Basics of MS Word 2007

MS Word 2007 is the latest and greatest in document-editing, publishing, and word processing software around today. The previous incarnations of this software reflected the utilitarian face of the Windows OS. With the release of Windows Vista, a sleeker and more visually stylized Windows OS, MSWord developed a new and unrecognizable interface. At first, it was confusing to use and, quite frankly, got intimidated to not using it at all. But there will always be a time that you should force yourself to learn. But gladly, there are tutorials that serve as a guide.

Here are the basics. With MS Word 2007, the toolbars are tabbed. When you click on these tabs, options such as adjustments and the like are displayed on top. Plus, there is this new feature called "Microsoft Office Button". It is located in the upper left corner of the workspace window and has the same function as the "file" option in earlier versions. When you click the button, a menu appears. You can use the menu to create a new file, open an existing file, save a file, and perform many other tasks. On the top right of that is the save, undo and redo icons.

Below is what the MS Office Button looks like when clicked. A drop-down menu appears.