Finding Commands using Office 2007 Ribbon
One of the problems I ran into when I first started using apps within Office 2007, such as Word and Excel, was finding certain commands within the Ribbon which replaces the long used toolbar + menu UI.
For those that haven’t started using Office 2007 yet and don’t know what I am referring to, below is a screenshot of the ribbon used by Word. Notice that the usual menus for File, Edit, View, etc. are no longer available.
When the time comes that you switch over to Office 2007, I think the following will be very helpful. Below are links to command reference guides that show you where to find commands within Office 2007 apps. The command reference guides do this by showing you the 2003 version of the app for selecting your command, and from that, maps you to the command within the Ribbon UI of the 2007 version. They are very helpful.
Interactive: Word 2003 to Word 2007 command reference guide
Interactive: Excel 2003 to Excel 2007 command reference guide
For more information on the Ribbon, follow the link below.
