Microsoft® Office Excel® 2007 Plain & Simple

Chapter 2. What’s New in Excel 2007?

In this section:

• Touring the New User Interface

• Arranging Data into Tables

• Introducing Galleries

• Using the Mini Toolbar

• Creating Formulas Using New Functions

• Using More Colors

• Creating Better Conditional Formats

• Creating More Attractive Charts

One of the first things you’ll notice about Microsoft Office Excel 2007 is that the user interface has changed quite a bit. Earlier versions of Excel had well over a thousand commands scattered among the program’s menus and toolbars; what’s more, some useful commands didn’t appear on any of the menus or toolbars! In Excel 2007, you need to look in only one place for the tools you need to use Excel: the ribbon at the top of the program window. If you’ve used Excel ...