Select All, Copy & Paste shoud be together rather separated

In Office 2003 we could use the mouse click button to Select All, Copy &
Paste, common functions often done in sequence. In Office 2007 Word, the
Select All function has disappeared from the left click. If that wasn't
enough of an increasing user inconvenience. the "Select All" is at the
extreme right of the tool bar, while the Copy & Paste are on the extreme left.

Wasn't a user test conducted to analyze the common combined sequential
functions.

Of course, the disappearance of the familiar File and Edit Open functions
have disappeared which has helped drive my wife to Mac and Pages.

Does that get your attention to these valuable details of user convenience
and productivity?

Now, I like the new Office format in many instances where it has increased
user convenience and productivity, but the learning curve is still uphill
utilizing help and then Google when it is not in the Help, like how to make
suggestions to MS on a particular software product. Pretty basic. Keep
working on it and thanks for listening and considering.

Bill

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I'm not sure what you mean by "the mouse click button": In Word 2003 there's
no Select All command in the contextual menu produced by right-clicking, nor
is there a Select All button on the default Standard Toolbar. Are you
referring to the Edit menu? The command can be added to any toolbar in 2003
via the Customize dialog, but it can also be added to the QAT in 2007 if
you're a clicker...

I personally rely more on:

Ctrl+A = Select All
Ctrl+C = Copy
Ctrl+V = Paste

If I do choose to use the mouse I find it much more convenient to
triple-click in the space to the left of the text or Ctrl+Click in that same
area. But in any graphic interface relying completely on the mouse will
prove to be more of a hindrance than a convenience.

Regards |:)
Bob Jones
[MVP] Office:Mac



On 4/19/09 12:33 PM, in article
, "Fishnet77"
wrote:

In Office 2003 we could use the mouse click button to Select All, Copy &
Paste, common functions often done in sequence. In Office 2007 Word, the
Select All function has disappeared from the left click. If that wasn't
enough of an increasing user inconvenience. the "Select All" is at the
extreme right of the tool bar, while the Copy & Paste are on the extreme left.

Wasn't a user test conducted to analyze the common combined sequential
functions.

Of course, the disappearance of the familiar File and Edit Open functions
have disappeared which has helped drive my wife to Mac and Pages.

Does that get your attention to these valuable details of user convenience
and productivity?

Now, I like the new Office format in many instances where it has increased
user convenience and productivity, but the learning curve is still uphill
utilizing help and then Google when it is not in the Help, like how to make
suggestions to MS on a particular software product. Pretty basic. Keep
working on it and thanks for listening and considering.

Bill

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-432b-a4fe-39c8c8ea68f1&dg=microsoft.public.word.pagelayout

I expect Bill is referring to the Select tool in Word 2007 (whose submenu
includes Select All). It's at the far right of the Home tab of the Ribbon,
and Clipboard is on the far left. But Ctrl+A (or Ctrl+click in the left
margin) is easier still.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org

"CyberTaz" wrote in message
.. .
I'm not sure what you mean by "the mouse click button": In Word 2003
there's
no Select All command in the contextual menu produced by right-clicking,
nor
is there a Select All button on the default Standard Toolbar. Are you
referring to the Edit menu? The command can be added to any toolbar in
2003
via the Customize dialog, but it can also be added to the QAT in 2007 if
you're a clicker...

I personally rely more on:

Ctrl+A = Select All
Ctrl+C = Copy
Ctrl+V = Paste

If I do choose to use the mouse I find it much more convenient to
triple-click in the space to the left of the text or Ctrl+Click in that
same
area. But in any graphic interface relying completely on the mouse will
prove to be more of a hindrance than a convenience.

Regards |:)
Bob Jones
[MVP] Office:Mac



On 4/19/09 12:33 PM, in article
, "Fishnet77"
wrote:

In Office 2003 we could use the mouse click button to Select All, Copy &
Paste, common functions often done in sequence. In Office 2007 Word, the
Select All function has disappeared from the left click. If that wasn't
enough of an increasing user inconvenience. the "Select All" is at the
extreme right of the tool bar, while the Copy & Paste are on the extreme
left.

Wasn't a user test conducted to analyze the common combined sequential
functions.

Of course, the disappearance of the familiar File and Edit Open functions
have disappeared which has helped drive my wife to Mac and Pages.

Does that get your attention to these valuable details of user
convenience
and productivity?

Now, I like the new Office format in many instances where it has
increased
user convenience and productivity, but the learning curve is still uphill
utilizing help and then Google when it is not in the Help, like how to
make
suggestions to MS on a particular software product. Pretty basic. Keep
working on it and thanks for listening and considering.

Bill

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click "I Agree" in the message pane.

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-432b-a4fe-39c8c8ea68f1&dg=microsoft.public.word.pagelayout

Hi Suzanne;

I understood the point he made about 2007 - in fact, I think it's a rather
illogical place for the Select All command as well :-) But my point was in
regard to the opening statement about *2003*:

In Office 2003 we could use the mouse click button to Select All

That's what is unclear, so I have no idea what he's comparing 2007 to.

