The Ribbon in Microsoft Word 2007
The Ribbon is the most important aspect of the Microsoft Word interface. It contains the vast majority of the commands that the programme has to offer. These commands are arranged in a series of Tabs. To activate a Tab, click on its name. The commands displayed in each Tab are related in some way. Thus, for example, the commands in the Home Tab are those which are most frequently used in Microsoft Word: commands such as Cut, Copy and Paste and commands for changing the character and paragraph attributes of your text.
As well as the regular Ribbon Tabs, Microsoft Word 2007 also contains context sensitive Tabs. These are Tabs which only appear in a certain context, for example, when you insert a text box. Having drawn the text box, a special tab appears for formatting text boxes. However, when you click outside the text box to deselected it, the context Tab disappears.
The Page Layout Tab contains commands relating to the formatting of the page as a whole, such as the orientation and the margins.
The References Tab contains controls for adding references to longer documents such as tables of contents and indexes.
The Mailings Tab contains controls for creating mail merge documents. This involves the combination of a data document, which normally contain a list of recipients, with a main document, which is normally a letter, to produce a series of personalised mail merge documents which can then be sent out to each recipient.
The Insert Tab contains commands for adding elements to your page such as tables, pictures, headers and footers.
The Page Layout Tab contains commands relating to the formatting of the page as a whole, such as the orientation and the margins.
Finally, we have the Developer Tab. This contains controls for creating and editing macros and Visual Basic applications.
As well as the regular Ribbon Tabs, Microsoft Word 2007 also contains context sensitive Tabs. These are Tabs which only appear in a certain context, for example, when you insert a text box. Having drawn the text box, a special tab appears for formatting text boxes. However, when you click outside the text box to deselected it, the context Tab disappears.
The Mailings Tab contains controls for creating mail merge documents. This involves the combination of a data document, which normally contain a list of recipients, with a main document, which is normally a letter, to produce a series of personalised mail merge documents which can then be sent out to each recipient.
As long as an area within the table is highlighted, these Tabs will remain visible and they have the same status as the regular Tabs. You can switch between them and regular Tabs at will. Once again, as soon as you click outside the table to deselect it, the context sensitive Tabs relating to tables will disappear.
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