- Table of Contents
Table of Contenxts, add text, update table.
- Footnotes *
Insert footnote, insert endnote, next footnote.
- Citation & Bibliography
Insert Citation, manage sources, Style (APA, MLA, Chicago, etc), Bibliography.
- Captions
Insert caption, table of figures, cross-reference.
- Index
Mark entry, insert index.
- Table of Authorities
mark Citation, insert table of authorities.
- Mailings
- Create
Envelope, labels.
- Start Mail Merge
Start mail merge, select recipients, edit recipient list.
- Write & Insert Fields
Highlight & merge fields, address book, greeting line, insert merge field, rules, match fields, update labels.
- Preview Results
Preview results, find recipient, auto check for errors, next/prev/first/last scrolling controls.
- Finish
Finish & Merge
- Review
- Proofing
Spelling & grammar, research, thesaurus, translate, translation screentip, set languate, word count.
- Comments
New comment, delete/previous/next.
- Tracking
Track changes, balloons, show markup, reviewing pane.
- Changes
Accept, reject, previous/next.
- Compare
Compare, show source documents
- Protect
Protect document
- View
- Document Views
Print layout, full screen reading, web layout, outline, drafts.
(Document views available at all times at bottom-right corner or Word window, next to the Zoom slider control)
- Show/Hide
Ruler, gridlines, message bar, document map, thumbnails.
- Zoom
Zoom, 100%, one page, two pages, page width.
(Zoom slider always visible at bottom-right corner, next to document views)
- Window
New window, arrage all, split, view side-by-side, synchronous scrolling, reset window position, switch windows.
- Macros
- Developer (optional tab - activate from Office Button -> "Word Options")
- Code
Visual Basic, macros, record macro, pause/resume recording, macro security.
- Controls
UI controls (ie. textbox, label, picture, combo box, drop-down list, date-picker, building block gallery, legacy controls), Design mode, properties, group/ungroup.
- XML
Structure, schema, transformation, expansion packs.
- Protect
Protect document.
- Templates
Document template
- There are also Context Sensitive Tabs which will vary depending on what you're doing
(ie. click on a Chart object, and Design, Layout, and Format tabs will appear to customize the selected Chart).
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Hope that helps!
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