Chapter 2. A New Look

What you’ll find in this chapter:

  • Learning the landscape: The new user interface

  • The new File menu

  • Using the Quick Access toolbar

  • New view controls

  • Keyboard support

The most talked-about change in the 2007 Microsoft® Office system—the one the public was so excited to see for the first time—is the revolutionary change in the Microsoft Office system user interface. As you learned in Chapter 1, a great amount of research, testing, thought, and effort went into designing an end user experience that puts the needs of the information worker (or business owner or manager) at the center. In other words, the software is supposed to work the way you do. To accomplish that goal, the way the programs interact with you must be smooth and ...

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