10 QUICK TIPS TO GET THE MOST FROM

MICROSOFT OFFICE

We have published

some useful tips and

tricks for getting the most

out of Office 2010 and

2007. This article

compiles 10 of the best

tips and tricks we have

covered.

CREATE A CUSTOMIZED TAB ON THE OFFICE

2010 RIBBON

Office 2007 included the new

Ribbon interface which some

people found awkward and

confusing to use. However,

Office 2010 added a new

feature that allows you to

create your own custom tabs

on the Ribbon.

CREATE A CUSTOMIZED TAB ON THE OFFICE

2010 RIBBON ( CONT.)

You can group specific commands that

you use most often on your custom

tabs for faster and easier document

creation and editing.

SAVE TIME BY CUSTOMIZING THE QUICK ACCESS

TOOLBAR IN OFFICE 2007

The previous tip showed you how to

add a custom tab so you can group

often-used commands in one place.

You can further customize the Office

interface by adding commands to the

Quick Access Toolbar.

This provides one-click access to your

most-used commands.

HOW TO BACKUP AND RESTORE YOUR OFFICE 2010 RIBBON

AND QUICK ACCESS TOOLBAR CUSTOMIZATIONS

Now, that you learned how to create custom

tabs on the Office 2010 Ribbon and how to

customize the Quick Access Toolbar, you can

backup both the Ribbon and the Quick

Access Toolbar so you can import the same

customizations into Office 2010 on another

computer.

The following article shows you how to backup

the Ribbon and the Quick Access Toolbar in

Word, but the same method works in the other

Office 2010 programs.

HOW TO FIND OFFICE 2003 COMMANDS IN

OFFICE 2010

Have you just upgraded to Office 2010

from Office 2003? If you skipped over

Office 2007, you may be having

trouble locating your favorite

commands from Office 2003 on the

new Ribbon interface.

Microsoft created and interactive

guide to the new Ribbon interface in

Office 2010 to help smooth the

transition from Office 2003 to Office

2010.

HOW TO FIND OFFICE 2003 COMMANDS IN

OFFICE 2010(CONT.)

The following provides a link to the interactive guides

and also shows you how to install them on your

computer for offline access.

NOTE: The article also provides a link to

interactive guides for learning where commands

are in Office 2007.

BRING OFFICE 2003 MENUS BACK TO 2010

WITH UBITMENU

The previous tip showed you how

you can make the transition from

Office 2003 to the new Ribbon

interface in Office 2010 and 2007

easier.

However, if you really miss the

familiar menus and toolbars from

Office 2003, you can get them

back in Office 2010.

BRING OFFICE 2003 MENUS BACK TO 2010

WITH UBITMENU (CONT.)

The following article shows you how to use a

tool, called UBitMenu, to bring back the Office

2003 menus and toolbars in Office 2010, and

even how to hide the extra Ribbon tabs to make

Office 2010 more like Office 2003.

INSERT HORIZONTAL LINES IN WORD

DOCUMENTS QUICKLY

Generally, when inserting a horizontal line in Word, you need to access the Borders and Shading dialog box.

However, there is a quicker way of inserting different styles of horizontal lines.

The following article shows you the keyboard shortcuts for inserting the different styles of horizontal lines to save you time.

HOW TO CROP PICTURES IN WORD, EXCEL, AND

POWERPOINT 2010

When inserting a picture into your Office

documents, you might need to crop it to

show only a specific part of the picture and

remove other areas.

You can do this directly in Word, Excel,

and PowerPoint.

The following article shows you how to crop

pictures in Word, but the method is the

same in Excel and PowerPoint.

CENTER PICTURES AND OTHER OBJECTS IN

OFFICE 2007 & 2010

Once you insert your picture and crop

it, if needed, it may be difficult to get

your picture perfectly centered in your

document.

The following article shows you how to

center pictures and other objects in

Word and PowerPoint 2010; however,

the method is nearly identical in 2007.

HOW TO TAKE SCREENSHOTS WITH WORD 2010

If you’re working on a document in Word 2010 that includes screenshots, you can easily use Word to create the screenshots, rather than another third-party tool, thus saving you time.

The following article shows you

how to use Word to take

screenshots and paste them

directly into your document.

ADD SECURITY TO YOUR IMPORTANT DOCUMENTS IN

OFFICE 2010

If you’re sharing Office 2010 documents

with other employees through your

company’s network, you might want to add

security to the documents so only certain

employees can access the documents.

The following article shows you how to

restrict editing and encrypt your

documents in Word.

ADD SECURITY TO YOUR IMPORTANT

DOCUMENTS IN OFFICE 2010(CONT.)

You can also apply encryption to Excel

and PowerPoint documents.

However, you can only restrict editing in

Word and Excel.