Classic Mode ?

Does anyone know if the Office 2007 system offers a classic mode to make it
behave like Office 2003? I cannot tell you how much I absolutely HATE the new
user interface. I have been a computer user since the early 1980's and MS has
broken about every rule of incremental software design with this kind of
change in the user interface.

Currently I am attempting to further my degree and I was forced to take a
basic computer class. The one I was stuck with was Office 2007. All I will
have to say is I am glad I found out about this 'piece' of software now. I
was intending on buying the new version for my systems at home and at the
office. After experiencing 2007 I am very glad I didn't waste the money. I am
constantly searching for the features and do not have time to learn a
completely new piece of software in order to do my job.

I do like some of the new features of 2007 but cant stand the UI is there a
way to toggle between a 'Classic Mode' and 'Totally Different Software Mode
(Default)'?

Hi Dominic! I quite understand your frustration with the Ribbon thing.
However, MS has NOT provided an alternative way of reverting to the classic
UI.

Someone else recently asked this question. Here's the link to that thread.

http://tinyurl.com/8bb5g5

Good luck!

-- Gemini


"Dominic" wrote:

Does anyone know if the Office 2007 system offers a classic mode to make it
behave like Office 2003? I cannot tell you how much I absolutely HATE the new
user interface. I have been a computer user since the early 1980's and MS has
broken about every rule of incremental software design with this kind of
change in the user interface.

Currently I am attempting to further my degree and I was forced to take a
basic computer class. The one I was stuck with was Office 2007. All I will
have to say is I am glad I found out about this 'piece' of software now. I
was intending on buying the new version for my systems at home and at the
office. After experiencing 2007 I am very glad I didn't waste the money. I am
constantly searching for the features and do not have time to learn a
completely new piece of software in order to do my job.

I do like some of the new features of 2007 but cant stand the UI is there a
way to toggle between a 'Classic Mode' and 'Totally Different Software Mode
(Default)'?

http://www.pschmid.net offers a free "lite" version of the classic menu.

However, going forward, you will want to familiarize yourself with the new
interface.

--
Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

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ALWAYS post your Outlook version.
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After furious head scratching, Dominic asked:

| Does anyone know if the Office 2007 system offers a classic mode to
| make it behave like Office 2003? I cannot tell you how much I
| absolutely HATE the new user interface. I have been a computer user
| since the early 1980's and MS has broken about every rule of
| incremental software design with this kind of change in the user
| interface.
|
| Currently I am attempting to further my degree and I was forced to
| take a basic computer class. The one I was stuck with was Office
| 2007. All I will have to say is I am glad I found out about this
| 'piece' of software now. I was intending on buying the new version
| for my systems at home and at the office. After experiencing 2007 I
| am very glad I didn't waste the money. I am constantly searching for
| the features and do not have time to learn a completely new piece of
| software in order to do my job.
|
| I do like some of the new features of 2007 but cant stand the UI is
| there a way to toggle between a 'Classic Mode' and 'Totally Different
| Software Mode (Default)'?

I showed a friend the new interface this weekend. She'd never seen it before
and is not a power user. She's ready to upgrade. She loves the fact that she
can more easily find the functions she sometimes uses. Her only issue is the
full height of the ribbon. I didn't show her the minimized version.

--

JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]
Tech Editor for "Microsoft Publisher 2007 For Dummies"


"Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]" what@ever wrote in message
...
http://www.pschmid.net offers a free "lite" version of the classic menu.

However, going forward, you will want to familiarize yourself with the new
interface.

--
Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact.
ALWAYS post your Outlook version.
How to ask a question: http://support.microsoft.com/KB/555375


After furious head scratching, Dominic asked:

| Does anyone know if the Office 2007 system offers a classic mode to
| make it behave like Office 2003? I cannot tell you how much I
| absolutely HATE the new user interface. I have been a computer user
| since the early 1980's and MS has broken about every rule of
| incremental software design with this kind of change in the user
| interface.
|
| Currently I am attempting to further my degree and I was forced to
| take a basic computer class. The one I was stuck with was Office
| 2007. All I will have to say is I am glad I found out about this
| 'piece' of software now. I was intending on buying the new version
| for my systems at home and at the office. After experiencing 2007 I
| am very glad I didn't waste the money. I am constantly searching for
| the features and do not have time to learn a completely new piece of
| software in order to do my job.
|
| I do like some of the new features of 2007 but cant stand the UI is
| there a way to toggle between a 'Classic Mode' and 'Totally Different
| Software Mode (Default)'?

