Thanks for the info, but why take three steps when it only took one before (“I miss my shortcuts!”)?

Thankfully, Microsoft gave us the “Quick Access Toolbar” for this very reason.  Unless it has already been moved, it is located at the top of your screen, next to the Office Button and above the Ribbon.
 

This is where we can add the shortcuts like “Save” or “Print” so they are just a click away.  But they only give us space for 5-6 shortcuts, which probably isn’t nearly enough space.  To remedy this, let’s move the “Quick Access Toolbar” to beneath the Ribbon.

Right-click in the space next to the “View” tab in the Ribbon.
 

In the pop-up menu, choose the option to “Show Quick Access Toolbar Below the Ribbon”.
 

And now we now have much more room to add our shortcuts too.
 

Ok, so how do I add those shortcuts I miss so much?  Well, you Right-click on the “Quick Access Toolbar” and choose “Customize Quick Access Toolbar”
 

You will get a screen that looks similar to the following one:
 

From here, you can choose from a variety of commands that you might want to use.  To get the full list, select “All Commands” from the “Choose commands from:” drop-down.
 

Now, let’s add a command, scroll down the list to whatever you’d like to add, in this case, I’ll do “Print”.  Click the add button to place it in your “Quick Access Toolbar”.  Once you are done adding all of the commands of your liking, click OK.  Your “Quick Access Toolbar” will now be updated with all of the commands you choose to add. 
 

And here is our updated toolbar:
 

Hey, that Ribbon thing is pretty cool, but the tabs don’t seem to have everything I need.
To get the complete pop-up for each option in the Ribbon, Microsoft has provided us with “Dialog Box Launcher” buttons (sounds impressive, doesn’t it?).  These are the little buttons in each section of the Ribbon.  One is pictured below (in the red circle).
 

Click the “Dialog Box Launcher” button, and you will get a screen similar to the one below (in this case, I’ve clicked the one for Font).  This is where we find the rest of our options.


So there you go, these are some of the basics to get you started with Office 2007.