Brilliant response! Let's see: Dis the person who asked the question, and
everything will be magically better. Right?
"Graham Mayor" wrote:
You've wasted more time than you will ever waste using this function
complaining about it 
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Graham Mayor - Word MVP
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Jim J. wrote:
The issue is speed. If I have to navigate from the middle, bottom, or
wherever on the screen - to the Ribbon - that means that I have to
navigate back and forth. That takes time. That is muda (waste).
"Graham Mayor" wrote:
Like it or not Word 2007 is based around the ribbon interface. You
could right click the WordArt and select format WordArt, but is that
any quicker than picking the tool from the ribbon? Edit Text is the
first item on the ribbon and takes no more mouse clicks than double
clicking the WordArt.
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Graham Mayor - Word MVP
My web site www.gmayor.com
Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org
Jim J. wrote:
The Ribbon is a pain and a sham. I don't want to move all the way
up to the stupid Ribbon in order to access functionality that I
used to have at the point of interface/work. I want to stay near
my point of work and do things as quickly (and locally) as possible.
"JoAnn Paules" wrote:
When you click on WordArt, the ribbon changes. I actually like this
better. All of the tools are there, plus some new ones. (At least I
think they are new.)
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JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]
Tech Editor for "Microsoft Publisher 2007 For Dummies"
"Jim J." wrote in message
...
In Word 2003 (Sob, I miss it terribly, and am sorry I left it for
this floozy, Word 2007 - but then, I don't have an opinion on
that).... Anyway, In Word 2003 you could access WordArt simply by
double-clicking on the WordArt text. Unfortunately, that
functionality seems to be gone. Any
way of restoring this?