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May 7th, 2010, 07:50 PM
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Is there a way to make Office 2007 emulate Office 2003?
"Hyper Guy" Hyper wrote in message
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I totally agree with Old Hand. I went from being a confident power user of
No, you never were a power user. A real power user hardly cares about the
user interface. A real power user would stick to shortcuts (which haven't
changed). Having to move your hand from the keyboard to your mouse and then
having to navigate a menu or ribbon to select something trivial which you
could have achieved by pressing CTRL+some letter for example, is a pure
waste of time. You're an average user, just like most of us. There is no
shame in that. Just don't pretend to be better than you are.
Office 2003 to a frustrated novice of 2007. I can't even format basic
spreadsheets or documents. It is not intuitive to me. I simply avoid
using
this product, and this has greatly damaged my productivity and
self-esteem.
The MVP's somewhat snippy reply perhaps shows that the developers at
Microsoft are so taken by their own desires and attitudes that they lost
touch with their customer. I have not seen any other product using
ribbons,
and just because Microsoft declares it the wave of the future does not
make
WinZip, PowerArchiver, SnagIt, NitroPDF, AutoCAD, SolSuite, several Windows
7 applications, ... There are already hundreds of programs with a ribbon
interface. Even OpenOffice is prototyping with a ribbon interface.
it so. In fact, I purchased a cheapie Office suite from a competitor for
$25
Why did you pay $25? If you wanted classic menus, you could have either
installed OpenOffice, which is free, or downloaded one of the dozen free
addons which add a tab with classic menus to your Office user interface. For
example, see http://gregmaxey.mvps.org/Ribbon_Menu_Controls.htm (last image
on that page)
just to regain some productivity. Sorry Milly, but "New" does not equate
with "Better." The ribbons are visual clutter taking up huge amounts of
space displaying functions I rarely use. Your focus groups obviously
include
Double click a tab and the ribbon takes up as much space as an ordinary
menu. Displaying the ribbon again is then done by simply clicking a tab ...
just like ordinary menus.
people eager to please Microsoft but who are unconcerned about real users
in
the real world. This is not a problem with Old Hand's attitude nor mine
and I
resent your flippant comments. I have an MBA and a rather high IQ and I
am
quite comfortable with constructive change. This was a radical change that
was completely unnecessary. Look within and stop insulting people who
take
the time to write to you. Perhaps you need a vacation and that explains
your
inappropriately condescending tone. Anyway, thanks very much for
listening
to me whine, rant and ramble. I appreciate the opportunity (and hope I
posted this correctly--it is 3 am and I don't have my glasses!). Best
wishes
to both Old Hand and Milly...
"Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]" wrote:
http://blogs.msdn.com/jensenh/archiv...he-ribbon.aspx
for the history of the ribbon.
The ribbon is NOT going away and many more non-Microsoft applications are
adapting the ribbon interface. As with going from command line to GUI,
there is a learning curve. And I say it is about time for a change - it
has
me me more productive in the applications I use... and my attitude has a
lot
to do with it.
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Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]
Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact.
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How to ask a question: http://support.microsoft.com/KB/555375
After furious head scratching, OldHand asked:
| I'm sure numerous victims of this software do hope the ribbon will go
| away. If it doesn't, M$ office will go away, sooner or later.
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| Did anyone try using these applications before releasing them, and if
| they did, did they produce a report we can read?
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| These days we no longer expect routine software to be quite so
| irritating. For example, if you want to insert a footnote or a legend
| in Word, you have to remember that those sorts of insertion are not
| under Insertion, but they go under 'References' (French term). A
| legend is not a reference, so you tend to click around for a while
| till you find it.
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| Font characteristics are under 'Acceuil', but subscripts and
| superscripts (which even schoolkids need) are nowhere easy to find.
| You can add them only to the top menu, which is quite ridiculous.
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| Why can't we configure the menus ourselves?
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| It takes time to learn new habits with new software. This is a total
| waste of time if the new software does nothing you need that you
| didn't have already. Nobody is going to develop good plugins for an
| application that is likely to be replaced quite soon by something
| else completely different.
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| "JoAnn Paules [MVP]" a écrit dans le
| message de ...
|| There are third party add-ins available. Not sure if any are free
|| tho. I wouldn't count on them being completely what you want. My
|| personal suggestion would be to get used to the ribbon. It's not
|| going to go away and you may not always be able to rely on an add-in
|| being available.
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|| JoAnn Paules
|| MVP Microsoft [Publisher]
|| Tech Editor for "Microsoft Publisher 2007 For Dummies"
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|| "MicahV" wrote in message
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||| I greatly prefer the look and feel of Office 2003 when using Word
||| and Excel;
||| I am just curious if there is an "upgrade" or something similar
||| that can cause Office 2007 to act like Office 2003. Thanks for any
||| input.
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