REFERENCE GUIDES
If you are wondering where an Office 2003 command is in Office 2007, just click a link below to open a Microsoft-developed interactive guide for an application. A new window will open with the menubar and the toolbars for that application in Office 2003. Point the mouse to a menu command or toolbar icon to identify its new location in Office 2007. Click to see an animation.
Word 2007
Interactive Guide - And also try the "workbook,"
which presents the locations in a table format.
PowerPoint 2007
Interactive Guide - And the
Workbook
Excel 2007
Interactive Guide - And an
Overview
Outlook 2007
Interactive Guide
Access 2007
Guide (not interactive)
According to Microsoft, "Office Fluent Ribbon is the primary replacement for menus and toolbars and provides the main command interface" for Office 2007 applications.
You'll notice that in creating workarounds for this mess, Microsoft has not provided equal attention to the different Office applications. Here a link to a collection of demos, guides, etc., to this Microsoft mess.