Where is "select table" in the stupid new menus?

[garfield-n-odie [MVP]]

Click somewhere in your table, and then click on the four-headed arrow
that appears at the upper left corner of the table. Be very careful not
to drag the four-headed arrow with your mouse when you click on it.

Or click somewhere in your table, and then click on Table Tools: Layout
| Select | Select Table.

Or you can add the Select Table command to your Quick Access Toolbar by
clicking on Office Button | Word Options | Customize | Choose commands
from: Table Tools Layout Tab | Select Table | Add | OK.

ocbizlaw wrote:

 

[ocbizlaw]

Gee, wonder why I never thought of that. I can sure see why Microsoft
decided to get rid of the simple, intuitive and obvious menu item "select
table" under the menu heading "table" in favor of this method.

No offense intended to you and I appreciate your help. I'm just incredulous
at the idiocy of whoever at Microsoft came up with this nightmare that
triples the keystrokes and time it takes to prepare the simplest documents.

 

[JoAnn Paules]

I would suggest that until you get used to the new interface, you learn to
use the F1 key and if you can't find a command, visit
http://office.microsoft.com/assista...t=788&type=flash&CTT=11&Origin=HA100744321033

--

JoAnn Paules
Microsoft MVP - Publisher

How to ask a question
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555375

 

[garfield-n-odie [MVP]]

To select a table in 2003, you click in the table, then click on Table |
Select | Table. That's three clicks.

In 2007, the first method I suggested takes two clicks, the second
method I suggested takes three clicks, and the third method I suggested
takes two clicks after you add the command to your QAT (which you only
need to do once).

Same or fewer clicks in 2007 vs. 2003. Not triple the keystrokes like
you claim.

 

[ocbizlaw]

I guess my exageration of an extra click is the result of having to spend 40
minutes trying to track down a new menu option that didn't need to be moved
in the first place.