Using+Contextual+Tools+in+Office+2007

Key points: -Displaying Contextual Tabs

USING CONTEXTUAL TOOLS:

Some tabs, toolbars, and menus come into view as you work. Because these tools become available only when you need them, the workspace on the screen remains more open and less clutered. This prevents you from becoming confused and distracted by all the open tabs because once you are done with one command the contextual tab closes automatically and will only appear again when it is being used.

A contextual tab is a Ribbon tab that contains commands related to the selected object so you can manipulate, edit, and format that object. The contextual tabs appear to the right of the standard Ribbon tabs just below a title label. Contexual tabs also allow you to switch views. Any object you select has a related contextual tab. An object is anything that appears on your screen that can be selected as a whole. Examples of objects are: tables, Pictures, a text box, shapes, chart, wordart, a diagram and a header/footer.