Wow, you really take an inch and make it a mile don't you! I wasn't writing
about evolution - good grief - we're talking about a mere software program,
folks. All I am saying is that MS could have/should have given the user a
choice and they did not. And, yes, according to my logic MS should NOT have
created Word 2007. That is EXACTLY how I feel. For what I use it for, I see
absolutely no improvement whatsoever, only hindrances. Others who use
different options may find it easier - I, however, only find it harder to use
and prefer 2003. I had no choice in this matter, so you cannot put the blame
on me AND I was NOT complaining. You act as though 2007 was your idea and I
just hurt your feelings! I guess you just slid by my statement saying I did
add my own tab. So, I know how to "work around" the problems, but, I think
you missed my point entirely. A choice would have been helpful. I don't like
it - so YOU GET USED TO IT!!! Not everyone thinks it's great - GET USED TO
IT.
P.S. I don't like spinach, either, are you going to condemn me for that, too?
"Yves Dhondt" wrote:
Word 2003 wasn't broken, so according to your logic, Microsoft shouldn't
have created a Word 2007 and even when they did, the OP shouldn't have
upgraded to it.
The expression "if it ain't broke, don't fix it" has serious drawbacks. If
you follow this rule strictly there will never be any progress. Evolution is
nothing more than changing mostly non-broken things. Or do you think walking
on two feet was the result of crawling on four feet being broken? Or animal
riding was the result of walking on two feet being broken? Or the car was
invented because animal riding was broken and needed fixing?
Besides, who decides what is broken and what is not? One could easily argue
that a menu-driven approach was broken as to not enough information being
visible at any given time for example.
The behaviour of Word 2003 custom toolbars can easily be mimicked in Word
2007 by custom tabs. It might ask a little effort to set up initially but
the end result is pretty similar.
As to giving the users a choice: the users have plenty of choice, stick to
Word 2003, switch to another office suite (Open Office for example), ... or
move on to Word 2007 and learn something new. If they choose for the latter,
they shouldn't be complaining about it.
Yves
"PJY" wrote in message
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Why? Why should we learn something new and move on? Have you ever heard
the
expression, if it ain't broke, don't fix it? Well, for some of us the way
2003 gave us freedom to work the way we want to work wasn't broke. You
should have seen the custom toolbars I had in 2003! It made my job
SOOOOOOOO
much easier!! I could add macros (of course I know I can add them to the
QAT, but there's not enough room for everything I use), rearrange the
placement of the icons, change the icons and so much more, so again Why?
I
was lucky enough to be forewarned that our company was moving to 2007 so I
had my add-ins all ready to install and use them on a daily basis just as
I
did when using 2003. All the other person was saying is Why not give users
a
choice? Again Why? Is there REALLY a reason? And, no we don't have to get
used to it - we always have the choice to use a different software
product!
"Yves Dhondt" wrote:
Well you are out of luck. Office 2010 has more ribbons than ever.
Check http://gregmaxey.mvps.org/Ribbon_Menu_Controls.htm . Just below the
last image you can find an addin to get the old menus in Word 2007 (well
almost). But honestly, you shouldn't be using them. It's time to learn
something new and move on.
Yves
"hib6545" wrote in message
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Dear Microsoft. I have no idea who laid out Word 2007 but the toolbar,
icons
and menus at the top makit impossiblefor me to do my job. You should
give
people the option to keep the menus and icons layout that is in Word
2003.
I
spend most of my time trying to find things because whoever decided on
these
groupings makes no sense. I created my own customer toolbar but I can't
put
everything I need and use there. In your next release, please put in
the
option to have the origianal toolbar and menu of Word 2003. I am losing
so
much productive time becasue I can't find anything.
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