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Old April 7th, 2007, 06:35 PM posted to microsoft.public.word.newusers
Larry
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Default Word 2007 is unacceptable and must be changed

With Word 2007, Microsoft has jumped the shark.

I think the Word community, led by the MVPs--and I've seen several MVPs
openly express their unhappiness about 2007—needs to communicate with
Microsoft and tell them that Word 2007 is UNACCEPTABLE. Acting as a group
we need to ask MS, among other things, to restore basic features that have
been removed such as the Menu bar, the Toolbars, and custom menus and
toolbars; to give users the ability to opt out of the Ribbon (not just to
minimize it temporarily, but get rid of it); and to restore the ease of
accessibility of various important dialog boxes that have now been hidden
away in the most senseless locations.


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Old April 7th, 2007, 06:44 PM posted to microsoft.public.word.newusers
Terry Farrell
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Default Word 2007 is unacceptable and must be changed

Been there. Done that. Been slapped down.

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"Larry" wrote in message
...
With Word 2007, Microsoft has jumped the shark.

I think the Word community, led by the MVPs--and I've seen several MVPs
openly express their unhappiness about 2007—needs to communicate with
Microsoft and tell them that Word 2007 is UNACCEPTABLE. Acting as a group
we need to ask MS, among other things, to restore basic features that have
been removed such as the Menu bar, the Toolbars, and custom menus and
toolbars; to give users the ability to opt out of the Ribbon (not just to
minimize it temporarily, but get rid of it); and to restore the ease of
accessibility of various important dialog boxes that have now been hidden
away in the most senseless locations.



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Old April 7th, 2007, 09:41 PM posted to microsoft.public.word.newusers
Stan Brown
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Default Word 2007 is unacceptable and must be changed

Sat, 7 Apr 2007 13:35:10 -0400 from Larry :
With Word 2007, Microsoft has jumped the shark.


Yawn.

I think the Word community, led by the MVPs--and I've seen several MVPs
openly express their unhappiness about 2007?needs to communicate with
Microsoft and tell them that Word 2007 is UNACCEPTABLE.


Yeah, like *that's* gonna have any effect.

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http://OakRoadSystems.com/
  #4  
Old April 8th, 2007, 03:26 AM posted to microsoft.public.word.newusers
Albert Einstein
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Default Word 2007 is unacceptable and must be changed

Larry wrote:

With Word 2007, Microsoft has jumped the shark.

I think the Word community, led by the MVPs--and I've seen several MVPs
openly express their unhappiness about 2007—needs to communicate with
Microsoft and tell them that Word 2007 is UNACCEPTABLE. Acting as a group
we need to ask MS, among other things, to restore basic features that have
been removed such as the Menu bar, the Toolbars, and custom menus and
toolbars; to give users the ability to opt out of the Ribbon (not just to
minimize it temporarily, but get rid of it); and to restore the ease of
accessibility of various important dialog boxes that have now been hidden
away in the most senseless locations.



Try WordPerfect X3. You can customize the menus and toolbars to your
heart's content.
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Old April 8th, 2007, 03:48 AM posted to microsoft.public.word.newusers
Geoff
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Default Word 2007 is unacceptable and must be changed

Stay with an earlier version ??


"Larry" wrote in message
...
With Word 2007, Microsoft has jumped the shark.

I think the Word community, led by the MVPs--and I've seen several MVPs
openly express their unhappiness about 2007—needs to communicate with
Microsoft and tell them that Word 2007 is UNACCEPTABLE. Acting as a group
we need to ask MS, among other things, to restore basic features that have
been removed such as the Menu bar, the Toolbars, and custom menus and
toolbars; to give users the ability to opt out of the Ribbon (not just to
minimize it temporarily, but get rid of it); and to restore the ease of
accessibility of various important dialog boxes that have now been hidden
away in the most senseless locations.




  #6  
Old April 8th, 2007, 08:49 AM posted to microsoft.public.word.newusers
Graham Mayor
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Default Word 2007 is unacceptable and must be changed

The only thing that will convince Microsoft of their folly is if the take-up
of Word 2007 is poor, and/or the corporates move to WordPerfect or Open
Office in significant numbers. There's a huge potential retraining bill
here, and business does not like spending unnecessarily.

Whether this failure to take up is going to happen is anyone's guess. I
suppose that eventually if we wish to stay with the Word product we will
have to adapt. I for one am in no rush.

