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New (File menu)

Creates a new, blank file.

Open (File menu)

Opens or finds a file.

Close (File menu)

Closes the active file without exiting the application. If the file contains any unsaved changes, you will be prompted to save the file before closing. To close all open files, hold down SHIFT and click close all on the File menu.

Save (File menu)

Saves the active file with its current file name, location, and file format.

Save As (File menu)

Saves the active file with a different file name, location, or file format. In Microsoft Access, Microsoft Excel, and Word, you can also use this command to save a file with a password or to protect a file so that others cannot change its co

Versions (File menu)

Saves and manages multiple versions of a document in a single file. After you save versions of a document, you can go back and review, open, print, and delete earlier versions.

Page Setup (File menu)

Sets margins, paper source, paper size, page orientation, and other layout options for the active file.

Print (File menu)

Prints the active file or selected items. To select print options, on the File menu, click Print.

Send To Mail Recipient (File menu)

Sends the current file as an attachment to a mail message.

Add Routing Slip

Sends the active file to reviewers to change and add comments. To use routing, you and those you are sending the document to must have installed both the applications in which the document was created and Microsoft Exchange or a compatible mail package.

When you have an existing routing slip or a message has been sent to you with a routing slip, the command name changes to Edit Routing Slip.

Exchange Folder

Sends an active file to the Exchange Folder you specify.

 

 

Fax Recipient

Sends the active document as a fax. The Fax Wizard will assist you to set up your fax.

Send to Microsoft PowerPoint

Opens the active document in Microsoft PowerPoint, where you can create a presentation.

Properties (File menu)

Displays the property sheet for the active file.

Recently Used File List (File menu)

Lists the files you've most recently opened in this program. To quickly reopen one of these files, click it.

Exit (File menu)

Closes this program after prompting you to save any unsaved files.

Undo (Edit menu)

Reverses the last command or deletes the last entry you typed. To reverse more than one action at a time, click the arrow next to, and then click the actions you want to undo. The command name changes to can’t undo if you cannot reverse the last action.

Repeat (Edit menu)

Repeats your last command or action, if possible. The Repeat command changes to can’t repeat if you cannot repeat the last action.

When you use the Undo command to reverse an action, the Repeat command changes to Redo. The Redo command reverses the action of the Undo command.

Cut (Edit menu)

Removes the selection from the active document and places it on the Clipboard.

Copy (Edit menu)

Copies the selection to the Clipboard.

Paste (Edit menu)

Inserts the contents of the Clipboard at the insertion point, and replaces any selection. This command is available only if you have cut or copied an object, text, or contents of a cell.

Paste Special (Edit menu)

Pastes, links, or embeds the Clipboard contents in the current file in the format you specify.

Paste as hyperlink

Clear (Edit menu)

Deletes the selected object or text without putting it on the Clipboard. This command is available only if an object or text is selected.

Select All

Selects all text and graphics in the active window, or selects all text in the selected object.

Find (Edit menu)

Searches for specified text, formatting, symbols, comments, footnotes, or endnotes in the active document.

Replace

Searches for and replaces specified text, formatting, footnotes, endnotes, or comment marks in the active document.

Go To (Edit menu)

In Microsoft Excel, scrolls through the worksheet and selects the cell, range, or cells with special characteristics you specify.

In Microsoft Word, moves the insertion point to the item you want to go to. You can move to a page number, comment, footnote, bookmark, or other location.

Normal (View menu)

Switches to normal view, which is the default document view for most word-processing tasks, such as typing, editing, and formatting.

Online Layout (View menu)

Switches to online layout view, which is best for displaying and reading documents on the screen. When you switch to online layout view, Word also turns on the document map, which makes it easy to move from one location to another in your document.

Page Layout/Page Break Preview (View menu)

Switches the active document to page layout or page break preview, which is an editing view that displays your document, as it will print. Page layout view uses more system memory, so scrolling may be slower, especially if your document contains many pictures or complex formatting.

Outline (View menu)

Switches to outline view, where you can examine and work with the structure of your file in classic outline form. Work in outline view when you need to organize and develop the content of your file.

