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Can I change Word 2007 Toolbars and Menus to a "classic" version?
Ugghh... I absolutely abhor the new layout of Word 2007!! As a daily user of
Word 2000 and Word 2003, I CAN'T FIND ANYTHING. Is there any way to revert this strange tabbing system in Word 2007 to the old familiar style of Word 2003 Toolbars and Pulldown menus? Help!!! |
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Can I change Word 2007 Toolbars and Menus to a "classic" version?
On 13 Sep, 21:18, texasgator1980
wrote: Ugghh... I absolutely abhor the new layout of Word 2007!! As a daily user of Word 2000 and Word 2003, I CAN'T FIND ANYTHING. Is there any way to revert this strange tabbing system in Word 2007 to the old familiar style of Word 2003 Toolbars and Pulldown menus? Help!!! Absolutely!!!!!! Just loaded 2007 onto new laptop, and opened WORD document which had links from an Excel document. Nightmare!!!! can't find any of the changes I need to make, takes three+ clicks to achieve one change, and totally changed the lines and layout on my graph charts. Spent hours already and only scratched the surface of problems!!!! Desperate for HELP!!!!!!! |
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Can I change Word 2007 Toolbars and Menus to a "classic" version?
The changes have been widely discussed during the beta stages and since this
new version went active so if you were not aware of them when you bought 2007, you must have had your head in the sand. Word 2007 is radically different in presentation from earlier versions and the old interface is no longer present. Almost all the earlier functions have been retained or enhanced and you can get the menus back by installing even the free version of the excellent http://ribboncustomizer.com/ . If as you say you still have access to earlier versions you can create toolbars that will be available from Word 2007's add-ins tab or you can run the earlier version alongside 2007 until you are up to speed (which may take a while). http://www.gmayor.com/Toolbars_in_word_2007.htm -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org texasgator1980 wrote: Ugghh... I absolutely abhor the new layout of Word 2007!! As a daily user of Word 2000 and Word 2003, I CAN'T FIND ANYTHING. Is there any way to revert this strange tabbing system in Word 2007 to the old familiar style of Word 2003 Toolbars and Pulldown menus? Help!!! |
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First of all, let's clarify where my head is... it's where it's supposed to
be, not in the sand or any other place. Where do you stick yours? By your reply, I can tell it's probably in places it doesn't belong. I DIDN'T BUY 2007. Because of the Microsoft monopoly, it was FORCED upon me when my company bought my new Dell laptop with it pre-installed. I wasn't involved in any "beta stages" of its development. Unlike yourself, I don't have time to sit around and discuss the development of future software. I have a highly-demanding job. If anyone had cared to ask me personally as an end-user, I would have told them to change nothing because I don't have time to learn what amounts to a new piece of software. "Graham Mayor" wrote: The changes have been widely discussed during the beta stages and since this new version went active so if you were not aware of them when you bought 2007, you must have had your head in the sand. Word 2007 is radically different in presentation from earlier versions and the old interface is no longer present. Almost all the earlier functions have been retained or enhanced and you can get the menus back by installing even the free version of the excellent http://ribboncustomizer.com/ . If as you say you still have access to earlier versions you can create toolbars that will be available from Word 2007's add-ins tab or you can run the earlier version alongside 2007 until you are up to speed (which may take a while). http://www.gmayor.com/Toolbars_in_word_2007.htm -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org texasgator1980 wrote: Ugghh... I absolutely abhor the new layout of Word 2007!! As a daily user of Word 2000 and Word 2003, I CAN'T FIND ANYTHING. Is there any way to revert this strange tabbing system in Word 2007 to the old familiar style of Word 2003 Toolbars and Pulldown menus? Help!!! |
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Your issue should be with whoever configured that new computer with Office
