[Paul Gauci]

OK - but how about the needs of companies (large and small) who use
customised styles/templates/toolbars/icons etc to standardise the
presentations of letters, reports, etc?

For instance, when such companies work with outsiders (say, when they
outsource), all they had to do with 2003 was to provide their sub-contractors
with their customised templates/toolbars/icons etc and save considerable time
and energy on post writing-up formatting.

Also, freelancers who work/ed for different companies using their clients'
customised templates/toolbars/icons can/could be very efficient when 2003
customisations are/were well designed. It appears to me that they will have
problems being as efficient with 2007.

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Paul Gauci


"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

No, but that would be why customization would make it difficult to support.

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

"Terry Farrell" wrote in message
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I see. So we dumb down Word to help the helpers?

Terry

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message
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Because the help desk person is not looking at the same screen the user
is, so the user is referring to buttons and menu items the IT person may
not even be aware exist, much less have in his UI.

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

"Terry Farrell" wrote in message
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Gordon

I'm not sure why this should be a support nightmare. If you use roaming
profiles, surely, the customisations stay with the user. So if I log
into any computer on the network, I get My Profile with My Desktop
displayed and in Word I will see all my toolbars as I want to use them.
Why is that a support nightmare?

Terry

"Gordon" wrote in message
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"Terry Farrell" wrote in message
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In previous versions, I always modified the Toolbars. Many of the
tools I never used (such as cut, copy, past, bold, italics underline,
etc.) I always dragged off and added useful tools that were hidden
(such as ParaPageBreakBefore, Doc Properties, File New... and custom
macros, etc.).

I always like that there were always so many different ways to work in
Word that allowed users to customize and work in a way that suited
themselves and their principal tasks. To me, much of this choice seems
to have been removed. I was privileged to be shown demos of the
proposed Ribbon before it went beta and was enthusiastic as I could
see that so many more commands could be made available for users,
rather than having to dig deep to find the hidden nest of tools
available. But I wasn't aware of how rigid the Ribbon was to be until
beta testing started. I was deeply disappointed and I still am. And I
will remain disappointed until the Ribbon is user customizable
out-of-the-box.

Terry

I hear what you say, but from a support perspective in a commercial
environment, a User customising ANYTHING on an individual basis turns
into a support/helpdesk nightmare.....