An embarrassing confession.

 

I'd spent the morning working on a Word document, and beyond being mildly irritated that the blank document opened up at 10% (why does it do this??), it was all going well. Feeling very pleased with myself, I went to send the document to a colleague.

 

My colleague doesn't yet have the 2007 beta, so I needed to save my document in the 2003 format. "Save As…" - hardly a technical challenge.

 

Not so fast. Where exactly is "Save as…"? I can see the save button and Ctrl+S is second nature to anyone who spends any amount of time on a computer, but "Save as" is nowhere to be found.

 

I love the ribbon (which has made word processing a much more visual activity) but despite combing through each and every tab, "Save as" eludes me.

 

The solution (when in frustration I ask a colleague) is embarrassingly easy. What had looked to me like a snazzy logo, is in fact the "Office button".

 

One click and all the key document management functions are revealed. It's more or less the same as the old File menu. "Save as" is now the straightforward task I was expecting, with the added bonus of being able to publish my documents in PDF if I choose.

 

So yes, apparently, that is a button. Oh sure, easy when you know how. And not something I'll forget in a hurry.