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- Another old Office tip, another swipe at The Ribbon
- Before Microsoft introduced The Ribbon in Office 2007, there were toolbars. This Classic Tip shows old Office toolbars worked in Word. Plus how to work around The Ribbon with Search Commands. by John Sheesley
- Tags: Microsoft Word, Microsoft Office, Toolbar, Ribbon, Search Commands, John Sheesley
- Blog posts 2008-07-16
- Up to Speed With Excel 2007
- Microsoft Office Excel 2007 has a new design that makes the work easier, faster, and more efficient. The new Ribbon puts the commands the user use most often in plain sight on his work surface instead of hidden in menus or dialog boxes. Ready-made cell styles let him quickly format...
- Tags: Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Excel 2007, Microsoft Office Excel 2007, Ribbon, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Excel, Office Suites, Software
- Webcasts
- Use the Ribbon
- The Ribbon is designed to help quickly find the commands that one needs to complete a task. Commands are organized in logical groups, which are collected together under tabs. Each tab relates to a type of activity, such as writing or laying out a page. To reduce clutter, some tabs...
- Tags: Microsoft Corp., Ribbon
- White papers
- Don't get derailed by Office 2007 compatibility issues
- As with any major upgrade, Office 2007 brings concerns about compatibility. Deb Shinder explains how to minimize compatibility headaches when you make the jump to the latest version. by Debra Littlejohn Shinder
- Tags: Microsoft Office 2007, Microsoft Word, Format, File, Deb Shinder, Compatibility Pack, Office Migration Planning Manager, Viewer, Ribbon, Microsoft Office, Office Suites, Software, Debra Littlejohn Shinder
- Blog posts 2008-06-13
- Before You Tie a Ribbon Around the Operating Plan
- Before tying a ribbon around the plan, there is a need to consider ten questions to assess and improve the effectiveness of the plan and planning process. An effective operating plan will help to ensure that the organization achieves the objectives for the coming year and beyond. Since the finance...
- Tags: Plan, Ribbon, Financial Accounting, Finance
- Webcasts 2007-12-18
- ToolbarToggle (zip)
- ToolbarToggle is great for new users transitioning to Office2007 or for power users who want the freedom to use both the Ribbon and the toolbar together. Offering the functionality of Office 2007 with the familiarity of the Office 2003 toolbar, users have more options: Use both the toolbar and the...
- Tags: Toolbar, ToolbarToggle, Ribbon
- Software downloads 2008-02-18
- What Happened to the Insert Diagram or Organization Chart Button on the Drawing Toolbar?
- The Insert Diagram or Organization Chart button on the Drawing toolbar is not available in most 2007 Microsoft Office system programs. In some 2007 Office release programs, the Ribbon, which is a part of the Microsoft Office Fluent user interface replaces the Drawing toolbar and other toolbars and menus. The...
- Tags: Microsoft Office, Toolbar, Microsoft Corp., Tab, Ribbon
- White papers 2007-12-01
- What Happened to the Drawing Toolbar?
- The Drawing toolbar is not available in most 2007 Microsoft Office system programs. The Ribbon, which is a part of the Microsoft Office Fluent user interface, replaces the Drawing toolbar and other toolbars and menus in some 2007 Office release programs. The Ribbon is designed to help the user quickly...
- Tags: Toolbar, Microsoft Corp., Tab, Drawing Toolbar, Ribbon, Microsoft Office, Office Suites, Software
- White papers 2007-12-01
- Gathering Names- The angels and the survivors
- I walk the Breast Cancer 3-Day. I walk 60 miles in 3 days.I want the world around me to see what the impact of cancer is. I do that by "carrying" survivors and angels. I make ribbons and assign them names. And they all are in...
- Tags: TiggerTwo, angel, ribbon, survivor
- Discussion threads 2007-07-31
- Save time by using Word 2007's built-in cover pages
- Word 2007 offers myriad improvements, including the ability to create cover pages more easily. Mary Ann Richardson shows how to make cover pages without taking the additional steps of setting section breaks. Prior to Word 2007, you had to manually set section breaks at the top of your...