2007. I'm sure they could have purchased Office 2003 for you. -- JoAnn Paules Microsoft MVP - Publisher How to ask a question http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555375 "texasgator1980" wrote in message news First of all, let's clarify where my head is... it's where it's supposed to be, not in the sand or any other place. Where do you stick yours? By your reply, I can tell it's probably in places it doesn't belong. I DIDN'T BUY 2007. Because of the Microsoft monopoly, it was FORCED upon me when my company bought my new Dell laptop with it pre-installed. I wasn't involved in any "beta stages" of its development. Unlike yourself, I don't have time to sit around and discuss the development of future software. I have a highly-demanding job. If anyone had cared to ask me personally as an end-user, I would have told them to change nothing because I don't have time to learn what amounts to a new piece of software. "Graham Mayor" wrote: The changes have been widely discussed during the beta stages and since this new version went active so if you were not aware of them when you bought 2007, you must have had your head in the sand. Word 2007 is radically different in presentation from earlier versions and the old interface is no longer present. Almost all the earlier functions have been retained or enhanced and you can get the menus back by installing even the free version of the excellent http://ribboncustomizer.com/ . If as you say you still have access to earlier versions you can create toolbars that will be available from Word 2007's add-ins tab or you can run the earlier version alongside 2007 until you are up to speed (which may take a while). http://www.gmayor.com/Toolbars_in_word_2007.htm -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org texasgator1980 wrote: Ugghh... I absolutely abhor the new layout of Word 2007!! As a daily user of Word 2000 and Word 2003, I CAN'T FIND ANYTHING. Is there any way to revert this strange tabbing system in Word 2007 to the old familiar style of Word 2003 Toolbars and Pulldown menus? Help!!! |
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Microsoft actually did ask you, through the CEIP (Customer Experience
Improvement Program) in Office 2003. If you chose not to send feedback, then your voice was not heard. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "texasgator1980" wrote in message news First of all, let's clarify where my head is... it's where it's supposed to be, not in the sand or any other place. Where do you stick yours? By your reply, I can tell it's probably in places it doesn't belong. I DIDN'T BUY 2007. Because of the Microsoft monopoly, it was FORCED upon me when my company bought my new Dell laptop with it pre-installed. I wasn't involved in any "beta stages" of its development. Unlike yourself, I don't have time to sit around and discuss the development of future software. I have a highly-demanding job. If anyone had cared to ask me personally as an end-user, I would have told them to change nothing because I don't have time to learn what amounts to a new piece of software. "Graham Mayor" wrote: The changes have been widely discussed during the beta stages and since this new version went active so if you were not aware of them when you bought 2007, you must have had your head in the sand. Word 2007 is radically different in presentation from earlier versions and the old interface is no longer present. Almost all the earlier functions have been retained or enhanced and you can get the menus back by installing even the free version of the excellent http://ribboncustomizer.com/ . If as you say you still have access to earlier versions you can create toolbars that will be available from Word 2007's add-ins tab or you can run the earlier version alongside 2007 until you are up to speed (which may take a while). http://www.gmayor.com/Toolbars_in_word_2007.htm -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org texasgator1980 wrote: Ugghh... I absolutely abhor the new layout of Word 2007!! As a daily user of Word 2000 and Word 2003, I CAN'T FIND ANYTHING. Is there any way to revert this strange tabbing system in Word 2007 to the old familiar style of Word 2003 Toolbars and Pulldown menus? Help!!! |
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It is hardly my fault that you work for a company that does not consult its
staff over a major software change nor provide the training required for you to continue to do your job having implemented it. -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org texasgator1980 wrote: First of all, let's clarify where my head is... it's where it's supposed to be, not in the sand or any other place. Where do you stick yours? By your reply, I can tell it's probably in places it doesn't belong. I DIDN'T BUY 2007. Because of the Microsoft monopoly, it was FORCED upon me when my company bought my new Dell laptop with it pre-installed. I wasn't involved in any "beta stages" of its development. Unlike yourself, I don't have time to sit around and discuss the development of future software. I have a highly-demanding job. If anyone had cared to ask me personally as an end-user, I would have told them to change nothing because I don't have time to learn what amounts to a new piece of software. "Graham Mayor" wrote: The changes have been widely discussed during the beta stages and since this new version went active so if you were not aware of them when you bought 2007, you must have had your head in the sand. Word 2007 is radically different in presentation from earlier versions and the old interface is no longer present. Almost all the earlier functions have been retained or enhanced and you can get the menus back by installing even the free version of the excellent http://ribboncustomizer.com/ . If as you say you still have access to earlier versions you can create toolbars that will be available from Word 2007's add-ins tab or you can run the earlier version alongside 2007 until you are up to speed (which may take a while). http://www.gmayor.com/Toolbars_in_word_2007.htm -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org texasgator1980 wrote: Ugghh... I absolutely abhor the new layout of Word 2007!! As a daily user of Word 2000 and Word 2003, I CAN'T FIND ANYTHING. Is there any way to revert this strange tabbing system in Word 2007 to the old familiar style of Word 2003 Toolbars and Pulldown menus? Help!!! |
