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Microsoft Office 2007 programs
I have used MS Office programs (Word, Powerpoint, Excel and Publisher) since
1997. I am quite familiar with them all. In versions 1997 & 2003 it was extremely easy to do things such as close a document and to set default folders you wish the programs to use when opening or saving a document. You just clicked on the menu item titled TOOLS at the top of the program and in 30 seconds you have all you want. Well in August 2009 my friend built a laptop for me with Vista and he had to install Windows Office 2007. Since August 2009 I have been having a horrible time with Word, Powerpoint, Excel and Publisher. My problem is that there is no CLOSE button to close the document you have open and I was sick of the program defaulting to C:/Users/andrew/Documents because I have specific subfolders titled PowerPoint Presentations, Excel Documents, and Publisher Documents but never could figure out how to designate them as default locations for files. So on May 27th my fiancee, who happens to be an IT Tech, called me and it took her about 20 minutes to get me to the right place. The problem is that in the 2007 versions you have to click on the Office 2007 Logo in the upper left corner of the open program to get all the options I wanted. Well guess what? I never had to go beyond the little diskette which is the SAVE icon so I never thought that the Office 2007 Logo was actually a clickable item that would give me all the options I have been desperately searching for the past 9 months. She finally told me to just click on the Office 2007 Logo and see what happens and by golly there were all the options I have been trying to find for 9 months. It took me about 2 minutes to change all my default folders in all the Office 2007 programs. Now I had to ask her who told her that you have to click on the Office 2007 Logo and she said "Nobody...I just happened to find it totally by accident when my curser went over the Logo and I saw it brought up the menu of items." She further told me it was about 3 months into using Office 2007 that she "found that by accident." So I have to throw this question out there for everyone to consider. If someone like me who has used Office 1997 and 2003 programs for 13 years...had a miserable time trying to find something as simple as a CLOSE button and the default folders designation page, then how much harder is it for people to find it when they are new to Office 2007 programs? NINE MONTHS people! And I am a 13-year user of Office programs! And why in the world would the people at Microsoft require you to click on the Office 2007 Logo in the upper left hand corner to get the options everyone needs, without ever telling them that is what the logo is for? Yes, I did go into the help memu for Office 2007 and when I entered a search for default folders and followed their links...it did remotely mention something about the Office 2007 Logo on the program, but I had no clue what they were talking about because who in their right mind would ever think of clicking on a Logo instead of a menu item across the top to get the options they wanted? This is one of the reasons people get upset with Microsoft, especially users like me with 13 years of experience with certain programs and then overnight I have no clue how to use the program options. |
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That was a problem that was identified in the beta of Office 2007 which is
why when you install Office 2007 the "Office Button" as it's called pulses at you until you click it. It does that to entice people to click it and discover it's a button. That was only marginally successful which is why Office 2010 does away with the Office button in favor of the "File" tab which launches "Backstage". Much more discoverable. -- -Ben- Ben M. Schorr, MVP Roland Schorr & Tower http://www.rolandschorr.com http://www.officeforlawyers.com/outlook.htm Author: The Lawyer's Guide to Microsoft Outlook 2007: http://tinyurl.com/ol4law-amazon "Andrew" wrote in message ... I have used MS Office programs (Word, Powerpoint, Excel and Publisher) since 1997. I am quite familiar with them all. In versions 1997 & 2003 it was extremely easy to do things such as close a document and to set default folders you wish the programs to use when opening or saving a document. You just clicked on the menu item titled TOOLS at the top of the program and in 30 seconds you have all you want. Well in August 2009 my friend built a laptop for me with Vista and he had to install Windows Office 2007. Since August 2009 I have been having a horrible time with Word, Powerpoint, Excel and Publisher. My problem is that there is no CLOSE button to close the document you have open and I was sick of the program defaulting to C:/Users/andrew/Documents because I have specific subfolders titled PowerPoint Presentations, Excel Documents, and Publisher Documents but never could figure out how to designate them as default locations for files. So on May 27th my fiancee, who happens to be an IT Tech, called me and it took her about 20 minutes to get me to the right place. The problem is that in the 2007 versions you have to click on the Office 2007 Logo in the upper left corner of the open program to get all the options I wanted. Well guess what? I never had to go beyond the little diskette which is the SAVE icon so I never thought that the Office 2007 Logo was actually a clickable item that would give me all the options I have been desperately searching for the past 9 months. She finally told me to just click on the Office 2007 Logo and see what happens and by golly there were all the options I have been trying to find for 9 months. It took me about 2 minutes to change all my default folders in all the Office 2007 programs. Now I had to ask her who told her that you have to click on the Office 2007 Logo and she said "Nobody...I just happened to find it totally by accident when my curser went over the Logo and I saw it brought up the menu of items." She further told me it was about 3 months into using Office 2007 that she "found that by accident." So I have to throw this question out there for everyone to consider. If someone like me who has used Office 1997 and 2003 programs for 13 years...had a miserable time trying to find something as simple as a CLOSE button and the default folders designation page, then how much harder is it for people to find it when they are new to Office 2007 programs? NINE MONTHS people! And I am a 13-year user of Office programs! And why in the world would the people at Microsoft require you to click on the Office 2007 Logo in the upper left hand corner to get the options everyone needs, without ever telling them that is what the logo is for? Yes, I did go into the help memu for Office 2007 and when I entered a search for default folders and followed their links...it did remotely mention something about the Office 2007 Logo on the program, but I had no clue what they were talking about because who in their right mind would ever think of clicking on a Logo instead of a menu item across the top to get the options they wanted? This is one of the reasons people get upset with Microsoft, especially users like me with 13 years of experience with certain programs and then overnight I have no clue how to use the program options. |
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I would strongly suggest adding Close to the Quick Access Toolbar.
