Personalize Office Word 2007

Personalize Office Word 2007

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Customize Office Word 2007 options

Although the appearance of the Ribbon cannot be altered, there are few customization options that help to personalize the Office Word experience. For example, there is a toolbar that can be customized according to the user's need. It is called the Quick Access Toolbar. A user can add or remove all the commands he likes.

A user can also make some layout decisions about the Ribbon and the Quick Access Toolbar. A user can use the Customize Quick Access Toolbar options to perform the following actions:

1. Minimize the Ribbon: This option will allow to keep the Ribbon tabs visible while allowing a little more space at the top of the screen. The Ribbon will reappear when a user selects the Ribbon tab.


The steps to minimize the Ribbon through Quick Access Toolbar are as follows:


1. Click the down arrow next to the Quick Access Toolbar.





2. Choose Minimize the Ribbon from the Customize Quick Access Toolbar list.






2. Show Below the Ribbon: This option will place the Quick Access Toolbar below the Ribbon. When a user adds more commands then the Quick Access Toolbar will grow in size. It will provide more space to the toolbar to grow if it is placed below the Ribbon.


The steps to place the Quick Access Toolbar below the Ribbon are as follows:


1. Click the down arrow next to the Quick Access Toolbar.





2. Choose Show Below the Ribbon from the Customize Quick Access Toolbar list.






3. More Commands: This option is used to add more commands to the Quick Access Toolbar.


The steps to add more commands to the Quick Access Toolbar are as follows:


1. Click the down arrow next to the Quick Access Toolbar.





2. Choose More Commands from the Customize Quick Access Toolbar list.





3. A dialog box will appear. Select the desired command(s) and click on the Add button to add the command(s) to the toolbar.





4. Click on the OK button.

Change Research options

In Office Word 2007, the Review Ribbon includes an extensive collection of reference books and online services used to look up the definition of a selected word or phrase. To quickly look up the definition of a word or phrase, select the text, right-click, and choose Look Up from the shortcut menu. The Research task pane will appear with the meaning of the selected text.

The steps to change Research options are as follows:

1. Click on the Review tab.





2. Click on Research from the Proofing group.



3. A task pane will appear on the right side of the screen. Click on the Research options link at the bottom the task pane.





4. A dialog box will appear. Select the checkbox associated with the name of the desired reference book, and click on the OK button.

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