Chapter 1

Welcome to Microsoft Excel® 2007

Publisher Summary

Microsoft with the advent to the Office 2007 has abandoned the interface consisting of a menu and a collection of toolbars so common in all Windows applications until now. Their place has been taken by a ribbon divided into groups of commands located on named tabs. This chapter helps know the correct name for the various parts of the window. This makes using the Help facility more productive and aids in conversing with other users. The description of title bar, office button, quick access toolbar, and ribbon is included. The ribbon stretches across the window under the title bar. It holds every command that can be used within Excel 2007. The Home tab holds mainly formatting commands. ...

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