On Nov 9, 8:36*pm, Hating Word 2007 Hating Word
wrote:
Many, many people told me NOT to upgrade to Office 2007 because I would hate
Word. But I got a new computer with Windows 7 and decided it was time to make
the change to the latest Office version, too. Now I really wish I had
listened to other users advice...because I absolutely hate Word 2007. *Some
program features and chronic glitches may have been fixed but the user
interface stinks. It's looks like a goofy grammar school program and the
buttons I use are gone.
I'm a professional writer who's been using Word since the beginning and find
this complete revamp without the ability to go back to a classic style
ridiculous. I don't like it, I can't change it, so I'm stuck with it. I
believe one respondent called it MS arrogance, and I absolutely agree.
I will do as others did with me, tell everyone considering the upgrade not
to do it. I strongly recommend MS drop the arrogance and offer users the
option to go back to the simple, clean, customizable Word 2003 look and feel.
At the very least, give us the option to customize what appears in the
(blech!) ribbon.
Sign me...
Irritated
"Hrast" wrote:
How can I easily make Word 2007 to llok like earlier versions?
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Word2007 is what it is and I suppose like the early days of automatic
transmissions it has been met with a lot of resistance. Is it
better? That I suppose will always be determined by the opinion of
the individual user. I think it is, but I didn't always think that
way.
You can never make it look and act exactly like Word2003, but you can
come close. One way is to put a template Add-In in the Start-up
directory that contains a ribbon customization script to duplicate the
menu in Word2003. See:
http://gregmaxey.mvps.org/Ribbon_Menu_Controls.htm
and the last graphic on that page.