G'Day URC,

Its not that bad when you get used to it.

This
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...displaylang=en
might be useful.
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Regards,
Pat Garard
Melbourne, Australia
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"URC" wrote in message
...
Yeh I figured out the contextual thing - boy they really made 2007 harder
to
work with. I can't find anything I need, the tools menu, the styles menu
for
changing formats, etc. Why do they make this stuff for rocket scientists?

They really screwed up with this version... it is way to difficult to
use.

Thx for your input.



"Jay Freedman" wrote:

Well, if you had said that in your first post, my answer would have been
different: In Word 2007, the Format tab is a "contextual" tab. That is,
it
appears only when the selected object needs formatting tools. Those
include
pictures, AutoShapes, clip art, WordArt, and so forth.

Similarly, the Design and Layout tabs that you mentioned are contextual,
usually
appearing when the selection is in a table. If you move the cursor to
plain
text, they'll disappear.

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On Tue, 17 Mar 2009 19:06:02 -0700, URC
wrote:

My version is Word 2007 and Yes I tried the methods posted in 2007 under
this
problem - does not work since there is no tools menu in 2007

"URC" wrote:

I cannot find the format tab that is supposed to be next to View Tab.

Of all the tabs up top Home Insert Page Layout Reference Mailings
Review
View Acrobat Design Layout there is no Format tab - where is it?