--

Graham Mayor - Word MVP

My web site www.gmayor.com
Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org


Larry wrote:
With Word 2007, Microsoft has jumped the shark.

I think the Word community, led by the MVPs--and I've seen several
MVPs openly express their unhappiness about 2007—needs to communicate
with Microsoft and tell them that Word 2007 is UNACCEPTABLE. Acting
as a group we need to ask MS, among other things, to restore basic
features that have been removed such as the Menu bar, the Toolbars,
and custom menus and toolbars; to give users the ability to opt out
of the Ribbon (not just to minimize it temporarily, but get rid of
it); and to restore the ease of accessibility of various important
dialog boxes that have now been hidden away in the most senseless
locations.



  #7  
Old April 8th, 2007, 03:04 PM posted to microsoft.public.word.newusers
PA
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Default Word 2007 is unacceptable and must be changed

We spent a fortune training our users in Office 97 (switched from WordPerfect
and Lotus 1-2-3), and then the new features in Office 2002. We are staying
in 2002 until it is no longer viable for us and will then consider going back
to WordPerfect or to Open Office, unless MS wises up - and considering the
arrogance of that organization, wiseing up is highly unlikely.

"Graham Mayor" wrote:

The only thing that will convince Microsoft of their folly is if the take-up
of Word 2007 is poor, and/or the corporates move to WordPerfect or Open
Office in significant numbers. There's a huge potential retraining bill
here, and business does not like spending unnecessarily.

Whether this failure to take up is going to happen is anyone's guess. I
suppose that eventually if we wish to stay with the Word product we will
have to adapt. I for one am in no rush.

--

Graham Mayor - Word MVP

My web site www.gmayor.com
Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org


Larry wrote:
With Word 2007, Microsoft has jumped the shark.

I think the Word community, led by the MVPs--and I've seen several
MVPs openly express their unhappiness about 2007—needs to communicate
with Microsoft and tell them that Word 2007 is UNACCEPTABLE. Acting
as a group we need to ask MS, among other things, to restore basic
features that have been removed such as the Menu bar, the Toolbars,
and custom menus and toolbars; to give users the ability to opt out
of the Ribbon (not just to minimize it temporarily, but get rid of
it); and to restore the ease of accessibility of various important
dialog boxes that have now been hidden away in the most senseless
locations.




  #8  
Old April 8th, 2007, 04:59 PM posted to microsoft.public.word.newusers
Daiya Mitchell
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Default Word 2007 is unacceptable and must be changed

Complete speculation--based on the experience with Word 2002/2003, where
2002 also introduced some significant UI changes and 2003 came out real
fast--I'm thinking that there will be a Word 2009 fine-tuning the 2007
changes--and it's only if take-up doesn't bounce back for Word 2009 that
MS will begin to reconsider. They've got the cash reserves to sit out
one cycle, and 2009 might be long enough for college graduates to be
familiar with the 2007 paradigm by the time they enter corporations,
decreasing the training cost and thus the resistance. I can't imagine
they failed to plan for a poor take-up of Word 2007.

Except, of course, the issue is not Word but Office overall.

Graham Mayor wrote:
The only thing that will convince Microsoft of their folly is if the take-up
of Word 2007 is poor, and/or the corporates move to WordPerfect or Open
Office in significant numbers. There's a huge potential retraining bill
here, and business does not like spending unnecessarily.

Whether this failure to take up is going to happen is anyone's guess. I
suppose that eventually if we wish to stay with the Word product we will
have to adapt. I for one am in no rush.


  #9  
Old April 8th, 2007, 05:57 PM posted to microsoft.public.word.newusers
Beth Melton
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Default Word 2007 is unacceptable and must be changed

I suspect more will upgrade to Office 2007 than everyone thinks. Not
complete speculation on my end, the majority of our state agencies are
making the switch, many of them from Office 2000 to Office 2007. Until now
there weren't enough persuading factors to make a version switch. With
Office 2007 there are many benefits for those who use SharePoint and the
developer aspect for XML is pretty exciting.

Personally, I plan on sitting back and watching the naysayers come around
and realize how advantageous the change really is and how it's supplied
answers to a number of requests. I'm a former naysayer, it happened to me
and I've witnessed it happen to others: Those adamantly against the switch
will one day actually learn more about the application they are forming
opinions on and much like the change from WordBasic to VBA, will realize the
power of XML and will wish they made the change sooner.

