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Office 2007: Word Ribbon Layout

The following set of ribbons is available with every document that is opened in Word.  Other ribbons are available for specialized tasks and will only appear when you are working on a specific task.  For example, if you insert a picture into your document, the Picture Tools ribbon tab will appear in red at the top of the ribbon listing.

Office 2007 Word Ribbon with Picture Tools

Office 2013: Installing on Windows

Overview

This document will guide you through the installation and activation of Microsoft Office Professional Plus 2013.

Installation

Removing Old or Trial Versions:

Before starting the download of Microsoft Office Professional Plus 2013, you must uninstall any old or trial versions you may still have installed on your machine. Remove the following applications:

  • Old or trial versions of Microsoft Office Professional Plus 2013.

  • Compatibility Pack for Office 2010.

Office 2007: Introduction

Overview

With the release of Office 2007, Microsoft made several improvements to the Office suite that includes Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access, and Outlook. The biggest changes to the software have been in the graphical interface. The menu and toolbars have been replaced by the Ribbon. Office 2007 is for computers with the Windows operating system. 

Features

Many changes have been made to Office with the release of 2007. The information provided in this document is by no means an all­-inclusive listing of all the changes.

Office 2011: Installing for Mac

Overview

This document will guide you through the installation and activation of Microsoft Office for Mac 2011.

File Type

The downloaded IMG file contains the DMG file. DMG has all executable files contained within which should be used for installation.

Installation

Pre-Installation Instructions

Before installing Microsoft Office for Mac 2011:

Office 2007: Excel Ribbon

The following set of ribbons is available with every document that is opened in Excel.  Other ribbons are available for specialized tasks and will only appear when needed.  An example is the Chart ribbon.

Office 2007 Excel Ribbon Chart Features

Home: contains formatting and editing icons

Office 2007: FAQs

Where are the menu items and toolbars?

The menu items and toolbars have given way to the Ribbon. The Ribbon is a thick bar at the top of the application window that contains icons which are grouped together by usage. For example, all the editing items are found on the Home tab on the Ribbon, while commands used for bibliographies and footnotes are on the References tab.

Office 2010: Introduction

Overview

With the release of Office 2010, Microsoft made several improvements to the Office suite that includes Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access, and Outlook. This help sheet summarizes some of the new features in Office 2010 but is by no means an all-inclusive list of changes.