- Tags: Microsoft Word 2007, Microsoft Word, Microsoft Office, Mary Ann Richardson, Word processors, ribbon, Microsoft Office Suite Word Tips Newsletter, built-In, Section Break, Office Suites, Software
- Technical articles 2007-05-22
- Do all these ribbons actually do anything?
- There seems to be a ribbon for every occasion these days from "support the troops" to "fill in the blank awareness" to every cause under the sun.While I don't have anything against anyone who has or displays these ribbons, I have to wonder: Do any of these actually do...
- Tags: Richard_RPU, ribbon
- Discussion threads 2007-06-28
- new LCD, new motherboard, Dell C610
- Okay here is goes, I have been searching for an answer for days now and I could really use some help. I had originally bought a new LCD display for my Dell C610. Dell had my LCD display listed as a SXGA but when I opened it up...
- Tags: Monitors & displays, tipptrophy@..., LCD, Dell C610, ribbon, Dell Computer Corp., motherboard
- Discussion threads 2007-06-20
- Lost DVD rom somewhere
- I've got XPproSP2. I had a SATA hd that failed on me so I temporarily installed a PATA hd using the ribbon that was attached to my DVD rom so I could boot up and find out what was wrong with the SATA.Now, I've finally purchased a new SATA, installed...
- Tags: Consumer electronics, DVD, lclay@..., PATA HD, Serial ATA, ribbon
- Discussion threads 2007-05-26
- DCS Calculator (zip)
- DCS Calculator is excellent replacement for Windows standard calculator. It offers more functions and displays each operation and results on ribbon. Can be transparent on button push. Enter of comment on each started calculator to describe calculation.
- Tags: Ribbon, DCS Calculator, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software
- Software downloads 2006-12-20
- Let's Ride: Silver Buckle Stables (exe)
- Congratulations, you're the owner of a new horse farm, Silver Buckle Stables! Choose your horse, pick out your riding outfits and even accessorize your horse with saddles and ribbons. The competitions are tough, but practice hard at the corral to perfect your riding technique and you'll make it to the...
- Tags: Horse, Ribbon, Productivity, Desktops, Hardware
- Software downloads 2006-12-15
- How do I... Perform basic formatting in Excel 2007
- This article is also available as a TechRepublic download and as a TechRepublic gallery.To get your point across when communicating information in the form of a spreadsheet of numbers, it is often necessary to add some formatting beyond the basic numbers in a set of cells. Column headings, row names,...
- Tags: Office 2007, Microsoft Office, Excel 2007
- Blog posts 2007-05-15
- How do I... Create and format tables in Word 2007
- This article is also available as a TechRepublic download and as a TechRepublic gallery.Word 2007, part of the Microsoft Office 2007 Suite, has many built-in features that can enhance your documents and the manner in which you communicate information to your audience. One of the most common and yet still...
- Tags: Word 2007, Office 2007, Microsoft Office
- Blog posts 2007-05-09
- 2007 Microsoft Office System User Interface Design Guidelines: Preview
- The layout of controls in the Ribbon changes when the width of the application window changes. When displayed on a large monitor, the Ribbon will adjust to show the "Large versions" of groups in the Ribbon. When displayed on a small monitor, or when the user chooses to manually reduce...
- Tags: Microsoft Office, Microsoft Corp., Ribbon, Application Window, Monitors & Displays, Hardware, Components
- White papers 2006-11-20
- (Another) 60 Miles to Change Lives
- Well, I'm at it again. I am walking another 60 miles in the Twin Cities Breast Cancer 3 Day. Officially training begins tomorrow for the next 24 weeks. Unofficially, the first sponsored training walk was yesterday.I have recruited a couple of fr
- Tags: off-topic, at it again, 60 miles to change lives, time to walk!, ribbon, TiggerTwo, training, women
- Discussion threads 2007-03-11
- A few things you'll miss when you upgrade to Office 2007
- This article is also available as a PDF download.Microsoft's Office programs are in use in businesses andhomes all over the world. According to BusinessWeek, as of July 2006, Microsoft Office held a 95 percent share of themarket and more than 400 million copies were in use. On January 30, 2007,Microsoft...
- Tags: Deb Shinder, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Office 2007, Microsoft Outlook, ribbon
- Technical articles 2007-02-23