Master Document (View menu)

Switches back and forth between outline view and master document view and also display the Master Document and Outlining toolbars.

Toolbars (View menu)

Displays or hides toolbars. To display a toolbar, select the check box next to the toolbar name. To hide a toolbar, clear the check box.

Ruler (View menu)

Displays or hides the horizontal ruler, whom you can use to position objects, change paragraph indents, page margins, and other spacing settings.

Document Map (View menu)

Turns on or off the Document Map, a vertical pane along the left edge of the document window that outlines the document structure. Use the Document Map to quickly browse a long or online document and to keep track of your location in it.

Header and Footer (View menu)

Adds or changes the text that appears at the top and bottom of every page or slide.

Footnotes

Comments (View menu)

In Word, displays all comments ¾ made by all reviewers ¾ in the comment pane.

In Microsoft Excel, turns display of comments on the worksheet on or off.

Full Screen (View menu)

Hides most screen elements so that you can view more of your document. To switch back to your previous view, click or press ESC.

 

Zoom (View menu)

Controls how large or small the current file appears on the screen.

Break (Insert menu)

Inserts a page break, column break, or section break at the insertion point.

Page Numbers (Header and Footer toolbar)

Inserts page numbers that automatically update when you add or delete pages.

Date and Time (Insert menu)

Adds the date and time to an individual slide using the format you choose. If you want to add the date and time to every slide, use the Header and Footer command (View menu).

AutoText (Insert menu)

Creates or inserts an AutoText entry.

 

AutoText

Click the AutoText entry you want to insert into your document.

Field (Insert menu)

Inserts a field at the insertion point. Use fields to insert a variety of information automatically and to keep the information up-to-date.

Symbol (Insert menu)

Inserts symbols and special characters from the fonts that are installed on your computer.

Comment

Inserts a comment at the insertion point.

Footnote

No Help topic is associated with this item.

Caption (Insert menu)

Inserts captions for tables, figures, equations, and other items.

Cross-reference (Insert menu)

Inserts a cross-reference to an item in a document.

Cross-reference (Insert menu)

Inserts a cross-reference to an item in a document.

Index and Tables (Insert menu)

Creates indexes, tables of contents, tables of figures, tables of authorities, and other similar tables.

Insert Clip Art

Opens the Clip Gallery where you can select the clip art images you want to insert in your file or update your clip art collection. In PowerPoint, this command is available only in slide and notes views.

Picture From File (Insert menu)

Inserts an existing picture in the active file at the insertion point.

AutoShapes Menu

Displays the AutoShape categories you can insert. Click an AutoShape category, click the AutoShape you want, and then click or drag in the active window where you want to insert the AutoShape. To draw an AutoShape that retains its default height-to-width ratio, hold down SHIFT while you drag.

WordArt

Creates text effects by inserting a Microsoft Office drawing object.

Picture From File (Insert menu)

Inserts an existing picture in the active file at the insertion point.

Chart

Creates a chart by inserting a Microsoft Graph object.

Text Box

Draws a text box where you click or drag in the active window. Use a text box to add text — such as captions or call outs — to your pictures or graphics.

File (Insert menu)

Inserts all or part of the file you select, into the active file at the insertion point.

Object (Insert menu)

Inserts an object ¾ such as a drawing, WordArt text effect, or an equation ¾ at the insertion point.

Bookmark (Insert menu)

Creates bookmarks, which you can use to mark selected text, graphics, tables, or other items.

Insert / Edit Hyperlink

Inserts or edits the hyperlink you specify.

Font (Format menu)

Changes the font and character spacing formats of the selected text.

Paragraph (Format menu)

Changes paragraph indents, text alignment, line spacing, pagination, and other paragraph formats in the selected paragraph.

Bullets and Numbering (Format menu)

In Word, adds bullets or numbers to select paragraphs and modifies the bullets and numbering format.

Bullet (Format menu)

In PowerPoint, ad bullets to or removes bullets from selected paragraphs.

Borders and Shading (Format menu)

Ad borders and shading to selected text, paragraphs, pages, table cells, or pictures.

Columns

Changes the number of columns in a document or a section of a document.