BTW: How's the "Granny" role going?

Regards |:)
Bob Jones
[MVP] Office:Mac


On 4/19/09 2:31 PM, in article ,
"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

I expect Bill is referring to the Select tool in Word 2007 (whose submenu
includes Select All). It's at the far right of the Home tab of the Ribbon,
and Clipboard is on the far left. But Ctrl+A (or Ctrl+click in the left
margin) is easier still.

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

I expect Bill is referring to the Select tool in Word 2007 (whose submenu
includes Select All). It's at the far right of the Home tab of the Ribbon,
and Clipboard is on the far left. But Ctrl+A (or Ctrl+click in the left
margin) is easier still.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org

"CyberTaz" wrote in message
.. .
I'm not sure what you mean by "the mouse click button": In Word 2003
there's
no Select All command in the contextual menu produced by right-clicking,
nor
is there a Select All button on the default Standard Toolbar. Are you
referring to the Edit menu? The command can be added to any toolbar in
2003
via the Customize dialog, but it can also be added to the QAT in 2007 if
you're a clicker...

I personally rely more on:

Ctrl+A = Select All
Ctrl+C = Copy
Ctrl+V = Paste

If I do choose to use the mouse I find it much more convenient to
triple-click in the space to the left of the text or Ctrl+Click in that
same
area. But in any graphic interface relying completely on the mouse will
prove to be more of a hindrance than a convenience.

Regards |:)
Bob Jones
[MVP] Office:Mac



On 4/19/09 12:33 PM, in article
, "Fishnet77"
wrote:

In Office 2003 we could use the mouse click button to Select All, Copy &
Paste, common functions often done in sequence. In Office 2007 Word, the
Select All function has disappeared from the left click. If that wasn't
enough of an increasing user inconvenience. the "Select All" is at the
extreme right of the tool bar, while the Copy & Paste are on the extreme
left.

Wasn't a user test conducted to analyze the common combined sequential
functions.

Of course, the disappearance of the familiar File and Edit Open functions
have disappeared which has helped drive my wife to Mac and Pages.

Does that get your attention to these valuable details of user
convenience
and productivity?

Now, I like the new Office format in many instances where it has
increased
user convenience and productivity, but the learning curve is still uphill
utilizing help and then Google when it is not in the Help, like how to
make
suggestions to MS on a particular software product. Pretty basic. Keep
working on it and thanks for listening and considering.

Bill

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suggestions with the most votes. To vote for this suggestion, click the
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click "I Agree" in the message pane.

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-432b-a4fe-39c8c8ea68f1&dg=microsoft.public.word.pagelayout


Thanks all of you for your responses. Yes, I do the keyboard shortcuts of CTRL+C & CTRL+P most of the time. You all are very responsive and this is the first time I finally used this feature, although I had to search on Google to find a way to ask a question or make a suggestion. Ideally, it would appear in each of the Office functions Help, but alas, I could not find it there.

Best regards to all of you, Bill

Ah, I take your point.

Haven't had a grannygram lately, but at last report all are doing well.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org

"CyberTaz" wrote in message
.. .
Hi Suzanne;

I understood the point he made about 2007 - in fact, I think it's a rather
illogical place for the Select All command as well :-) But my point was in
regard to the opening statement about *2003*:

In Office 2003 we could use the mouse click button to Select All

That's what is unclear, so I have no idea what he's comparing 2007 to.

BTW: How's the "Granny" role going?

Regards |:)
Bob Jones
[MVP] Office:Mac


On 4/19/09 2:31 PM, in article ,
"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

I expect Bill is referring to the Select tool in Word 2007 (whose submenu
includes Select All). It's at the far right of the Home tab of the
Ribbon,
and Clipboard is on the far left. But Ctrl+A (or Ctrl+click in the left
margin) is easier still.

On Apr 19, 12:33*pm, Fishnet77
wrote:
In Office 2003 we could use the mouse click button to Select All, Copy *&
Paste, common functions often done in sequence. In Office 2007 Word, the
Select All function has *disappeared from the left click. If that wasn't
enough of an increasing user inconvenience. the "Select All" is at the
extreme right of the tool bar, while the Copy & Paste are on the extreme left.

Wasn't a user test conducted to analyze the common combined sequential
functions.

Of course, the disappearance of the familiar File and Edit Open functions
have disappeared which has helped drive my wife to Mac and Pages.

Does that get your attention to these valuable details of user convenience
and productivity?

Now, I like the new Office format in many instances where it has increased
user convenience and productivity, but the learning curve is still uphill
utilizing help and then Google when it is not in the Help, like how to make
suggestions to MS on a particular software product. Pretty basic. Keep
working on it and thanks for listening and considering.

Bill

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You can customize the ribbon to group the commands together. My tips
page on ribbon customization uses this as one of the examples:

http://gregmaxey.mvps.org/Customize_Ribbon.htm