Thank you all for your input. However I have absolutely no intention of
learning a new system. I downloaded and installed Open Office from
openoffice.org, and best part its free. I am one of the few people who will
to pay for the software I use even with multiple systems I have a valid
license for each; so MS through its stupidity just lost out on 10+ copies of
Office.

If this is any indication the way MS is headed I wont go apple but I have no
problem doing Unix or Solaris as my OS. Just remember MS you are dumbing down
the software to the point that even a trained monkey can use it, but then
again how much does a trained monkey make, and will they be able to afford
the SW. Your long time user base will abandon you good luck when you go BK.

"Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]" wrote:

http://www.pschmid.net offers a free "lite" version of the classic menu.

However, going forward, you will want to familiarize yourself with the new
interface.

--
Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact.
ALWAYS post your Outlook version.
How to ask a question: http://support.microsoft.com/KB/555375


After furious head scratching, Dominic asked:

| Does anyone know if the Office 2007 system offers a classic mode to
| make it behave like Office 2003? I cannot tell you how much I
| absolutely HATE the new user interface. I have been a computer user
| since the early 1980's and MS has broken about every rule of
| incremental software design with this kind of change in the user
| interface.
|
| Currently I am attempting to further my degree and I was forced to
| take a basic computer class. The one I was stuck with was Office
| 2007. All I will have to say is I am glad I found out about this
| 'piece' of software now. I was intending on buying the new version
| for my systems at home and at the office. After experiencing 2007 I
| am very glad I didn't waste the money. I am constantly searching for
| the features and do not have time to learn a completely new piece of
| software in order to do my job.
|
| I do like some of the new features of 2007 but cant stand the UI is
| there a way to toggle between a 'Classic Mode' and 'Totally Different
| Software Mode (Default)'?

You will find, going forward, many software makers adopting the Ribbon idea,
if not the exact interface.

Just for your information.

--
Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact.
ALWAYS post your Outlook version.
How to ask a question: http://support.microsoft.com/KB/555375


After furious head scratching, Dominic asked:

| Thank you all for your input. However I have absolutely no intention
| of learning a new system. I downloaded and installed Open Office from
| openoffice.org, and best part its free. I am one of the few people
| who will to pay for the software I use even with multiple systems I
| have a valid license for each; so MS through its stupidity just lost
| out on 10+ copies of Office.
|
| If this is any indication the way MS is headed I wont go apple but I
| have no problem doing Unix or Solaris as my OS. Just remember MS you
| are dumbing down the software to the point that even a trained monkey
| can use it, but then again how much does a trained monkey make, and
| will they be able to afford the SW. Your long time user base will
| abandon you good luck when you go BK.
|
| "Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]" wrote:
|
|| http://www.pschmid.net offers a free "lite" version of the classic
|| menu.
||
|| However, going forward, you will want to familiarize yourself with
|| the new interface.
||
|| --
|| Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]
||
|| Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact.
|| ALWAYS post your Outlook version.
|| How to ask a question: http://support.microsoft.com/KB/555375
||
||
|| After furious head scratching, Dominic asked:
||
||| Does anyone know if the Office 2007 system offers a classic mode to
||| make it behave like Office 2003? I cannot tell you how much I
||| absolutely HATE the new user interface. I have been a computer user
||| since the early 1980's and MS has broken about every rule of
||| incremental software design with this kind of change in the user
||| interface.
|||
||| Currently I am attempting to further my degree and I was forced to
||| take a basic computer class. The one I was stuck with was Office
||| 2007. All I will have to say is I am glad I found out about this
||| 'piece' of software now. I was intending on buying the new version
||| for my systems at home and at the office. After experiencing 2007 I
||| am very glad I didn't waste the money. I am constantly searching for
||| the features and do not have time to learn a completely new piece of
||| software in order to do my job.
|||
||| I do like some of the new features of 2007 but cant stand the UI is
||| there a way to toggle between a 'Classic Mode' and 'Totally
||| Different Software Mode (Default)'?

