Back to the theme of finding those lost little functions in the Beta.

So, with all the new user interface, the ribbon, and fancy super functional buttons , including the snazzy “Office button”. Sometimes, my mind reverts to complex menu systems and I just can’t think where I would go to perform a specific task. In this case, paragraph formatting, which incidentally can be found by clicking the bottom left icon on the paragraph section of the ribbon.

There is some great guidance available, like the “find it” documents that Gill blogged about. But when I am in Word, creating and editing a document, I really want to find help immediately from the location I’m working in. So imagine my dismay when I have absolutely no idea where help is, or where it could possibly be! I have been trying to discipline myself to think about what I want to do and not where I think that feature will be. This has served me well so far… where has “track changes” gone?... into the review tab…… where do I spilt my window?…. In the view tab? These all make perfect sense, but where on earth would help be??

Well, eventually I found it… it’s, fairly obviously when you see it, the little blue question mark on the top right hand corner. And when I did, I found the new help tool great to use. But my favourite part…. the new look Office Online. Everything you need from hints and tips, to document templates and detailed product information, all laid out in an easy to follow way. This site is still in Beta at the moment, but if you are investing time in getting to know the the 2007 Microsoft Office Beta2, it is well worth a look at this site, to make the most of your pioneering….