This document provides 10 tips for customizing and getting the most out of Microsoft Office 2010 and 2007. The tips include how to create customized tabs and customize the quick access toolbar, backup and restore customizations, find Office 2003 commands in Office 2010, bring back Office 2003 menus, insert horizontal lines, crop pictures, center objects, take screenshots, and add security to documents.

1. 10 QUICK TIPS TO GET THE MOST FROM
MICROSOFT OFFICE
We have published
some useful tips and
tricks for getting the most
out of Office 2010 and
2007. This article
compiles 10 of the best
tips and tricks we have
covered.

2. CREATE A CUSTOMIZED TAB ON THE OFFICE
2010 RIBBON
 Office 2007 included the new
Ribbon interface which some
people found awkward and
confusing to use. However,
Office 2010 added a new
feature that allows you to
create your own custom tabs
on the Ribbon.

3. CREATE A CUSTOMIZED TAB ON THE OFFICE
2010 RIBBON ( CONT.)
 You can group specific commands that
you use most often on your custom
tabs for faster and easier document
creation and editing.

4. SAVE TIME BY CUSTOMIZING THE QUICK ACCESS
TOOLBAR IN OFFICE 2007
 The previous tip showed you how to
add a custom tab so you can group
often-used commands in one place.
You can further customize the Office
interface by adding commands to the
Quick Access Toolbar.
 This provides one-click access to your
most-used commands.

5. HOW TO BACKUP AND RESTORE YOUR OFFICE 2010 RIBBON
AND QUICK ACCESS TOOLBAR CUSTOMIZATIONS
 Now, that you learned how to create custom
tabs on the Office 2010 Ribbon and how to
customize the Quick Access Toolbar, you can
backup both the Ribbon and the Quick
Access Toolbar so you can import the same
customizations into Office 2010 on another
computer.
 The following article shows you how to backup
the Ribbon and the Quick Access Toolbar in
Word, but the same method works in the other

6. HOW TO FIND OFFICE 2003 COMMANDS IN
OFFICE 2010
 Have you just upgraded to Office 2010
from Office 2003? If you skipped over
Office 2007, you may be having
trouble locating your favorite
commands from Office 2003 on the
new Ribbon interface.
 Microsoft created and interactive
guide to the new Ribbon interface in
Office 2010 to help smooth the
transition from Office 2003 to Office

7. HOW TO FIND OFFICE 2003 COMMANDS IN
OFFICE 2010(CONT.)
 The following provides a link to the interactive guides
and also shows you how to install them on your
computer for offline access.
 NOTE: The article also provides a link to
interactive guides for learning where commands
are in Office 2007.

8. BRING OFFICE 2003 MENUS BACK TO 2010
WITH UBITMENU
 The previous tip showed you how
you can make the transition from
Office 2003 to the new Ribbon
interface in Office 2010 and 2007
easier.
 However, if you really miss the
familiar menus and toolbars from
Office 2003, you can get them
back in Office 2010.

9. BRING OFFICE 2003 MENUS BACK TO 2010
WITH UBITMENU (CONT.)
 The following article shows you how to use a
tool, called UBitMenu, to bring back the Office
2003 menus and toolbars in Office 2010, and
even how to hide the extra Ribbon tabs to make
Office 2010 more like Office 2003.

10. INSERT HORIZONTAL LINES IN WORD
DOCUMENTS QUICKLY
 Generally, when inserting a
horizontal line in Word, you
need to access the Borders and
Shading dialog box.
 However, there is a quicker way
of inserting different styles of
horizontal lines.
 The following article shows you
the keyboard shortcuts for
inserting the different styles of
horizontal lines to save you

11. HOW TO CROP PICTURES IN WORD, EXCEL, AND
POWERPOINT 2010
 When inserting a picture into your Office
documents, you might need to crop it to
show only a specific part of the picture and
remove other areas.
 You can do this directly in Word, Excel,
and PowerPoint.
 The following article shows you how to crop
pictures in Word, but the method is the
same in Excel and PowerPoint.

12. CENTER PICTURES AND OTHER OBJECTS IN
OFFICE 2007 & 2010
 Once you insert your picture and crop
it, if needed, it may be difficult to get
your picture perfectly centered in your
document.
 The following article shows you how to
center pictures and other objects in
Word and PowerPoint 2010; however,
the method is nearly identical in 2007.

13. HOW TO TAKE SCREENSHOTS WITH WORD 2010
 If you’re working on a document
in Word 2010 that includes
screenshots, you can easily use
Word to create the screenshots,
rather than another third-party
tool, thus saving you time.
 The following article shows you
how to use Word to take
screenshots and paste them
directly into your document.

14. ADD SECURITY TO YOUR IMPORTANT DOCUMENTS IN
OFFICE 2010
 If you’re sharing Office 2010 documents
with other employees through your
company’s network, you might want to add
security to the documents so only certain
employees can access the documents.
 The following article shows you how to
restrict editing and encrypt your
documents in Word.

15. ADD SECURITY TO YOUR IMPORTANT
DOCUMENTS IN OFFICE 2010(CONT.)
 You can also apply encryption to Excel
and PowerPoint documents.
 However, you can only restrict editing in
Word and Excel.