Before Office 2007, Microsoft Word's buttons were arranged in a series of toolbars. In Office 2007, controls now appear in a ribbon on the top of the window, and the program now uses a single toolbar: ...

The Quick Access Toolbar was previously hidden by default, but Microsoft has now put it back in its Office desktop apps because users felt that they were taking too long in certain tasks without it.

Instead of opening a separate window to change fonts in Word, you can use the Font drop-down menu on the "Home" tab. If you want to shave even more time off font switching, however, you can add the ...

Convert lists into outlines, save multiple open documents at once, reorder paragraphs, paste formatting, and return the cursor to where you left it when reopening a document. Dennis O'Reilly began ...