New to Word 2010

1. A desktop or Start Menu shortcut to start Word 2010 should start it with
a new blank document open. Once Word is open, if you want another new blank
document, you can create one by pressing Ctrl+N or by clicking on a button
that you can add to the Quick Access Toolbar. Right-click the QAT and choose
Customize Quick Access Toolbar. In the Popular Commands list, scroll down to
New (when you mouse over it, it should say FileNewDefault), select it, and
click Add.

2. The Ctrl+F keyboard shortcut now opens the Navigation pane to the Search
tab, but Ctrl+H still opens the classic Replace dialog. The Find and Replace
commands are in the Editing group at the far right of the Home tab.

3. I find that the first text in a new document (the title if that's what's
first) is still suggested as the default filename when I first save. If
you're not seeing this, then I don't know the explanation.

4. You can hide the entire Ribbon, showing just the tabs, by double-clicking
on any tab or pressing Ctrl+F1 (repeat to display them again). You can also
customize which tabs are displayed. Right-click on the QAT and choose
Customize the Ribbon. Clear the check boxes for any tabs you don't want
displayed. You can also create custom tabs and groups.

5. If you have a retail copy of an older version of Office, you can install
it in place of Office 2010, but there is no downgrade path aside from that.

Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org

"sf" wrote in message
news:

Migrating to Word 2010 from Word 2003 and of course it's way more than
I need. I've figured out how to do some things, but am not happy with
them. I see why they say Open Office is like Word now. It is very
much like Word 2010 and I don't like this new word for the same reason
I don't like the Word processing in OO... except maybe I can get a
little help here and find out how get what I want to do accomplished.

1. For easy access, I put a blank document on my desktop which I
cleverly called "blank doc" - but is there some way to access a normal
blank doc the same way I could in 2003 from my Quicklaunch bar?

2. Where is Find and Replace without using the shortcut? It's under
Edit in 2003, but I can't seem to fine it in a menu in 2010 (and
where's Edit?)

3. How do I save a doc and not have to type in the new title? It's
done automatically in 2003 by taking the first line (I save recipes so
the title of the recipe is what I want), but apparently I have to
enter it manually every time in 2010.

4. How do I hide or modify some/all of those tabs? Most are
unnecessary for my intents and purposes and all are a visual mess.

5. Is there some way to downgrade my version of Word if this doesn't
work out?

If I wasn't clear enough, then you have an idea how confused and
befuddled I am feeling right now.

Many TIA



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