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I hate the ribbon -- bring the menus back!
I am a first-time Office 2007 user, and as such, I hate some of the changes
I'm seeing. Perhaps that's a normal first reaction to Office 2007, and perhaps I'll grow to prefer it. But for now, it appears I'm forced to waste valuable screen real estate staring at the outrageous ribbon bar that often doesn't even have the functionality that I'm looking for. At least with Office 2003 with its regular menus I could click on one entry and hover my mouse around the others until I find what I'm looking for. And of course I could customize the toolbars to my liking, maximizing my available screen real estate. If I can do with the the ribbon, then it just isn't obvious. -- Keith ---------------- This post is a suggestion for Microsoft, and Microsoft responds to the suggestions with the most votes. To vote for this suggestion, click the "I Agree" button in the message pane. If you do not see the button, follow this link to open the suggestion in the Microsoft Web-based Newsreader and then click "I Agree" in the message pane. http://www.microsoft.com/office/comm...ic.office.misc |
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I hate the ribbon -- bring the menus back!
Exactly my words...you can tell all that to "Brendan S" who claims that this
abomination is an improvment! Keith and you are not alone... hundreds of thousands of MS users will hate this GUI. I think MS wants to commit financial suicide! Perhaps they want to give linux a chance.... I see a lot of heads rolling over this design.... but there is still time to improve it.... if they are smart. "Keith" wrote in message ... I am a first-time Office 2007 user, and as such, I hate some of the changes I'm seeing. Perhaps that's a normal first reaction to Office 2007, and perhaps I'll grow to prefer it. But for now, it appears I'm forced to waste valuable screen real estate staring at the outrageous ribbon bar that often doesn't even have the functionality that I'm looking for. At least with Office 2003 with its regular menus I could click on one entry and hover my mouse around the others until I find what I'm looking for. And of course I could customize the toolbars to my liking, maximizing my available screen real estate. If I can do with the the ribbon, then it just isn't obvious. -- Keith ---------------- This post is a suggestion for Microsoft, and Microsoft responds to the suggestions with the most votes. To vote for this suggestion, click the "I Agree" button in the message pane. If you do not see the button, follow this link to open the suggestion in the Microsoft Web-based Newsreader and then click "I Agree" in the message pane. http://www.microsoft.com/office/comm...ic.office.misc |
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I hate the ribbon -- bring the menus back!
I believe you are incorrect, hundreds of thousands of MS users will NOT hate
the UI, the UI is very intuitive and easy to use so WHY should so many users hate it? This will not cause MS to commit financial suicide, no more than the release of Office 2003 did! Do you just have a problem with things that are different or something? "John Jay Smith" wrote: Exactly my words...you can tell all that to "Brendan S" who claims that this abomination is an improvment! Keith and you are not alone... hundreds of thousands of MS users will hate this GUI. I think MS wants to commit financial suicide! Perhaps they want to give linux a chance.... I see a lot of heads rolling over this design.... but there is still time to improve it.... if they are smart. "Keith" wrote in message ... I am a first-time Office 2007 user, and as such, I hate some of the changes I'm seeing. Perhaps that's a normal first reaction to Office 2007, and perhaps I'll grow to prefer it. But for now, it appears I'm forced to waste valuable screen real estate staring at the outrageous ribbon bar that often doesn't even have the functionality that I'm looking for. At least with Office 2003 with its regular menus I could click on one entry and hover my mouse around the others until I find what I'm looking for. And of course I could customize the toolbars to my liking, maximizing my available screen real estate. If I can do with the the ribbon, then it just isn't obvious. -- Keith ---------------- This post is a suggestion for Microsoft, and Microsoft responds to the suggestions with the most votes. To vote for this suggestion, click the "I Agree" button in the message pane. If you do not see the button, follow this link to open the suggestion in the Microsoft Web-based Newsreader and then click "I Agree" in the message pane. http://www.microsoft.com/office/comm...ic.office.misc |
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I hate the ribbon -- bring the menus back!
I sort of agree...it looks like clutter and eye sore...takes forever to weed
through the stuff...prefer the old tidier look. Took me a while to find the regular file/open...should have been clear to see. really not user friendly Less eye candy and more efficiency please. Bill "Keith" wrote in message ... I am a first-time Office 2007 user, and as such, I hate some of the changes I'm seeing. Perhaps that's a normal first reaction to Office 2007, and perhaps I'll grow to prefer it. But for now, it appears I'm forced to waste valuable screen real estate staring at the outrageous ribbon bar that often doesn't even have the functionality that I'm looking for. At least with Office 2003 with its regular menus I could click on one entry and hover my mouse around the others until I find what I'm looking for. And of course I could customize the toolbars to my liking, maximizing my available screen real estate. If I can do with the the ribbon, then it just isn't obvious. -- Keith ---------------- This post is a suggestion for Microsoft, and Microsoft responds to the suggestions with the most votes. To vote for this suggestion, click the "I Agree" button in the message pane. If you do not see the button, follow this link to open the suggestion in the Microsoft Web-based Newsreader and then click "I Agree" in the message pane. http://www.microsoft.com/office/comm...ic.office.misc |
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I hate the ribbon -- bring the menus back!
