Learning the Landscape: The 2007 Microsoft Office System User Interface

The design of the 2007 Microsoft Office system user interface includes fully a dozen new features that will ultimately make working with your favorite applications less work. If that seems counterintuitive (12 new features will make things easier?), keep reading. This section shows you how each component fits into the overall goal of simplifying and streamlining your options so you always have what you need for your current task.

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Why do we need an easier interface? When you consider that the original version of Microsoft® Office Word (1.0) had only about 100 commands, ...

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