Chapter 3

Common Features in All Office Apps

IN THIS CHAPTER

Bullet Understanding menus

Bullet Using ribbons, toolbars, and palettes

Bullet Customizing toolbars, menus, ribbons, and keyboard shortcuts

Bullet Finding out how to set your app preferences

Bullet Saving and editing documents on your OneDrive space in the cloud

Bullet Helping yourself with Help

The Office apps share elements that are similar or the same in most or all of its programs. For example, the gallery appears by default whenever you launch any of the three major apps (Word, PowerPoint, or Excel) and works the same in all three. Opening and saving files works the same everywhere. Menus, ribbons, and toolbars work much the same in all apps they appear in. And so on.

In this chapter, you’ll find tips, techniques, and how-to’s that you can apply to all Office apps.

Using Menus in Office Apps

Each Office app has around a dozen menus in its menu bar. Some, ...

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