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Sorry. I used Word 2003 (almost) every day in the years 2005, 2006 and much
of this year. I have never heard of the CEIP. In all those years and uses, it was never presented to me. Was I supposed to go find it? Was it supposed to pop up on my screen? Was it supposed to appear when I registered my copy? Because if any of those things was supposed to happen, they didn't. "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: Microsoft actually did ask you, through the CEIP (Customer Experience Improvement Program) in Office 2003. If you chose not to send feedback, then your voice was not heard. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "texasgator1980" wrote in message news First of all, let's clarify where my head is... it's where it's supposed to be, not in the sand or any other place. Where do you stick yours? By your reply, I can tell it's probably in places it doesn't belong. I DIDN'T BUY 2007. Because of the Microsoft monopoly, it was FORCED upon me when my company bought my new Dell laptop with it pre-installed. I wasn't involved in any "beta stages" of its development. Unlike yourself, I don't have time to sit around and discuss the development of future software. I have a highly-demanding job. If anyone had cared to ask me personally as an end-user, I would have told them to change nothing because I don't have time to learn what amounts to a new piece of software. "Graham Mayor" wrote: The changes have been widely discussed during the beta stages and since this new version went active so if you were not aware of them when you bought 2007, you must have had your head in the sand. Word 2007 is radically different in presentation from earlier versions and the old interface is no longer present. Almost all the earlier functions have been retained or enhanced and you can get the menus back by installing even the free version of the excellent http://ribboncustomizer.com/ . If as you say you still have access to earlier versions you can create toolbars that will be available from Word 2007's add-ins tab or you can run the earlier version alongside 2007 until you are up to speed (which may take a while). http://www.gmayor.com/Toolbars_in_word_2007.htm -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org texasgator1980 wrote: Ugghh... I absolutely abhor the new layout of Word 2007!! As a daily user of Word 2000 and Word 2003, I CAN'T FIND ANYTHING. Is there any way to revert this strange tabbing system in Word 2007 to the old familiar style of Word 2003 Toolbars and Pulldown menus? Help!!! |
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My company didn't make a major software change. I came to a new job. A new
laptop was ordered for me online and it arrived on my desk with Office 2007 installed. The question is not whether it should have been installed, why it was installed, or what kind of training my company offers. Those questions are none of your business anyway. As soon as I encountered this problem, I immediately asked to have 2007 uninstalled, and 2003 installed. Unfortunately, when that was done, Outlook ceased functioning. I was told that there were likely some .lib files with the same names that were causing conflicts. Rather than rebuild the machine, I elected to try and make 2007 work for me. No you can't be held accountable for my company's actions. I didn't say anything of the kind. I merely asked if there was any way to return to the classic menu because the new tab system is unwieldy, difficult to use, and I don't prefer it. But you can be held accountable for your words. I was seeking help, and you responded with insult - "you've obviously had your head in the sand." Good luck to you. I hope you're not a counselor or anything like that. "Graham Mayor" wrote: It is hardly my fault that you work for a company that does not consult its staff over a major software change nor provide the training required for you to continue to do your job having implemented it. -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org texasgator1980 wrote: First of all, let's clarify where my head is... it's where it's supposed to be, not in the sand or any other place. Where do you stick yours? By your reply, I can tell it's probably in places it doesn't belong. I DIDN'T BUY 2007. Because of the Microsoft monopoly, it was FORCED upon me when my company bought my new Dell laptop with it pre-installed. I