Just to add to the comments made already here.
Take a look at
http://pschmid.net/blog/2006/10/09/58
It gives you an index to the blog the Office UI Team (that created the
Ribbon) has about that new UI. There are a bunch of articles there
titled "Why the new UI" that I would suggest as reading.
As Summer already pointed out, I offer a set of Classic UI tabs that you
can use with the free edition of my add-in. It's free, because I believe
no one can do a good job with a classic UI in 2007 for all the design
reasons pointed out in the blog posts referenced above and for some
practical reasons listed in my description of the featu
http://pschmid.net/office2007/ribbon...etourpart3.php
It's also free, because my add-in is primarily for customizing the
Office 2007 ribbon, not for providing a classic UI in 2007.
There are two other vendors that offer a classic UI feature for Office
2007. Classic Menus
(
http://www.addintools.com/english/me...ce/default.htm) which is
relatively similar to what I offer for free and ToolbarToggle
(
http://toolbartoggle.com), which takes a bit of a different approach
(ToolbarToggle Lite is similar to what I offer).
Patrick Schmid [OneNote MVP]
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http://pschmid.net
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http://pschmid.net/office2007/customize
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http://ribboncustomizer.com
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http://pschmid.net/office2007/onenote
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"JP" wrote in message
:
Why not give the user the capability to use the old menus or the ribbon? Like
you do in the operating systems (classic v.s. XP). Pretty simple, huh?
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JP
"Folstaff" wrote:
Kevin,
Thanks. I know that this is the type of addin that could really help
adoption. The screenshots looked good. The Ribbon is still hogging a good bit
of the screen, but it looks like a must have for a good bit of the install
base.
Thanks again.
"Kevin" wrote:
In fact, Office 2007 Menu and Toolbars could be show again. Just download and
install Classic Menu for Office 2007 from
http://www.addintools.com/english/menuoffice, you will see the classic menu
and toolbars again.