Please post all follow-up questions to the newsgroup. Requests for
assistance by email can not be acknowledged.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Beth Melton
Microsoft Office MVP

Co-author of Word 2007 Inside Out:
http://www.microsoft.com/MSPress/boo...x#AboutTheBook

Word FAQ: http://mvps.org/word
TechTrax eZine: http://mousetrax.com/techtrax/
MVP FAQ site: http://mvps.org/

"Daiya Mitchell" wrote in message
...
Complete speculation--based on the experience with Word 2002/2003, where
2002 also introduced some significant UI changes and 2003 came out real
fast--I'm thinking that there will be a Word 2009 fine-tuning the 2007
changes--and it's only if take-up doesn't bounce back for Word 2009 that
MS will begin to reconsider. They've got the cash reserves to sit out one
cycle, and 2009 might be long enough for college graduates to be familiar
with the 2007 paradigm by the time they enter corporations, decreasing the
training cost and thus the resistance. I can't imagine they failed to plan
for a poor take-up of Word 2007.

Except, of course, the issue is not Word but Office overall.

Graham Mayor wrote:
The only thing that will convince Microsoft of their folly is if the
take-up of Word 2007 is poor, and/or the corporates move to WordPerfect
or Open Office in significant numbers. There's a huge potential
retraining bill here, and business does not like spending unnecessarily.

Whether this failure to take up is going to happen is anyone's guess. I
suppose that eventually if we wish to stay with the Word product we will
have to adapt. I for one am in no rush.




  #10  
Old April 8th, 2007, 06:32 PM posted to microsoft.public.word.newusers
Doug Robbins - Word MVP
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Default Word 2007 is unacceptable and must be changed

Make it possible to put the QAT vertically and add another one and I will be
happy. With 16:9 monitors, that would make far better use of the available
real estate than having it across the top of the screen.

--
Hope this helps.

Please reply to the newsgroup unless you wish to avail yourself of my
services on a paid consulting basis.

Doug Robbins - Word MVP

"Beth Melton" wrote in message
...
I suspect more will upgrade to Office 2007 than everyone thinks. Not
complete speculation on my end, the majority of our state agencies are
making the switch, many of them from Office 2000 to Office 2007. Until now
there weren't enough persuading factors to make a version switch. With
Office 2007 there are many benefits for those who use SharePoint and the
developer aspect for XML is pretty exciting.

Personally, I plan on sitting back and watching the naysayers come around
and realize how advantageous the change really is and how it's supplied
answers to a number of requests. I'm a former naysayer, it happened to me
and I've witnessed it happen to others: Those adamantly against the switch
will one day actually learn more about the application they are forming
opinions on and much like the change from WordBasic to VBA, will realize
the power of XML and will wish they made the change sooner.

Please post all follow-up questions to the newsgroup. Requests for
assistance by email can not be acknowledged.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Beth Melton
Microsoft Office MVP

Co-author of Word 2007 Inside Out:
http://www.microsoft.com/MSPress/boo...x#AboutTheBook

Word FAQ: http://mvps.org/word
TechTrax eZine: http://mousetrax.com/techtrax/
MVP FAQ site: http://mvps.org/

"Daiya Mitchell" wrote in message
...
Complete speculation--based on the experience with Word 2002/2003, where
2002 also introduced some significant UI changes and 2003 came out real
fast--I'm thinking that there will be a Word 2009 fine-tuning the 2007
changes--and it's only if take-up doesn't bounce back for Word 2009 that
MS will begin to reconsider. They've got the cash reserves to sit out one
cycle, and 2009 might be long enough for college graduates to be familiar
with the 2007 paradigm by the time they enter corporations, decreasing
the training cost and thus the resistance. I can't imagine they failed to
plan for a poor take-up of Word 2007.

Except, of course, the issue is not Word but Office overall.

Graham Mayor wrote:
The only thing that will convince Microsoft of their folly is if the
take-up of Word 2007 is poor, and/or the corporates move to WordPerfect
or Open Office in significant numbers. There's a huge potential
retraining bill here, and business does not like spending unnecessarily.

Whether this failure to take up is going to happen is anyone's guess. I
suppose that eventually if we wish to stay with the Word product we will
have to adapt. I for one am in no rush.






 




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