Editor's Note: These charts accompany our main story, "Word 2007 Cheat Sheet." Click through to that story for detailed information on getting up and running with Word 2007.
Wondering where your favorite Word 2003 commands went in Word 2007? Worry no more. Just use these quick reference charts, which list the most commonly used Windows 2003 commands and tell you where they are in Word 2007. They're listed here according to the menu on which they're found in Word 2003. We've also included keyboard shortcuts for all the commands. Most of them are the same in Word 2003 and Word 2007; we've noted where they differ.
For a full listing of every menu and submenu item, download the Word Ribbon mapping workbook from Microsoft. Microsoft also lists more Word 2007 keyboard shortcuts at its Office Online Web site.
File Menu | Edit Menu | View Menu | Insert Menu | Format Menu | Tools Menu | Table Menu | Window Menu
File Menu
Word 2003 Location | Word 2007 Location | Keyboard Shortcut |
| File > New | Office Button > New | Ctrl-N |
| File > Open | Office Button > Open | Ctrl-O |
| File > Close | Office Button > Close | Ctrl-W |
| File > Save | Office Button > Save or Quick Access toolbar > Save icon | Ctrl-S |
| File > Save As | Office Button > Save As | F12 |
| File > Page Setup | Page Layout > Page Setup (click dialog box launcher for more options) or Office Button > Print > Print Preview > Page Setup (click dialog box launcher for more options) | In Word 2003: Alt-F, U In Word 2007: Alt-P, SP |
| File > Print Preview | Office Button > Print > Print Preview | Alt-Ctrl-I |
| File > Print | Office Button > Print | Ctrl-P |
| File > Recently Used Documents | Office Button > Recent Documents | Alt-F |
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