Re: When will the old menus be returned to Excel and Word?
- From: "Earle Horton" <earleh_nospam_@xxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 14 Sep 2008 21:16:51 -0600
To be fair, I have had minimal problems getting used to the ribbon myself.
It turns out that for word processing and mail, I actually use a small
subset of the available commands. Having found all the ones I need, I am
pretty well off. Being retired and paying $25.00 for the full professional
version at the college where I take language classes, I am not so concerned
about the learning curse issue. The college has had it on all their
computers for over a year now.
However, She Who Gives Orders Around Here is not happy with it. Now that's
a problem. She's getting my old copy of Office 2003 on her new laptop.
Earle
"Gemini" <Gemini@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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mpm, MS has no plans to offer the classic menus as an option, despite many
requests from long time users. As Earle notes, that would be admitting
they
were wrong in the first place.
You aren't the first one to ask about reverting to the classic UI and you
certainly won't be the last.
Like you, I didn't see any value in learning the Ribbon rubbish after
using
the trial version for a few weeks. For me, it was a productivity killer.
Another added headache was Excel kept crashing randomly. Hence I decided
not
to shell out the $$$s MS wanted for Office 2007 and reverted to Office
2003.
Voila! Productivity back to normal and no more crashes.
The only way to get the classic menus is to install third party add-ins.
Some are free and you'll have to pony up more $$$s for some. That's been
posted here many, many times.
You may want to let MS know how you feel about the Ribbon. There's a link
to
send them feedback from the MS site (the Office section).
hth!
-- Gemini
"mpm2008" wrote:
I bought Office 2007 to stay current with the latest software but the
ribbon
menu just isn't working out. I don't understand why it was decided to
reinvent the user interface and not provide an option for the legacy menu
configuration.
Every time I attempt to use the software, within 5 minutes I find myself
searching for commands and get completely defocused. The software
reminds me
of a hijacked version of Office 2003 that a no name company would give
away
for free. I bought the 3 license version but can't afford to cripple
any of
my other computers.
Hopefully, an option for the old menus will be added in the near future.
.
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