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When one of the trainers teaches a class on Office 2007, we often ask people who are already using Office 2007 how they like it.  There are always a few people who say they like it, but for the most part, I’ve found that people are annoyed by Office 2007 because they cannot find the features they knew in 2003, and it takes them longer to get their work done.  For those of you having a hard time finding features that you used in 2003, check out the 2003 to 2007 command reference guides.
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Maybe it’s just because it’s my job, but I like Office 2007.  Among other things, I particularly like how if I hover over something on the Ribbon, I get a description of what it does.  My biggest complaint about Office 2007 is that you cannot customize the Ribbon.  I loved being able to customize toolbars in Office 2003, and even taught a class about it.  In 2007, I tried to add commands to the ribbon but wasn’t successful, so I did some reading and found out that it isn’t possible.  However, 2007 has one saving grace in customizability - the Quick Access toolbar. 

The Quick Access Toolbar is at the top right corner of your screen, next to the Office button.  You can add just about any button on the Ribbon to Quick Access Toolbar.  But it gets even better than that.  Those commands that aren’t on the Ribbon – you can add them to the Quick Access Toolbar, too. 

Quick Access Toolbar

Add a command on the ribbon:
1.  Right click on the button.
2. Select Add to Quick Access Toolbar.

Add a command not on the ribbon:
1.  Click on the More button on the right side of the Quick Access Toolbar.
2. Select More Commands.

More button and More Commands

3. In the Choose Commands From drop down box, you can choose All commands, and then sort through to find the commands you want.  If you know that a command is not on the ribbon, then select Commands Not on the Ribbon.

Commands Not in the Ribbon

4. Select the command(s) you would like to add to the Quick Access Toolbar and click the Add button.

Add

5. Click OK.