Tabs (Format menu)

Sets the position and alignment of tab stops and determines the type of leader character for each tab stop.

Drop Cap

Formats a letter, word, or selected text with a large initial ¾ or "dropped" ¾ capital letter. A "drop cap" is traditionally the first letter in a paragraph, and it can appear either in the left margin or dropped from the base line of the first line in the paragraph.

Text Direction (Format menu)

Rotates selected text in table cells so you can read it from bottom to top or from top to bottom.

 

Change Case (Format menu)

Changes the capitalization of selected text.

AutoFormat (Format menu)

Analyzes the content of the active file and then automatically formats the file. If you want to change the automatic formatting options before autoformatting begins, use the AutoFormat command (Format menu) instead of clicking.

Style Gallery (Format menu)

Customizes the look of your document by using styles from other templates.

Style (Format menu)

Defines or applies to the selection a combination of formats, called a style.

No Color

Removes the background color.

 

Object (Format menu)

Formats the line, color, fill and pattern, size, position, and other properties of the selected object.

Spelling and Grammar (Tools menu)

Checks the active document for possible spelling, grammar, and writing style errors, and displays suggestions for correcting them. To set spelling and grammar checking options, click Options on the Tools menu, and then click the Spelling and Grammar tab.

Language (Tools menu)

Designates the language of selected text in a file that contains more than one language. The spelling checker automatically uses the dictionary for the designated language.

Language Thesaurus (Tools menu)

Replaces a word or phrase in the document with a synonym, antonym, or related word.

Language Hyphenation (Tools menu)

Reduces the raggedness of the right edge of the text by inserting hyphens in words.

Word Count (Tools menu)

Counts the number of pages, words, characters, paragraphs, and lines in the active document. Punctuation marks and special symbols are also included in the word count.

AutoSummarize (Tools menu)

Automatically summarizes the key points in the active document. You can use the AutoSummarize command to create an executive summary or an abstract.

AutoCorrect (Tools menu)

Sets the options used to correct text automatically as you type, or to store and reuse text and other items you use frequently.

Look Up Reference (Tools menu)

Looks up information in an online reference program, such as Microsoft Bookshelf 1996-97 or Microsoft Bookshelf Basics.

Highlight Changes

Highlights changes to cell contents in a shared workbook, including moved and pasted contents and inserted and deleted rows and columns.

Track Changes Accept or Reject Changes (Tools menu)

Finds and selects each tracked change in a document so that you can review, accept, or reject the change.

Track Changes Compare Documents (Tools menu)

Compares an open, edited document with the original document, and marks any differences in the edited document.

Tools Merge Revisions

Merges the tracked changes from the active document into the specified document, which Word opens if it is not open already.

Protect Document, Unprotect Document (Tools menu)

Prevents changes to all or part of an online form or document except as specified. You can also assign a password so that other users can annotate a document, mark revisions, or fill in parts of an online form. When a document is protected, this command changes to Unprotect Document.

Mail Merge (Tools menu)

Produces form letters, mailing labels, envelopes, catalogs, and other types of merged documents.

Envelopes and Labels (Tools menu)

Creates an envelope or a single mailing label, or inserts the same name and address on an entire sheet of mailing labels.

Letter Wizard (Tools menu)

Runs the Letter Wizard, which helps you quickly create letters.

Macro Macros (Tools menu)

Opens the Macros dialog box, where you can run, edit, or delete a macro. Use Record New Macro to record a series of actions as a macro, or click Visual Basic Editor to write a macro.

Macro Record New Macro/Stop Recording (Tools menu)

Records a new macro, or stops recording after you start recording a macro.

Visual Basic Editor

Opens the Visual Basic Editor, in which you can create a macro by using Visual Basic.

Templates and Add-Ins (Tools menu)

An attach a different template to the active document loads add-in programs, or updates a document's styles. Also loads additional templates as global templates so you can use their macros, AutoText entries, and custom command settings.

Toolbars Customize (View menu)

Customizes toolbar buttons, menu commands, and shortcut key assignments.

