- Word 2007 doesn't let you customize each menu to the same extent as prior versions of Word. But you can customize the Quick Access toolbar. Doing so keeps the tools you use most a mouse click away. You can begin customizing the Quick Access toolbar by clicking the down arrow at the top left corner of the Word application window. Clicking the "More Commands" item opens a dialog box where you can select any tools in Word and place it on the Quick Access toolbar. When you close this dialog box, you will see the tools you chose added to the Quick Access toolbar.
- Word 2007 seems filled with commands the first time you open it. But the hidden "Developer" tab contains even more tools. The "Developer" tab holds command for recording and playing macros, the programs that automate the repetitive tasks you do in Word, like converting comma-separated words into a table. The "Developer" tab also holds controls for designing forms for user entry. You can display this hidden tab by clicking the Office button, clicking "Options," then clicking the "Show Developer tab" check box.
- Word 2007's Quick Parts does what AutoText did in prior versions of Word: it lets you quickly store and retrieve those long words and phrases that are so tedious to type, and that you have to insert again and again across different documents. Inserting a selection in Quick Parts involves clicking the "Insert" tab, clicking the "Text" panel's "Quick Parts" icon; then clicking the "Save to Quick Parts" item. Retrieving a Quick Parts entry involves clicking the Quick Parts button as mentioned, then clicking the item you inserted earlier.
- It's faster to use the keyboard to run a command than to use mouse clicks on menu items or toolbar icons. Word 2007 makes it easy to assign a keyboard shortcut to any Word command. You do this by clicking the Office button; clicking the "Options" button; clicking the "Customize" tab; then clicking the "Customize" button to the right of the "Keyboard" label. Be careful about assigning keys that Word has already assigned, especially keys you use a lot, such as "Control" and "P" to print, and "Control" and "S" to save documents.
- Older versions of Word allowed you to format text by using a context menu, which you call up with a right-click of the mouse. However, unless you took the trouble to customize that context menu, it wouldn't match the variety of commands Word 2007 makes available in its floating format toolbar. This toolbar has commands for highlighting a selection, changing font size, changing the font itself and other commands.
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