Travel Technology - Office 2007 Word Question

Just installed office 2007. Word displays giant sized text - although it is 12pt - and it requires too much scrolling to read long emailes.

How do I adjust the display of the text to be smaller?

Look at the View Tab

Try the different buttons there "Print Layout" or "One Page"

Alt-V, Z, 1, Enter.

That will zoom back out to 100%. The old Office 2003 keystrokes still work for many of the features.

and thank goodness for that; I feel like it takes me twice as long to do things with the stupid "Ribbon" menus of Word 2007 than the classic Word 2003.

I can't understand why Microsoft didn't include an option to switch to classic Word 2003 mode.

and thank goodness for that; I feel like it takes me twice as long to do things with the stupid "Ribbon" menus of Word 2007 than the classic Word 2003.

I can't understand why Microsoft didn't include an option to switch to classic Word 2003 mode.

Do a Google search on "word 2007 classic"

Do a Google search on "word 2007 classic"

I don't think there is a setting to change it back to classic look, unless you download some third party plugin/add-in.

and thank goodness for that; I feel like it takes me twice as long to do things with the stupid "Ribbon" menus of Word 2007 than the classic Word 2003.


I hear what you're saying and I found (and still find) the ribbon frustrating at times, but I think it's just an issue of re-learning. We're all trained to instinctively hit, e.g., alt-E for the edit menu, but now we have to learn new alt-_ commands.

While I still stumble often (and will probably use alt-E, S to paste special as long as they'll let me), the ribbon offers a significantly greater number of keyboard commands than Word 2003 did, which is a great thing in my book.

For the OP, did changing the zoom fix the large character problem?

I don't think there is a setting to change it back to classic look, unless you download some third party plugin/add-in.

Exactly....and the market has created a lot of plug-ins to satisfy this need.

I don't think there is a setting to change it back to classic look, unless you download some third party plugin/add-in.
Yup. I was at a pre-release event a couple years ago and one of the senior developers stated very simply: the legacy mode for Office 2007 IS Office 2003.
I hear what you're saying and I found (and still find) the ribbon frustrating at times, but I think it's just an issue of re-learning. We're all trained to instinctively hit, e.g., alt-E for the edit menu, but now we have to learn new alt-_ commands.


Agreed. It has taken me some time, and there are a few things that I still think are out of place, but I love the new interface overall. I think I work faster and have access to things more directly and quickly than the old menus offered.

I see what you guys are saying, but I'm unconvinced. I use Word for pleadings and other court documents, and I see two problems:

(1) Most offices still use Office 2003, which can't read .docx files. Sure, you can save files in the old .doc files for compatibility, but that kind of defeats the point.

(2) I just don't think the new version has added many - if any - new features that are useful for the legal industry.

My two cents.

(1) Most offices still use Office 2003, which can't read .docx files. Sure, you can save files in the old .doc files for compatibility, but that kind of defeats the point.


Sort of true. There's a quick, downloadable add-on that will allow 2003 to read and save in docx format. I imagine many larger corporations are reluctant/slow to roll this out (my university department took 8 months to do it), but it exists.


(2) I just don't think the new version has added many - if any - new features that are useful for the legal industry.


I'll take your word on that one, as it's not the area I work in. But generally speaking, for everyday use one of the slowest things about 2003 was the multi-level menus that required a lot of mouse work. The new version streamlines this immensely. Which one is better is a personal decision, of course.

Sort of true. There's a quick, downloadable add-on that will allow 2003 to read and save in docx format. I imagine many larger corporations are reluctant/slow to roll this out (my university department took 8 months to do it), but it exists.

This compatibility pack (http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=941B3470-3AE9-4AEE-8F43-C6BB74CD1466&displaylang=en) is a must-have for non-2007 users!

(2) I just don't think the new version has added many - if any - new features that are useful for the legal industry.


Office 2007 didn't offer anything compelling for legal (that is my primary industry as well (http://blog.protonassociates.com/)). They actually added very few features in general over Office 2003. The primary focus of 2007 was usability, and in that area they made great strides. Sure, you have to unlearn everything you already know to get the value of it, but the new version is much easier to work in.

As for legal-specific things, templates are better now and document automation is way easier programatically, and though it took a bit of time for them to get on board most of the major vendors in that space are supporting it now. Also, styles now actually work much better. Most legal secretaries have been loathe to adopt styles, preferring direct formatting, but especially for things like pleadings the styles improvements and the benefits of the automation/templates make it a relatively appealing opportunity.

S.

I didn't want Office 2007 and still find some things annoying about it, but once I'd gotten all the commands I wanted above the ribbon and finally convinced Word to use .doc as my default save (I have to sync with computers running 2003), I began to appreciate some of it's features.

I find Word 2007 much easier to use for documents in another language, for one, but what I most appreciate is the MS add-on for saving Word and Excel files as PDFs.

Thanks for the help!

New question: Using Outlook 2007, how do I say a copy of the email on my Yahoo server? Once I bring it into Outook it disapears fro the Yahoo server.

Thanks for the help!

New question: Using Outlook 2007, how do I say a copy of the email on my Yahoo server? Once I bring it into Outook it disapears fro the Yahoo server.


Tools | Email Accounts
Select the correct account on the email tab
Click the Change button
Click More Settings
Switch to the Advanced tab
Click "leave mail on server" and any of the other options you want


That one hasn't really changed all that much from OL2003.

Tools | Email Accounts
Select the correct account on the email tab
Click the Change button
Click More Settings
Switch to the Advanced tab
Click "leave mail on server" and any of the other options you want


That one hasn't really changed all that much from OL2003.Thanks - greatly appreciated.:D

(2) I just don't think the new version has added many - if any - new features that are useful for the legal industry.



Hell must have surely frozen over if I am sticking up for Microsoft, but there is indeed an important feature for attorneys already built-in to Word 2007--the ability to inspect for and remove metadata from documents.