Microsoft's latest sneak peek at its 2007 update to the Office software package unveils a much more customizable interface for Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint and Access. As Microsoft fine-tunes the ...

Word 2007 periodically records your edits in a file separate from your main saved file. If you exit Word without saving your file, Word opens this AutoRecover file when you next launch the program. If ...

Three programs tackle Office 2007's locked-down user interface. Two take you back to the menus of Office 2003, while one lets you customize the Ribbon itself. Microsoft Office 2007’s new Ribbon ...

A 500-pound gorilla sits pretty much wherever it pleases. But can that gorilla force everyone to upgrade? Office 2007, now in public beta release, is the next ...

If you have older Word 2007 documents, you don't have to worry about Word 2010 changing them, because it can't while it's in Word 2007 Compatibility mode. This special mode ensures that people who use ...

Microsoft Word 2007's new interface is likely to confound veteran Word users. Here's everything you need to know to make the switch. Baffled by Word 2007’s new interface? Join the club. Making the ...

Today ushers in a new era for Microsoft Office--and with it, a sweeping set of surprises for users. Businesses now have the green light to download multiuser suites of Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and ...

Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. The original Microsoft Word 1.0 had 100 commands. Microsoft Word 2003 has more than 1,500. With Office 2007, Microsoft set out not just ...

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