Microsoft Word 2007 Ribbon Controls
There are basically three types of controls found on the Microsoft Word 2007 ribbon buttons drop-down menus & launchers. The Bold control found on the Home tab is an example of a simple button. When you click the Bold button highlighted text becomes bold. If you click the same button again the highlighted text reverts to normal.
The Change Case control is an example of a drop-down menu. Clicking the control shows you a series of options. For example if you choose Other Case the highlighted text becomes capitalised if it lowercase & vice versa. If I choose Capitalise Each Word only the first letter in each word is capitalised.
Some controls are a combination of both simple buttons & drop-down menus. One example of this type is Underline which consists of two sections a button on the left & a drop-down menu on the right. If you click on the button the default underline is applied; usually the underline style which was last used. If you click on the drop-down menu you are given a series of options for customising the underline. You have a choice of styles solid dotted double & so forth. You can also change the underline colour. As with the Bold button if you click the Underline button a second time the underline is removed. Also any line style that you chose form drop-down menu will become the default.
Launcher buttons are displayed in the bottom right of certain ribbon tab groups. They replace those menu commands in previous versions of Word which launched dialogue boxes or other options. Clicking on the launcher button displays a series of options either in a task pane or a dialog box. For example in the Home tab the Clipboard launcher button displays its options in a task pane. In the case of the Font group launcher button the options are displayed in a dialog box.
The Microsoft Word 2007 ribbon takes up quite a lot of screen space; approximately 20% of the average screen. If this becomes inconvenient you can minimise the ribbon at any time by simply double-clicking on the name of any tab. When the ribbon is minimised it can still be used. Simply click on the name of a tab & the options will appear once more. Once you have chosen an option the ribbon will be minimised again. To revert the ribbon to its normal behaviour simply-double click on any tab. A second way of minimising the ribbon is to go to the Quick Access Toolbar & choose Minimise the Ribbon. To revert the ribbon to its normal size choose the same option once more.
The author of this article is trainer & developer with Macresource Computer Training an independent computer training company offering Word Classes in London & throughout the UK.
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