You can change the theme in a workbook by clicking the Themes button in the Ribbon’s Page Layout tab and selecting a new theme from the gallery that appears. Remember: The three Microsoft Office applications — Excel 2007, Word 2007, and PowerPoint 2007 — share the same themes. If you create reports that combine elements from each application, your reports will have a consistent look if you use a common theme. | Formatting with Themes Soliciting Help 17 You can change the theme in a workbook by clicking the Themes button in the Ribbon s Page Layout tab and selecting a new theme from the gallery that appears. Remember The three Microsoft Office applications Excel 2007 Word 2007 and PowerPoint 2007 share the same themes. If you create reports that combine elements from each application your reports will have a consistent look if you use a common theme. Soliciting Help With so many features and options available in Excel it isn t unusual to get stuck once in a while. Fortunately Excel provides the following methods for getting help easily Enhanced ScreenTips Standard ScreenTips also called ToolTips have been available in Excel for some time and provide textual context to commands. After you hover your mouse pointer over a command in earlier versions of Excel Excel displays the action of the command using either a single word such as Paste or a brief phrase such as Increase Font Size . A standard ScreenTip helps to decipher the meaning of a command button for example when the button has no associated text and the command meaning is unclear from the button icon. Enhanced ScreenTips take the concept a step further by adding a short description explaining the purpose of the command hence the prefix Enhanced . Some Enhanced ScreenTips include an explanatory graphic when a text description is insufficient to explain the meaning of the command. Enhanced ScreenTips are available for all commands on the Ribbon. In many cases the ScreenTip explanation provides enough information so you don t have to seek additional help. By default Excel 2007 uses Enhanced ScreenTips for all commands. Contextual help If the Enhanced ScreenTip doesn t offer enough for you to understand the use of a specific command you can get more detailed help. After you hover the mouse pointer over the command the Enhanced ScreenTip that pops up lets you know whether additional help for the command is available by .
