Tip #4755 - Tired of Searching?
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Tired
of Searching?
As you know,
there are quite a few changes you have to absorb when you switch to
MS Office 2007. I mean, the whole menu system is gone, you aren't
allowed to customize the Ribbons, some of the commands have changed
names or they're placed underneath a whole new group, etc. Not to
mention, if there's a command you just can't locate, it's frustrating
beyond belief!
So, if you're
looking for a quick way to find something, you just might be interested
in the little feature I found in the Help section today!
While I was looking
for something else, one of my searches led me to this entry: Interactive:
Word 2003 to Word 2007 command reference guide.
Obviously, upon
seeing that, I started to explore and found out this may be exactly
what you need to find the items that just seem to be out of reach
in the new Office environment.
With the search
words of "reference guide," I found that
this type of entry appeared in my other Office programs as well, except
Word. When I selected it, the entry contained a link to "Start
the guide."
Starting the guide
then caused the program's help entry to link me to Microsoft Office
Online.
Once you're online,
you'll see a welcome screen where you'll have to click Start
to get into the interactive guide.
Inside the reference
guide, you'll see the 2003 version of the program, like this:
If you hover
over something in the window, the guide will reveal instructions
on where to find the command in the 2007 version of the program.
If you're missing
something from a menu, click on the menu and hover
over the menu command you need.
In addition, if
the written instructions just don't cut it for you and you need to
actually see where it is, you can click on the command in
the 2003 window and a demonstration of the 2007 version will
run.
You should notice
that the guide will highlight each step as the demo runs. In the example
above, the Office button was highlighted first, then the Prepare choice
and finally, the Restrict Permission submenu opened. The demonstration
will do the steps one at a time so that you can see exactly how to
accomplish your task.
To return to the
2003 version after the demonstration is complete, simply click
anywhere on the screen.
There you have
it. If you find yourself really missing something from an old MS Office
program, this is the perfect way to locate it once again!
~ April
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