The ribbon will not change, nor is there a "classic" view option.
-- JoAnn Paules MVP Microsoft [Publisher] "Keith" wrote in message ... I am a first-time Office 2007 user, and as such, I hate some of the changes I'm seeing. Perhaps that's a normal first reaction to Office 2007, and perhaps I'll grow to prefer it. But for now, it appears I'm forced to waste valuable screen real estate staring at the outrageous ribbon bar that often doesn't even have the functionality that I'm looking for. At least with Office 2003 with its regular menus I could click on one entry and hover my mouse around the others until I find what I'm looking for. And of course I could customize the toolbars to my liking, maximizing my available screen real estate. If I can do with the the ribbon, then it just isn't obvious. -- Keith ---------------- This post is a suggestion for Microsoft, and Microsoft responds to the suggestions with the most votes. To vote for this suggestion, click the "I Agree" button in the message pane. If you do not see the button, follow this link to open the suggestion in the Microsoft Web-based Newsreader and then click "I Agree" in the message pane. http://www.microsoft.com/office/comm...ic.office.misc |
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I hate the ribbon -- bring the menus back!
I dont expect it will JoAnn.
But you know I remember when Firefox first hit the market and took off with the excitement of tab browsing, I will never forget Steve Balmer saying who needs tabbed browsing, there is no point to it, whats the purpose, its just like another window(which was a silly remark) blah blah blah...well we know how IE7 is playing catch up with a poor tab browsing feature as compared to FF In any event I am a long time user of MS products and my office XP pro is still doing well, but it really gets frustrating that MS seems not to pay attention and we get such autocratic responses most of the time.. But as they say add/remove still works and thankfully we had a beta to look at :-) Cheers Bill "JoAnn Paules [MVP]" wrote in message ... The ribbon will not change, nor is there a "classic" view option. -- JoAnn Paules MVP Microsoft [Publisher] "Keith" wrote in message ... I am a first-time Office 2007 user, and as such, I hate some of the changes I'm seeing. Perhaps that's a normal first reaction to Office 2007, and perhaps I'll grow to prefer it. But for now, it appears I'm forced to waste valuable screen real estate staring at the outrageous ribbon bar that often doesn't even have the functionality that I'm looking for. At least with Office 2003 with its regular menus I could click on one entry and hover my mouse around the others until I find what I'm looking for. And of course I could customize the toolbars to my liking, maximizing my available screen real estate. If I can do with the the ribbon, then it just isn't obvious. -- Keith ---------------- This post is a suggestion for Microsoft, and Microsoft responds to the suggestions with the most votes. To vote for this suggestion, click the "I Agree" button in the message pane. If you do not see the button, follow this link to open the suggestion in the Microsoft Web-based Newsreader and then click "I Agree" in the message pane. http://www.microsoft.com/office/comm...ic.office.misc |
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I hate the ribbon -- bring the menus back!
I too am a long time user but there's no way I'd run the beta on my regular
system. I can't risk losing anything - not even if it is just long enough to grab my back-up. -- JoAnn Paules MVP Microsoft [Publisher] "Bill" wrote in message ... I dont expect it will JoAnn. But you know I remember when Firefox first hit the market and took off with the excitement of tab browsing, I will never forget Steve Balmer saying who needs tabbed browsing, there is no point to it, whats the purpose, its just like another window(which was a silly remark) blah blah blah...well we know how IE7 is playing catch up with a poor tab browsing feature as compared to FF In any event I am a long time user of MS products and my office XP pro is still doing well, but it really gets frustrating that MS seems not to pay attention and we get such autocratic responses most of the time.. But as they say add/remove still works and thankfully we had a beta to look at :-) Cheers Bill "JoAnn Paules [MVP]" wrote in message ... The ribbon will not change, nor is there a "classic" view option. -- JoAnn Paules MVP Microsoft [Publisher] "Keith" wrote in message ... I am a first-time Office 2007 user, and as such, I hate some of the changes I'm seeing. Perhaps that's a normal first reaction to Office 2007, and perhaps I'll grow to prefer it. But for now, it appears I'm forced to waste valuable screen real estate staring at the outrageous ribbon bar that often doesn't even have the functionality that I'm looking for. At least with Office 2003 with its regular menus I could click on one entry and hover my mouse around the others until I find what I'm looking for. And of course I could customize the toolbars to my liking, maximizing my available screen real estate. If I can do with the the ribbon, then it just isn't obvious. -- Keith ---------------- This post is a suggestion for Microsoft, and Microsoft responds to the suggestions with the most votes. To vote for this suggestion, click the "I Agree" button in the message pane. If you do not see the button, follow this link to open the suggestion in the Microsoft Web-based Newsreader and then click "I Agree" in the message pane. http://www.microsoft.com/office/comm...ic.office.misc |
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I hate the ribbon -- bring the menus back!