Options (Tools menu)

Modifies settings for Microsoft Office programs such as screen appearance, printing, editing, spelling, and other options.

Draw Table

Inserts a table where you drag in the document. After you drag to insert the table, drag inside the table to add cells, columns, or rows.

Insert Table (Table menu)

Inserts a table with the number of rows and columns you specify. This command changes to Insert Columns, Insert Cells, or Insert Rows when the insertion point is in a table, depending on what is currently selected.

Delete Cells/Rows/Columns (Table menu)

Deletes the selected cells or the cell that contains the insertion point. If you select an entire row or column, the command changes to Delete Rows or Delete Columns, respectively.

Merge Cells

In Microsoft Word, combines the contents of selected adjacent cells into a single cell.

In Microsoft Excel, combines two or more selected cells into a single cell. The cell reference for a merged cell is the upper-left cell in the original selection. Merging multiple cells into one cell will keep the contents of the upper-left cell only.

 

Split Cells / Unmerge Cells

In Microsoft Word, splits the selected cells into the number of rows and columns you enter.

In Microsoft Excel, separates a merged cell into the cells that were originally combined.

Select Row (Table menu)

Selects the row that contains the insertion point.

Select Column (Table menu)

Selects the column that contains the insertion point.

Select Table (Table menu)

Selects the table that contains the insertion point.

AutoFormat (Table menu)

In Microsoft Word, automatically applies formats, including predefined borders and shading, to a table. Automatically resizes a table to fit the contents of the table cells.

In Microsoft Excel, applies a built-in combination of formats to a cell range or a PivotTable. If a single cell is selected, Microsoft Excel automatically selects the range surrounded by blank cells and applies the autoformat to that range. If the selection is part of a PivotTable, the entire table, except for the page fields, is selected and formatted. This command is not available if the sheet is protected.

Distribute Rows Evenly

Changes the selected rows or cells to equal row height.

Distribute Columns Evenly

Changes the selected columns or cells to equal column width.

Cell Height and Width (Table menu)

Adjusts the height, width, alignment, indents, and other formatting of rows and columns in a table.

Headings (Table menu)

Designates the selected rows to be a table heading that is repeated on subsequent pages if the table spans more than one page. This command is available only if the selected rows include the top row of a table.

Convert Text to Table, Convert Table to Text (Table menu)

Converts selected text to a table, or convert the selected table to delimited text. Text you convert to a table must include separator characters, such as tab characters or commas.

Sort

Arranges the information in selected rows or lists alphabetically, numerically, or by date.

Formula (Table menu)

Performs mathematical calculations on numbers.

 

Split Table (Table menu)

Divides a table into two separate tables and inserts a paragraph marks above the row that contains the insertion point.

Gridlines (Table menu)

Displays or hides dotted gridlines to help you see which cell you're working in. Table gridlines don't print; if you want to add printable gridlines to your table, use the Borders and Shading command (Format menu).

Highlight

Marks text so it is highlighted and stands out from the surrounding text. Click , and then select the text or object you want to highlight. When you are done highlighting, click again. To change the highlight color, click the arrow next to , and then click the color you want.

 

New Window (Window menu)

Opens a new window with the same contents as the active window so you can view different parts of a file at the same time.

Arrange (Window menu)

Displays all open files in separate windows on the screen. The Arrange command makes it easier to drag between files.

Split (Window menu)

Splits the active window into panes, or removes the split from the active window.

Window List (Window menu)

Lists the currently open files in this program. Click the file you want to switch to.

Office Assistant (Help menu)

The Office Assistant provides Help topics and tips to help you accomplish your tasks.

Contents and Index (Help menu)

Opens the online Help index and table of contents for this Microsoft program.

Connect to the World Wide Web

Connects to the Microsoft Web site and other sites that provide up-to-date information.

WordPerfect Help (Help menu)

Helps you learn the Word equivalents for WordPerfect for DOS commands and key combinations. You can also display Help for WordPerfect Users by double-clicking WPH on the status bar.

About Microsoft Program (Help menu)

Displays the version number of this Microsoft program; copyright, legal, and licensing notices; the user and organization name; the software serial number; and information about your computer and your operating system.