Excel 2007 Workbook For Dummies
Chapter One
Getting Familiar with
the Excel 2007 Interface
In This Chapter
* Identifying the different parts of the Excel display screen
* Selecting commands on the Office menu
* Selecting commands on the Ribbon
* Customizing the Quick Access toolbar
The Excel 2007 interface has been completely revamped and redesigned compared to
the older versions of Excel we're all used to. In place of the old pull-down menus, so
prominent in all earlier versions of the program, Excel 2007 now relies primarily on the
Ribbon, a block of commands displayed at the top of the screen and divided into distinct
blocks called tabs. All that's left of the old pull-down menus is the pull-down menu
opened with the Office Button, which replicates most of the File commands. Also, in
place of the many toolbars of previous Excel versions, Excel 2007 offers a single toolbar
called the Quick Access toolbar.
The exercises in this first chapter are designed to get you familiar with the new Excel
2007 interface. As a re ... read full excerpt from Excel 2007 Workbook For Dummies ebook