Article ID: 157299
Article Last Modified on 1/19/2007
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft Word 97 Standard Edition
This article was previously published under Q157299
SUMMARY
This article describes where to find Word 6.x or 7.x commands and features in Word 97.
MORE INFORMATION
The following summarizes the Word 7.0 and 6.0 commands that have changed location or functionality in Word 97.
This Word 7.0 or 6.0 command Changes to this in Word 97
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File Menu
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Templates Renamed Templates and Add-Ins. Moved to
the Tools menu.
Send Renamed Mail Recipient (Send To
submenu).
Add Routing Slip Renamed Routing Recipient (Send To
submenu).
Find File (Word 6.0 only) Removed. Document searching has been
moved to the Open dialog box.
Summary Info (Word 6.0 only) Renamed Properties.
Edit Menu
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AutoText Moved to the Insert menu.
Bookmark Moved to the Insert menu.
View Menu
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Annotations Renamed Comments. Use this command to
insert a comment marker at the insertion
point or selection and display the
comments pane in which you can enter a
comment.
Insert Menu
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Annotation Renamed Comment. You can insert a
comment with this command also.
Frame Removed. To insert text boxes, use the
Text Box command. To insert pictures,
use the commands on the Picture submenu.
Form Field Removed. Use the Forms toolbar (View
menu, Toolbars submenu) to insert form
fields.
Format Menu
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Heading Numbering Moved to the Outline Numbered tab in the
Bullets and Numbering dialog box (Format
menu).
Frame Is unavailable if no frame is selected.
Use the Text Box tab in the Format
Object dialog box to format text boxes.
Picture Is unavailable if no picture is selected.
Tools Menu
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Spelling and Grammar Consolidated in the Spelling and Grammar
command.
Thesaurus and Hyphenation Moved to the Language submenu.
Revisions Renamed Highlight Changes (Track Changes
submenu). The Review feature has changed
to Accept or Reject Changes (Track
Changes submenu). The Compare Documents
feature has moved to the Track Changes
submenu. The Merge Documents feature has
moved to the Tools menu.
Help Menu
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Microsoft Word Help Topics Renamed Microsoft Word Help, which
displays the Office Assistant through
which you view Help.
Answer Wizard Removed. Gain access to the Answer
Wizard
feature through the Office Assistant.
Use the following table to find the features in Word 97 that you used in
Word 7.0 or 6.0.
To Do this
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Add an annotation Click Insert Comment on the Reviewing
toolbar.
Delete an annotation Click the "annotated" text, and click
Delete Comment on the Reviewing toolbar.
Turn on or off revision marks Click Track changes on the Reviewing
toolbar.
Position text and graphics Use text boxes to position text. Insert
with frames graphics directly without using a text
box or frame. Use a frame if the text
contains a comment marker, a footnote or
endnote marker, or certain fields, such
as a sequence field.
Select drawing manipulation Click Draw on the Drawing toolbar, and
tools select the tool you want. You can find
all previous Word drawing manipulation
tools, such as rotating, flipping, and
grouping graphics.
Draw freeform lines or arcs Click AutoShapes on the Drawing toolbar,
and point to Lines or Basic Shapes.
Turn on the AutoSave option Click Options on the Tools menu, click
Save, and then select the Save
AutoRecover Info Every check box.
Save all open files Hold down SHIFT while you click the File
menu, and then click Save All.
Insert WordArt Click Picture on the Insert menu.
New menu commands in Word 97
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The following summarizes new commands in Word 97.
This Word 97 command Allows you to
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File Menu
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Save as HTML Convert a Word document to a web page.
Available if you installed Web Page
Authoring (HTML).
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