MS has lost and will loose much money, because users of previous Office
versions do not and will not upgrade to the Office 2007 interface.
What happened to heads of MS designers? Did they completely change the
heads?:-)
"Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]" wrote:

You will find, going forward, many software makers adopting the Ribbon idea,
if not the exact interface.

Just for your information.

--
Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact.
ALWAYS post your Outlook version.
How to ask a question: http://support.microsoft.com/KB/555375


After furious head scratching, Dominic asked:

| Thank you all for your input. However I have absolutely no intention
| of learning a new system. I downloaded and installed Open Office from
| openoffice.org, and best part its free. I am one of the few people
| who will to pay for the software I use even with multiple systems I
| have a valid license for each; so MS through its stupidity just lost
| out on 10+ copies of Office.
|
| If this is any indication the way MS is headed I wont go apple but I
| have no problem doing Unix or Solaris as my OS. Just remember MS you
| are dumbing down the software to the point that even a trained monkey
| can use it, but then again how much does a trained monkey make, and
| will they be able to afford the SW. Your long time user base will
| abandon you good luck when you go BK.
|
| "Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]" wrote:
|
|| http://www.pschmid.net offers a free "lite" version of the classic
|| menu.
||
|| However, going forward, you will want to familiarize yourself with
|| the new interface.
||
|| --
|| Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]
||
|| Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact.
|| ALWAYS post your Outlook version.
|| How to ask a question: http://support.microsoft.com/KB/555375
||
||
|| After furious head scratching, Dominic asked:
||
||| Does anyone know if the Office 2007 system offers a classic mode to
||| make it behave like Office 2003? I cannot tell you how much I
||| absolutely HATE the new user interface. I have been a computer user
||| since the early 1980's and MS has broken about every rule of
||| incremental software design with this kind of change in the user
||| interface.
|||
||| Currently I am attempting to further my degree and I was forced to
||| take a basic computer class. The one I was stuck with was Office
||| 2007. All I will have to say is I am glad I found out about this
||| 'piece' of software now. I was intending on buying the new version
||| for my systems at home and at the office. After experiencing 2007 I
||| am very glad I didn't waste the money. I am constantly searching for
||| the features and do not have time to learn a completely new piece of
||| software in order to do my job.
|||
||| I do like some of the new features of 2007 but cant stand the UI is
||| there a way to toggle between a 'Classic Mode' and 'Totally
||| Different Software Mode (Default)'?

"Dima" wrote in message
...
MS has lost and will loose much money, because users of previous Office
versions do not and will not upgrade to the Office 2007 interface.
What happened to heads of MS designers? Did they completely change the
heads?:-)


Err no. Read this:
http://blogs.msdn.com/jensenh/archiv...he-ribbon.aspx

Makes perfect sense to me. And as an Advanced Office user since Office 95, I
have found the Ribbon perfectly easy to use.


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Dear Gordon,
Are you a support professional?
Business users (e.g. economists) of previous Office versions find the
relearning a waste of valuable time.

"Gordon" wrote:

"Dima" wrote in message
...
MS has lost and will loose much money, because users of previous Office
versions do not and will not upgrade to the Office 2007 interface.
What happened to heads of MS designers? Did they completely change the
heads?:-)


Err no. Read this:
http://blogs.msdn.com/jensenh/archiv...he-ribbon.aspx

Makes perfect sense to me. And as an Advanced Office user since Office 95, I
have found the Ribbon perfectly easy to use.


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Some do. Some find the new UI to be easier and are discovering features
they never realized were in the product before.

And yes, I am a support professional.

-B-

"Dima" wrote in message
...
Dear Gordon,
Are you a support professional?
Business users (e.g. economists) of previous Office versions find the
relearning a waste of valuable time.

"Gordon" wrote:

"Dima" wrote in message
...
MS has lost and will loose much money, because users of previous Office
versions do not and will not upgrade to the Office 2007 interface.
What happened to heads of MS designers? Did they completely change the
heads?:-)


Err no. Read this:
http://blogs.msdn.com/jensenh/archiv...he-ribbon.aspx

Makes perfect sense to me. And as an Advanced Office user since Office
95, I
have found the Ribbon perfectly easy to use.


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