Essential Functions of Office 2010

Microsoft Office Student Edition 2010 may just be the suite for you if you are ready to appreciate the steps it has taken in upgrading the interface from its predecessors. Office 2010 no longer has the menu and tool bars for example which were used in 2003 and older versions of the platform.

As you may know, certain features from version 2007 have carried over in Office 2010. The Ribbon in 2010 contains the tabs which give you basic access to the tools and commands grouped together by the tasks you will require. Most of the important tasks can be found on the Home tab. If you want to hide the Ribbon, you can hit Ctrl + F1. Repeat those keys if you intend to see the ribbon again.  From the dropdown arrow to the right of the Quick Access bar you can choose minimize or double click any of the tabs on the ribbon.

There are tabs that appear every time an object is displayed within the document. For instance, if you insert a table into a Word file – it opens up the Table Tools Design and the Layout Tabs for the table tools. When the object is not selected anymore, the Home tab is then shown.

You can get to the Quick Access tool bar within the Title Bar. It contains the Save, Undo and Redo commands.  You can customize it so that it will display icons for the commands which you regularly use. For instance, if you want to add a Spelling button, you can do that so that the Review tab will perform a spell-check. You can customize by clicking the arrow at the right corner of the Quick Access Toolbar. Adding one of the buttons from the drop down list simply requires you to click it.

For your dialogue box launcher, you can use the small buttons such as the arrows that appear at the bottom right of the screen. Clicking the button opens the dialog box that you require. Tooltips shows up every time you hover above any of the buttons within the ribbon. A tooltip basically gives you an overview of a command.

The Galleries is a list of certain items you may need in the ribbon including the Styles group. You can scroll down to see any other items you may need. Click on the drop down to see a more extensive list.

Use these tips when you get your Microsoft Office Student Edition 2010. Office 2010 may just be the right tool for you to excel in school.