The ribbon will not change, nor is there a "classic" view option.
It will change with the first service pack of Office2007 after they realize how stupid they were for doing this. "JoAnn Paules [MVP]" wrote in message ... The ribbon will not change, nor is there a "classic" view option. -- JoAnn Paules MVP Microsoft [Publisher] "Keith" wrote in message ... I am a first-time Office 2007 user, and as such, I hate some of the changes I'm seeing. Perhaps that's a normal first reaction to Office 2007, and perhaps I'll grow to prefer it. But for now, it appears I'm forced to waste valuable screen real estate staring at the outrageous ribbon bar that often doesn't even have the functionality that I'm looking for. At least with Office 2003 with its regular menus I could click on one entry and hover my mouse around the others until I find what I'm looking for. And of course I could customize the toolbars to my liking, maximizing my available screen real estate. If I can do with the the ribbon, then it just isn't obvious. -- Keith ---------------- This post is a suggestion for Microsoft, and Microsoft responds to the suggestions with the most votes. To vote for this suggestion, click the "I Agree" button in the message pane. If you do not see the button, follow this link to open the suggestion in the Microsoft Web-based Newsreader and then click "I Agree" in the message pane. http://www.microsoft.com/office/comm...ic.office.misc |
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I hate the ribbon -- bring the menus back!
I wish that were true but it's not going to happen. The basic problem is
that there ware too many new and existing commands to fit within the "old" menu styles. -- JoAnn Paules MVP Microsoft [Publisher] "John Jay Smith" - wrote in message ... The ribbon will not change, nor is there a "classic" view option. It will change with the first service pack of Office2007 after they realize how stupid they were for doing this. "JoAnn Paules [MVP]" wrote in message ... The ribbon will not change, nor is there a "classic" view option. -- JoAnn Paules MVP Microsoft [Publisher] "Keith" wrote in message ... I am a first-time Office 2007 user, and as such, I hate some of the changes I'm seeing. Perhaps that's a normal first reaction to Office 2007, and perhaps I'll grow to prefer it. But for now, it appears I'm forced to waste valuable screen real estate staring at the outrageous ribbon bar that often doesn't even have the functionality that I'm looking for. At least with Office 2003 with its regular menus I could click on one entry and hover my mouse around the others until I find what I'm looking for. And of course I could customize the toolbars to my liking, maximizing my available screen real estate. If I can do with the the ribbon, then it just isn't obvious. -- Keith ---------------- This post is a suggestion for Microsoft, and Microsoft responds to the suggestions with the most votes. To vote for this suggestion, click the "I Agree" button in the message pane. If you do not see the button, follow this link to open the suggestion in the Microsoft Web-based Newsreader and then click "I Agree" in the message pane. http://www.microsoft.com/office/comm...ic.office.misc |
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I hate the ribbon -- bring the menus back!
When millions of dollars are at stake.. you bet that they will rewrite the
code! They wont go back to the old way, but they will make this horrible ribbon more configurable. "JoAnn Paules [MVP]" wrote in message ... I wish that were true but it's not going to happen. The basic problem is that there ware too many new and existing commands to fit within the "old" menu styles. -- JoAnn Paules MVP Microsoft [Publisher] "John Jay Smith" - wrote in message ... The ribbon will not change, nor is there a "classic" view option. It will change with the first service pack of Office2007 after they realize how stupid they were for doing this. "JoAnn Paules [MVP]" wrote in message ... The ribbon will not change, nor is there a "classic" view option. -- JoAnn Paules MVP Microsoft [Publisher] "Keith" wrote in message ... I am a first-time Office 2007 user, and as such, I hate some of the changes I'm seeing. Perhaps that's a normal first reaction to Office 2007, and perhaps I'll grow to prefer it. But for now, it appears I'm forced to waste valuable screen real estate staring at the outrageous ribbon bar that often doesn't even have the functionality that I'm looking for. At least with Office 2003 with its regular menus I could click on one entry and hover my mouse around the others until I find what I'm looking for. And of course I could customize the toolbars to my liking, maximizing my available screen real estate. If I can do with the the ribbon, then it just isn't obvious. -- Keith ---------------- This post is a suggestion for Microsoft, and Microsoft responds to the suggestions with the most votes. To vote for this suggestion, click the "I Agree" button in the message pane. If you do not see the button, follow this link to open the suggestion in the Microsoft Web-based Newsreader and then click "I Agree" in the message pane. http://www.microsoft.com/office/comm...ic.office.misc |
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