Microsoft Office 20072s new interface Overview

2007 Microsoft office system design goal is to make the core Microsoft Office applications easier to use. In combination with the availability of a large number of data and the latest hardware and software advances, through efforts to get to the user interface, users can more easily and more efficient use of Microsoft Office applications to achieve better results faster.

Microsoft Office word 2007, Excel 2007, PowerPoint, Office Outlook 2007 and Office Access 2007 will have a clean and neat and orderly work area, which minimizes interference, allowing users to more quickly and easily obtain the required result.

Design goals and methods

In previous versions of Microsoft Office applications, including users with a menu, toolbars, task panes and dialog boxes to complete the work system. When an application in a limited number of commands, the system is still able to work well. Now the operation of program execution is much more, use the menu and toolbar system has been unable to meet operational needs. For most users, the program features too much to facilitate their search.

The first new user interface design goal is to make it easier for users to find and use these applications to provide full functionality. In addition, we want to keep a neat and orderly work area in order to reduce disruption for users, allowing them to spend more time and energy to concentrate on work. With these goals, we provide a results-oriented approach, through this method, the user can more easily use the 2007 Microsoft Office applications to obtain the best results.

Features

Redesign the overall appearance of the application is refreshing, but early tests show that users can quickly adapt to the new user interface, these applications quickly used new ways of working, and with ease, but thanks to the easy to use The new interface features:

Ribbon

The traditional menus and toolbars have been replaced by the Ribbon. The latter is a new device that presents commands organized through a set of tabs. Ribbon tab on the display of these applications are most relevant for each task area commands. For example, in Office Word 2007, the tab for inserting a combination of objects (such as pictures and tables), arrange page layout, use of references, handling mail and review the document command.

Using the "Start" tab you can easily access the most commonly used commands. Office Excel 2007 contains a similar tab, perform the following work sheet tasks: using the formulas, managing data and review. These tabs simplify accessing application features of the process, because they organize the commands directly correspond to the user in the application of these tasks.