[Peter T. Daniels]

(a) If you use the QAT, you _don't_ have to "scroll for nearly every
option" -- that's the point of it.

but (b) You are not "forced to always use an icon-driven universe of
menus." All the keyboard shortcuts from the earlier versions still
work, and if the things you frequently use happen not to have pre-
assigned ones, you can assign one to any command in Word. (I think it
needs to be placed on the QAT first, but you're certainly free to
ignore the QAT.)

On Feb 24, 8:52 am, JBGM wrote:
Peter, the Quick Access bar is a poor substitute. The bottom line is: why do
I have to be forced to always use an icon-driven universe of menus? It is far
more efficient to have text menus. New users might find themselves with a
quicker learning curve with the current ribbon interface, but as they
progress, they hit a productivity ceiling they do not even know it exists
because they do not know the advantages of the compact text-menu system.
Instead of using muscle memory, and geometric memory (memory of approximate
location of menus) I have to look at the icons and make sense of them...
which results in loss of productivity (now I have to scroll for nearly every
option). I have been using this interface for two years, and every time it is
an exercise in frustration, since I use Word perhaps twice a week or so.



"Peter T. Daniels" wrote:
Did you put the commands you actualy use onto the Quick Access Toolbar
(QAT) and position it below the Ribbon?

The single QAT is a lot more convenient than the old plethora of
toolbars in 2003.

And you may find, as I did, that OO doesn't come close to meeting the
needs you're accustomed to having taken care of by Word.

On Feb 23, 5:12 pm, JBGM wrote:
Please allow users to bring the old menus back. The "genius" who spearheaded
the change in the menus in Office 2007, i.e. the ribbon interface, should be
fired. It is EXTREMELY frustrating having to go through all these clicks and
visual menus to find simple options that were more intuitively placed in
previous versions of Office. Do you think that younger people are unable to
read so you have to put pictures for the newer generations? It is so
frustrating that I have decided to leave this message, and let you know that
as of today, after using Office for... how many years? 15? 20?... I quit. No
more crappy Office 2007 menus. As of today I change to Open Office. Do you
think I am the only one frustrated? Practically every person I know is
lamenting the change. The new menu organization is ridiculous.