wasn't involved in any "beta stages" of its development. Unlike yourself, I don't have time to sit around and discuss the development of future software. I have a highly-demanding job. If anyone had cared to ask me personally as an end-user, I would have told them to change nothing because I don't have time to learn what amounts to a new piece of software. "Graham Mayor" wrote: The changes have been widely discussed during the beta stages and since this new version went active so if you were not aware of them when you bought 2007, you must have had your head in the sand. Word 2007 is radically different in presentation from earlier versions and the old interface is no longer present. Almost all the earlier functions have been retained or enhanced and you can get the menus back by installing even the free version of the excellent http://ribboncustomizer.com/ . If as you say you still have access to earlier versions you can create toolbars that will be available from Word 2007's add-ins tab or you can run the earlier version alongside 2007 until you are up to speed (which may take a while). http://www.gmayor.com/Toolbars_in_word_2007.htm -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org texasgator1980 wrote: Ugghh... I absolutely abhor the new layout of Word 2007!! As a daily user of Word 2000 and Word 2003, I CAN'T FIND ANYTHING. Is there any way to revert this strange tabbing system in Word 2007 to the old familiar style of Word 2003 Toolbars and Pulldown menus? Help!!! |
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I think it does pop up at least once, because I recently installed Office
2003 on a new computer, and I believe it was one of the installation options I was presented with. I'll grant you installation is confusing enough without having to be presented with dialogs of that nature. You might have found it after the fact if you had gone looking for a way to make Word stop offering online Help or Clipart even when you were connected to the Internet, or to stop trying to connect when you were working offline. Since you no longer have Word 2003 installed, you'll have to take my word for it, but if you press F1 and get the generic Help task pane, you'll see a link to Online Content Settings, which is one way to get to the Service Options, one tab of which is Customer Feedback Options, which describes the CEIP. There's also a Customer Feedback Options entry on the Help menu. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "texasgator1980" wrote in message ... Sorry. I used Word 2003 (almost) every day in the years 2005, 2006 and much of this year. I have never heard of the CEIP. In all those years and uses, it was never presented to me. Was I supposed to go find it? Was it supposed to pop up on my screen? Was it supposed to appear when I registered my copy? Because if any of those things was supposed to happen, they didn't. "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: Microsoft actually did ask you, through the CEIP (Customer Experience Improvement Program) in Office 2003. If you chose not to send feedback, then your voice was not heard. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "texasgator1980" wrote in message news First of all, let's clarify where my head is... it's where it's supposed to be, not in the sand or any other place. Where do you stick yours? By your reply, I can tell it's probably in places it doesn't belong. I DIDN'T BUY 2007. Because of the Microsoft monopoly, it was FORCED upon me when my company bought my new Dell laptop with it pre-installed. I wasn't involved in any "beta stages" of its development. Unlike yourself, I don't have time to sit around and discuss the development of future software. I have a highly-demanding job. If anyone had cared to ask me personally as an end-user, I would have told them to change nothing because I don't have time to learn what amounts to a new piece of software. "Graham Mayor" wrote: The changes have been widely discussed during the beta stages and since this new version went active so if you were not aware of them when you bought 2007, you must have had your head in the sand. Word 2007 is radically different in presentation from earlier versions and the old interface is no longer present. Almost all the earlier functions have been retained or enhanced and you can get the menus back by installing even the free version of the excellent http://ribboncustomizer.com/ .. If as you say you still have access to earlier versions you can create toolbars that will be available from Word 2007's add-ins tab or you can run the earlier version alongside 2007 until you are up to speed (which may take a while). http://www.gmayor.com/Toolbars_in_word_2007.htm -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org texasgator1980 wrote: Ugghh... I absolutely abhor the new layout of Word 2007!! As a daily user of Word 2000 and Word 2003, I CAN'T FIND ANYTHING. Is there any way to revert this strange tabbing system in Word 2007 to the old familiar style of Word 2003 Toolbars and Pulldown menus? Help!!! |
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