Re: Word 2007 Appearance

I don't find Word 2007 any "brighter" than Word 2003. But then I have my
window color (and hence Word's paper color) set to ivory.

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

"tonglo" <tonglo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Hi Cindy,

Thank you very much for your response, I appreciate it. Guess I'm a bit
disappointed in things as I've used Word for so long. I know I'm just one
person out of millions out there, but as a writer; I can't adjust to the
color scheme. Just too bright for me over the course of a long day (even
with adjustments I've tried to make to my monitor). I question if the
developers (who I'm sure are very talented) considered writers (someone
who
uses Word 8 or more hours a day) in their work. In any event, its my
fault.
I put all my efforts into learning and documenting internal software
applications at my employer (which is my jobs) without consideration to
Word.
In other words, I just used Word, accepted the minor changes over the
years,
and ultimately took it for granted. Never thought a change like this
would
happen.

Thanks again,

Paul

"Cindy M." wrote:

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1. Does anyone know if Microsoft will, eventually, provide users of
Word
2007 the option of displaying their buttons, menus, etc. in the
"Windows
Classic Style?" If so, will users be allowed to change their color
scheme to
"Windows Standard" too?

I'm fairly certain things won't be going back to menus and toolbars. The
Ribbon
is going to be around for a few years. No idea whether they're planning
to add
additional color schemes. From the 2007 beta I know they went from two to
three
color schemes, so I suppose it's possible... At this point, I really
don't think
anyone (outside top people in the Office UI team) has any idea.

2. If the answer is no to the above questions, will the classic
toolbar
toggle and classic menu add-ons let users change the appearance to the
"Windows Classic Style" and "Windows Standard?"

I think I may be able to adjust to things if I can change from the
limited
Blue, Gray, and Black color options (especially when I'm looking at
Word
eight hours a day).

TEchnically, something like that would be difficult, if not impossible,
to
achieve. The color schemes are hard-coded into the Office applications. I
happen
to know the person who programmed toolbar toggle. He's pretty good at
getting
into the guts of things. You could try the Contact link on that site and
ask?

Cindy Meister
INTER-Solutions, Switzerland
http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister (last update Jun 17 2005)
http://www.word.mvps.org

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