Office 2010 Visual™ Quick Tips

Chapter 1. General Office 2010 Maximizing Tips

The various applications in Microsoft Office 2010 — in particular, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access, and Outlook — share a common look and feel. Indeed, you can find many of the same features in each program, such as the Ribbon feature, the Quick Access toolbar, various program window controls, and the File tab.

This common look and feel is helpful when you perform certain tasks within Office applications. For example, creating a new document in Word is similar to creating a new document in Excel. The same goes for more complicated tasks, such as encrypting documents, tracking changes to a document, adding a digital signature, marking a document as final, and so on. This commonality makes mastering ...