http://blogs.msdn.com/jensenh/
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After furious head scratching, Jannr asked:
You're not alone.
I've suffered through losses of functionalities from version to version, and
this one just chaps my @%% too much. Now I can't even easily find the
things that don't work the same any more.
Val
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Do you find that going to help gives you information to solve the problem
you do not understand and/or recognize and you end up back at "help" to
untangle those instructions? BTW: I've started finding the keystroke
equivalents at home on XP 2003 and sending them to myself at work -- it is
helping.
J-
I suspect once you learn how to efficiently use the new UI then you'll
discover as I did, and numerous others who hated it initially too, things
you wondered how you ever lived without. :-) Here are a few tips and
resources that may help:
- Learn more about the Quick Access Toolbar (the small toolbar next to the
Microsoft Office Button that has Save and Undo on it by default). It's easy
to customize and add those commands you frequently use. To add a command,
right-click the command, either on the Ribbon or those found under the
Microsoft Office Button, and then click "Add to Quick Access Toolbar". To
add an entire group, such as the Font group on the Home tab, right-click the
group name instead of a command in the group. To remove a command,
right-click it and you'll see the Remove command. To reorganize commands,
right-click the Quick Access Toolbar and then click "Customize the Quick
Access Toolbar". I set mine up in the beginning so it looked exactly like
the first part of the old Standard toolbar and the first part of the
Formatting toolbar. What a difference that made!
- Right-click *everything*. Unlike previous versions, some commands can only
be found by right-clicking a command. This includes the Galleries as well.
- Use Interactive Guides to help you find commands you're unable to locate.
They can be found in Help or by using these links:
Excel : http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/excel/HA101491511033.aspx
PowerPoint: http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/powerpoint/HA101490761033.aspx
Word: http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/word/HA100744321033.aspx
- Spend a little time on Office Online. It contains a wealth of resources
from tips and tricks to training.
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After furious head scratching, Jannr asked:
| I realize I should have checked out the blog first, it all makes
| sense now "Millie."
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| "Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]" wrote:
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|| Pretty darned alone...
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|| http://blogs.msdn.com/jensenh/
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Oh, and the signature thing, it is on every post - don't get your panties in a twist.
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After furious head scratching, Jannr asked:
| Thank you for the (no pun intended) validation. If you check out the
As for your comments regarding the "signature thing," when you are in a
public discussion forum I suggest you leave petty, witchy comments out of it
if you wish to be taken seriously. Although having offered no substantative
information relative to using Word 2007, your credibility is somewhat suspect
already.
Again, thanks Beth for a productive response to my question.
Jann
I think they changed the wording as an attempt to add more clarity for new
users. I agree, it's frustrating when you are familiar with the old terms.
You can still use the keyboard, all of the keyboard shortcuts that were
available in Word 2003 still work in Word 2007. You can also use Alt key
navigation, called Key Tips. If you press your Alt key you'll see Key Tips
display above each command in the Ribbon and for each tab. Commands on your
QAT are assigned a Key Tip by the position of the command. Alt+1 is for the
first command, Alt+2 for the second, and so on.
You'll also see the keyboard shortcut identified in the Screen Tip for many
of the commands. Not all are identified, though, even if it has a shortcut
assigned. In that case, you can look up "keyboard" in Help for various lists
of keyboard shortcuts. Here is a link that may help:
http://office.microsoft.com/client/helppreview.aspx?AssetID=HP101476261033&QueryID=uusB5xNEL0&respos=6&rt=2&ns=WINWORD&lcid=1033&pid=CH100965071033#2
All-in-all, after using Office applications for over 20 years I do think
Office 2007 is worth the time to learn. I'm not just saying that, either.
There was a time I was saying quite the opposite. lol There are so many
great aspects that I wish the rest of the world would take the leap so I can
start implementing the new features.
If you want an example of a couple features I find the most exciting in
Word, I think Content Controls and Building Blocks will provide more
efficient methods of document creation - this is where you really start
finding time-saving steps. Using a content control, a type of data entry
contol, you can bind it a data source. The data can be used elsewhere in the
document and even extracted for database import. If you want an example of
this, create a new document based on one of the Reports in the Installed
Templates, click the Microsoft Office Button and then click New. Equity
Report would make a good example.
The reports contain content controls in the document and in the
headers/footers. Fill in the information on the cover page, such as the
title, year/date, subtitle, company name, etc. Scroll through the document
and note how the data you added to the first page was automatically updated
on subsequent pages. AND you can modify the data anywhere in the document.
Better yet, updating the document to reflect the changes is not necessary.
Then, on the Insert tab, click Cover Page and select another cover page.
This will swap out the current cover page and all of the previously typed
data will display in the new cover page.
