Office 2007 User Guides and Frequently Asked Questions
Office 2007 User Guides
Microsoft Word 2003 - 2007 Conversion Chart
Find Word 2003 commands in the new Word 2007 interface.
Interactive Word 2003 to Word 2007 Reference Guide
Interactive Excel 2003 to Excel 2007 Reference Guide
Interactive PowerPoint 2003 to 2007 Reference Guide
Interactive menu reference guides from Microsoft.
Microsoft Office 2007 Quick Start Guide
Reference guide for Office 2007.
Microsoft Word 2007 Quick Start Guide
Reference guide for Word 2007.
Microsoft Excel 2007 Quick Start Guide
Reference guide for Excel 2007.
Microsoft Powerpoint 2007 Quick Start Guide
Reference guide for Powerpoint 2007.
Microsoft Infopath 2007 Quick Start Guide
Reference guide for Infopath 2007.
Microsoft Onenote 2007 Quick Start Guide
Reference guide for Onenote 2007.
Frequently Asked Questions
How do I access Office 2007 Help?
What happened to the File menu?
Are there new file formats for Office 2007 programs?
How can I always save Word 2007 documents in Word 2003 format?
How can I save only one file in Word 2003 format?
How do I make my Word 2007 document look like a Word 2003 document?
How do I access Office 2007 help?
ANSWER: Press F1 on your keyboard, or Click the Microsoft Office 
Help Button.
What happened to the File menu?
ANSWER: The File menu has been replaced with the 
Microsoft Office Button. Save, Open, and Print can be found in the office button.
Is there a new file format for Office 2007 programs?
ANSWER: Yes, the new formats in Office 2007 are indicated by an “x” in the file extension.
- Word documents: .docx
- Excel workbooks: .xlsx
- PowerPoint presentations: .pptx
How can I always save Word 2007 documents in Word 2003 format?
ANSWER: Click on the 
Office Button in the upper left hand corner.
Now click the Word Options button.
Click on the Save tab.
Choose Word 97-2003 Document.
Select OK to save changes.
How can I save only one file in Word 2003 format?
ANSWER: Click on the 
Office Button in the upper left hand corner.
Select Save As.
Select Word 97-2003 Document.
Name and Save your document.
How do I make my Word 2007 document look like a Word 2003 document?
ANSWER: The default template settings for creating new documents were updated in Word 2007, but you might prefer to create documents that look exactly like those you created in an earlier version of Word. From Microsoft Office Online.
Create a new document with Word 2003 formatting one time
- Click the Microsoft Office Button
, and then click New. - Under Templates, click Installed Templates, and then scroll to the Office Word 2003 Look template.
- Click Office Word 2003 Look.
- Next to Create new, click Document, and then click Create.
A blank document opens with the Word 2003 default styles and fonts.
Switch to Word 2003 formatting after you have started a document with Word 2007 formatting
If you have already started to create your document in Word 2007 using the default settings, you can change the formatting to look like the default formatting in earlier versions of Word.
On the Home tab, in the Styles group, click Change Styles.
- Point to Style Set, and click Word 2003.
- In the Styles group, click Change Styles
- Point to Fonts, and under Built-in, click Office Classic.
Use Word 2003 formatting as the default for all new documents
Use the Office Word 2003 Look template
After you use the Office Word 2003 Look template, it appears in your list of recently used templates.
The next time you want to create a document, do the following:
- Click the Microsoft Office Button
, and then click New. - Under Recently Used Templates, double-click Office Word 2003 Look.
Whenever you want to create a document based on updated Word 2007 formatting, use the Blank document template.
Save style and font settings as your default
On the Home tab, in the Styles group, click Change Styles.
- Point to Style Set, and click Word 2003.
- In the Styles group, click Change Styles
- In the Styles group, click Change Styles, and then click Set as Default.
- Point to Fonts, and under Built-in, click Office Classic.
When you create a new, blank document based on the Word 2007 default template (Blank document), the style and font set you that selected are used as the default formatting settings.
If you want to use the updated Word 2007 formatting, switch to the Word 2007 style set and the Office font set. You can switch back to your custom default settings later by clicking Reset to Quick Styles from Template (in the Styles group, click Change Styles, point to Style Sets, and then click Reset to Quick Styles from Template).
