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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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Word 2007 is unacceptable and must be changed
Been there. Done that. Been slapped down.
-- Terry Farrell - MS Word MVP "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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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. -- Stan Brown, Oak Road Systems, Tompkins County, New York, USA http://OakRoadSystems.com/ |
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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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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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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