Microsoft terminology

Note: The terminology in Microsoft 2007 and 2010 has changed, eg, a “menu” is now called a “tab”. See some of the new terms below.

Tabs are designed to be task-oriented. See the Home tab below.
Groups within each tab break a task into subtasks. See the Font group below.
Command buttons in each group carry out a command or display a menu of commands. See the Bold command button below.

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MS-Word Styles in the Ribbon

The Styles Gallery and the Styles Pane

A fellow editor asked, “Styles vary in order and appearance with some documents – I know how to modify their attributes, but how do I customise the ribbon?”

The appearance of the styles in Microsoft Word’s Styles Gallery is governed by the template in your current document. The order of the styles is governed by the priroty Word assigned to them.

It is possible to customise the order of the styles in the Styles Gallery and Styles Pane – but it is complicated, time-consuming and not worth the trouble. Tony Jollans wrote a very detailed article that explains why.