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Old May 7th, 2010, 10:23 AM posted to microsoft.public.office.setup
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Default Is there a way to make Office 2007 emulate Office 2003?

I totally agree with Old Hand. I went from being a confident power user of
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
it so. In fact, I purchased a cheapie Office suite from a competitor for $25
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
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.

--
Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact.
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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.
|
| Did anyone try using these applications before releasing them, and if
| they did, did they produce a report we can read?
|
| 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.
|
| 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.
|
| Why can't we configure the menus ourselves?
|
| 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.
||
|| --
|| JoAnn Paules
|| MVP Microsoft [Publisher]
|| Tech Editor for "Microsoft Publisher 2007 For Dummies"
||
||
||
|| "MicahV" wrote in message
|| ...
||| 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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