I know a lot of people who hate Microsoft Word. The two complaints that I hear most often are that it's slow to launch and extremely cluttered. Fortunately, there are some things you can do to make it better. I'll walk you through the steps that I take whenever I'm setting up Word on a new computer. Take a look at the image above, and you'll see how Word looks when you first launch it. Yikes. Ok, let's start pruning. Step One: Cut the ribbon The "ribbon" is Microsoft's attempt to make it easier to find the settings that you need, rather than having them buried in menus. It takes up a lot of space. Under Preferences » Ribbon you will find two options: Turn on the ribbon Expand ribbon when d
