Re: Office 2007 "Ribbons"

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Funny - I added the Print Preview button to my QAT and it is there at my
fingertips.

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After furious head scratching, Martin C asked:

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||| I could not believe that I could not find the Print Preview in Word
||| 2007, but had to add it manually
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|| Err nor can I. Office Button-Print-Print Preview. Very well
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| Agreed.
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| Once you appreciate that the office button has more under it. The
| 'office' button in earlier versions only gives you items such as
| Restore/Size/Move/Minimize etc.
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| What I was getting at is that the print preview is possibly one of
| the most used features, but is 'hidden'. The ribbon was supposed to
| make the more often used items easily accessible.
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| As I said, I am not having a go at the Ribbon per say, but such
| things as the print preview - and the inability to customise to any
| real extent - is a reason that lots do not like it. I am sure that if
| I spent more time on it I would get used to it and find all the
| things I want again, but why restrict what I can do with it. I have
| not had any real time to play with it, but can you turn off the
| ribbon and go back to your own customisation?
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| Another reason I don't like it is that it takes up far more real
| estate than I would like. I do not want a lot of the screen devoted
| to it when I can get everything I need in 2 of the normal toolbar
| rows. With a widescreen monitor, I only need one row. Again, a
| relatively minor point, but yet another reason I do not want to move
| to 2007.
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| This is all my own opinion. I am not advocating not to use it, but am
| expanding on the OP comments on why it was not liked.
|
| Personally I use keyboard shortcuts to a great extent, so a lot of the
| problems are negated. The fact that others are having to ask me how
| to do things that should be easy goes against it. Presumably you have
| had more experience with it. With the same experience I would also
| have no problems, other than the ones I have outlined above.


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