-- JoAnn Paules MVP Microsoft [Publisher] Tech Editor for "Microsoft Publisher 2007 For Dummies" "Andrew" wrote in message ... I have used MS Office programs (Word, Powerpoint, Excel and Publisher) since 1997. I am quite familiar with them all. In versions 1997 & 2003 it was extremely easy to do things such as close a document and to set default folders you wish the programs to use when opening or saving a document. You just clicked on the menu item titled TOOLS at the top of the program and in 30 seconds you have all you want. Well in August 2009 my friend built a laptop for me with Vista and he had to install Windows Office 2007. Since August 2009 I have been having a horrible time with Word, Powerpoint, Excel and Publisher. My problem is that there is no CLOSE button to close the document you have open and I was sick of the program defaulting to C:/Users/andrew/Documents because I have specific subfolders titled PowerPoint Presentations, Excel Documents, and Publisher Documents but never could figure out how to designate them as default locations for files. So on May 27th my fiancee, who happens to be an IT Tech, called me and it took her about 20 minutes to get me to the right place. The problem is that in the 2007 versions you have to click on the Office 2007 Logo in the upper left corner of the open program to get all the options I wanted. Well guess what? I never had to go beyond the little diskette which is the SAVE icon so I never thought that the Office 2007 Logo was actually a clickable item that would give me all the options I have been desperately searching for the past 9 months. She finally told me to just click on the Office 2007 Logo and see what happens and by golly there were all the options I have been trying to find for 9 months. It took me about 2 minutes to change all my default folders in all the Office 2007 programs. Now I had to ask her who told her that you have to click on the Office 2007 Logo and she said "Nobody...I just happened to find it totally by accident when my curser went over the Logo and I saw it brought up the menu of items." She further told me it was about 3 months into using Office 2007 that she "found that by accident." So I have to throw this question out there for everyone to consider. If someone like me who has used Office 1997 and 2003 programs for 13 years...had a miserable time trying to find something as simple as a CLOSE button and the default folders designation page, then how much harder is it for people to find it when they are new to Office 2007 programs? NINE MONTHS people! And I am a 13-year user of Office programs! And why in the world would the people at Microsoft require you to click on the Office 2007 Logo in the upper left hand corner to get the options everyone needs, without ever telling them that is what the logo is for? Yes, I did go into the help memu for Office 2007 and when I entered a search for default folders and followed their links...it did remotely mention something about the Office 2007 Logo on the program, but I had no clue what they were talking about because who in their right mind would ever think of clicking on a Logo instead of a menu item across the top to get the options they wanted? This is one of the reasons people get upset with Microsoft, especially users like me with 13 years of experience with certain programs and then overnight I have no clue how to use the program options. |
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Andrew, Yada, yada, yada. You say you have been using MS Office for 13 years and it took you 9 months to know to click on the Office button ??? You have to be kidding me. Then, to make matters worse, you're ****ed at Microsoft for your ignorance. Geez, man. Have you ever heard of Google ? I believe I had 3,180,000,000 hits in 0.17 seconds on how to close office 2007 documents. Here, let me help you http://www.lmgtfy.com/?q=how+to+clos...2007+documents In addition, during your use of Office 2007 apps, do you recall coming across something called the "Quick Access Toolbar" (QAT) ? You could have added a 'Close' icon to it so you would not have to constantly deal with the Office button menu. I'm thinking you should go back to pencil, paper and a metal file cabinet. OK, I'll answer your questions: ANDREW QUESTION "If someone like me who has used Office 1997 and 2003 programs for 13 years...had a miserable time trying to find something as simple as a CLOSE button and the default folders designation page, then how much harder is it for people to find it when they are new to Office 2007 programs?" ANSWER New users don't find it difficult at all. They have enough sense to search and find the information they need. ANDREW QUESTION "And why in the world would the people at Microsoft require you to click on the Office 2007 Logo in the upper left hand corner to get the options everyone needs, without ever telling them that is what the logo is for?" ANSWER Did you expect Bill Gates to come to your house after purchasing MS Office and personally tutor you in the basics of the new version ? ANDREW QUESTION "Yes, I did go into the help memu for Office 2007 and when I entered a search for default folders and followed their links...it did remotely mention something about the Office 2007 Logo on the program, but I had no clue what they were talking about because who in their right mind would ever think of clicking on a Logo instead of a menu item across the top to get the options they wanted?" ANSWER Well, at least you had enough sense to search for information. When you didn't understand what the Office button was, did you search for information about that ? No ! Just about all users were in their right minds and clicked on the Office button and VOILA, options out the yin-yang. Whatever ! Before you get married remember to Google "what does a groom do to the bride the night he gets married". BB |
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