Use OfficeTab and add Tabs to Microsoft Office Applications

OfficeTab (Translated Page) is an add-on for Microsoft Office, it includes three components: WordTab, ExcelTab and PowerPointTab, which are as the name suggests is for Word, Excel and PowerPoint respectively, so you can save screen real estate and switch between documents, sheets or presentations more easily. The major function of this add-on is to add a tab-bar similar to that found in browsers today. It is compatible with both Office 2003 and Office 2007 on XP, Vista or Windows 7.

In a nut shell OfficeTab enables you to open multiple documents within one Office window without cramming up your taskbar. Although Windows 7 seems to have solve this problem. You can easily switch back and forth between the document or even view them side by side within one window.

Using Office Tabs, you can save a lot of space and also can easily switch back and forth between the document or even view them side by side within one window. You can open a new tab the same way you would in Mozilla Firefox, that is by simply double-clicking the area where the new tab would appear. This is developed by a Chinese developer so it supports both Chinese and English version of Office.

During installation, simply check the Microsoft Office applications you want OfficeTab to add tabs to. Finish your install and then check out the settings. These are the Excel settings which start with the check box to enable the Microsoft Office Tabs inside Excel. I changed only the Appearance settings to change the Tab appearance and left the rest of the settings alone until I really get into using the application.

The other tabs include WordTab and PowerPoint Tab — they are essentially have identical settings. But peruse them and see if there is something that tickles your fancy like enabling custom colors, changing the hot key to switch labels and more. If you find a particularly helpful option, let us know in the comments.

Click on Apply if you change anything. This is how it looks in Word, Excel and Powerpoint respectively:

Do you know of other free Microsoft Office plugins? We would love to give them a try. Go ahead and leave them in the comments!

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