Re: Microsoft Office Ultimate 2007 WHY???

I read your post and was curious just how difficult it was to find that information. I opened Excel 2007 for the *first time*, hit F1, and typed "*** protection" in the search field. The very first hit told me who to find that command.

I don't mean to sound nasty but if you were digging around for two hours looking for a command and you never tried the built-in Help files, shame on you. If you were anxious to use the new version of office, there's been a trial version online for a couple of months now. You could have had that two-week learning curve done before Zasu Pitts's birthday. (Let's see how quick you are about looking things up now.)

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JoAnn Paules
Microsoft MVP - Publisher



"RIckP" <RIckP@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:D763C32B-54B3-4C83-B663-608E16223FD4@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Believe me, I am not against change either. But there needed to be a
transition from old to new. The certainly could have provided an addin that
provided the familiar pull down menus complete with any new features that
might be available. Instead, they put everything in a blender and then tell
you that it is better for you this way. I spent 2 hours trying to figure how
to turn off *** protection in Excel. I can't afford to go through a 2 week
learning curve on my system where I am no longer productive during that time.
I can't run both 2007 and 2003 on the same machine easily! One to do my
work, and the other to play with and learn.

Vista is even worse!

"JoAnn Paules" wrote:

I b*tched about the change as well. It's not that I am against change but I
just didn't like the ribbon.

Well, it's been about a week since I got my new comouter with Vista and
Office 2007. Slowly but surely I'm getting used to it. I haven't done a
whole lot that involves the new interface but *so far* everything I've
needed has been very easy to find.

I've spent most of my computer time this week trying to get things set up
the way I want it and get my programs installed. I intend to spend more time
with the ribbon next week. Funny thing is that at work I find myself trying
to do something the "new way" on my work computer that is running Win XP and
Office 2003. And IE6 - UGH!!

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JoAnn Paules
Microsoft MVP - Publisher



"Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]"
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Sorry to hear about your disappointment. Progress always means that someone
is upset.

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After furious head scratching, RIckP asked:

| I just want to know WHY? Why did Microsoft decide to change the
| familiar pull down menus to the new graphical ribbons without
| allowing for the option to use the pull down menus if you decide that
| was better for you. They have basically taken all the commands and
| relocated them. I have been wasting hours and hours trying to find
| where commands have gone and I am about to delete 2007 and go back to
| 2003. I don't want to have a "cheat ***" cross reference that I
| have to keep looking at, and I don't want to re-learn Microsoft
| Office. Please just put an option for the old command pull down
| menus. I am so disappointed in both Office 2007 and in Vista!



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