2007 Microsoft® Office System Step by Step

A Tour of the Office 2007 User Interface

From the moment you launch any of the applications in the 2007 Microsoft Office System, you will notice a dramatic difference: The entire user interface has been redesigned to be more intuitive, easier to navigate, and better suited to the task at hand. When the developers of Office 2007 began brainstorming about the new user interface, they decided to go back to the drawing board and create an interface based on the way people use their computers today. The result is a simplified, smart system that brings you just the tools you need, when you need them. No more clicking through menus, submenus, and nested dialog boxes. Now the commands you need come to you, depending on the type of object you select and ...