If you want a little more insight on what is happening exactly in the
template and cover page, they contain bound document property fields which
are displayed in Content Controls. You can find these fields under Quick
Parts on the Insert tab. Once inserted, if you modify the data in the
content control it's automatically added to the Document Properties. So if
you add the same document property field again there's no need to add or
modify the data and you can view and modify the document properties outside
the application and update the file contents. Similar to how the bound
document properties work, you can create your own data bindings and fields,
if you will, for specialized documents using content controls.
Since you are in the legal field, consider how your legal documents could be
created using similar methods - a few clicks to insert content that is
already pre-populated AND formatted. Combine this power with the power of
SharePoint and I could continue typing for at least another printed page!
lolol
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Jann
BTW, I am doing better, many thx. :)
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Ive concluded that the only true wysiwyg is the old fashioned pen and
paper... microsoft does this so that everyone has to update its all about the
cash baby! They dont just want your money they want all of our money.
"open office" is a great alternative and its FREE also compatiable with ms
office
If you have a retail edition of MS Office then you may want to see if the refund procedures here apply:
http://microsoft.com/mscorp/productrefund/refund.mspx
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>>"red" <r...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:C694371C-416C-4889...@microsoft.com...
After much trial and error just trying to do a simple thing like create a
resume, and send it off to prospective employers. Unfortunately the file
extension created in office 2007 doesnt allow many people to open it. I had to go back and resave everything as a word doc. now if i
could go back and save my 150.00 bucks! Its not amater of learning a new program but why cant we have something universal?
Ive concluded that the only true wysiwyg is the old fashioned pen and
paper... microsoft does this so that everyone has to update its all about the cash baby! They dont just want your money they want
all of our money.
"open office" is a great alternative and its FREE also compatiable with ms office <<
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All apps:
New file formats
Themes (help streamline formatting across the applications)
Charting has been completely revamped.
New graphic tools. SmartArt and new graphic features are *very* cool.
PDF creation
Document Inspector
Live Preview
Quick Style formatting options
Word:
Content Controls
Building Blocks
Quick Style Sets
Additional Style management tools
New Bibliography feature
New Equation editor
Contextual spell check
Several exiting features have added minor enhancements.
Additional details:
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/word/HA100742241033.aspx
Excel
New Page Layout view
More rows and columns (finally!) 1,048,576 rows by 16,384 columns
Enhanced Tables feature
Enhanced Conditional formatting
Autocomplete for functions
External connections manager
New Remove Duplicates functionality
Enhancements to named ranges
New functions
Additional details:
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/excel/HA100738731033.aspx
PPT
Photo albums
Slide Libraries
Custom Slide Layouts
Enhanced effects
Enhanced Presenter view
Numerous formatting features were enhanced (font formatting, tables, text
boxes, etc)
Additional details:
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/powerpoint/HA100742261033.aspx
There's even more I'm sure I'm not thinking of right now.
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I was just about to get a list together of new features in 07 for a project,
so this is great thanks - very serendipitous :-)
Just FYI, in PowerPoint the photo album feature isn't new (been available
since 2002 and as an add-in for 2000) but it is improved as pictures now
come in as pictures, not autoshape fills. My fav new thing is the selection
pane.
For anyone interested, Echo has a great list of all the new PowerPoint stuff
here:
http://www.echosvoice.com/2007.htm
Lucy
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"Beth Melton" <bme...@mvps.org> wrote in message
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I love the new selection pane in PPT and Excel too. Too bad we still don't
have it along with the complete set of new graphics features in Word. :-(
I completely forgot about the Photo Album ability in previous versions -
thanks for the reminder. :-) (Would MS consider that a plus in
'discoverability' <grin>? )
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"Lucy Thomson" <lu...@NOSPAManeasiertomorrow.com.au> wrote in message
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> Hi Beth
>
> I was just about to get a list together of new features in 07 for a
> project, so this is great thanks - very serendipitous :-)
>
> Just FYI, in PowerPoint the photo album feature isn't new (been available
> since 2002 and as an add-in for 2000) but it is improved as pictures now
> come in as pictures, not autoshape fills. My fav new thing is the
> selection pane.
>
> For anyone interested, Echo has a great list of all the new PowerPoint
> stuff here:
> http://www.echosvoice.com/2007.htm
>
>
Microsoft clearly don't care about vusers - just about making money. Try to
talk to them and it costs money. Even their much vaunted free support in the
first month simply refuses to let you in unless you pay even more money. If
anyone can find a way through this maze, it would be a wonder. Fortunately,
I only need to jump though tis hoop this one last time - by the next one,
I'll have retired. But someone really does need to find a way through to
these people. Any bids!!