I think that there are too many context menues (5 of them)

1 the right click one
2 the shy one
3 the alt shift f10 one
4 the design tab
5 the side bar

sugested fixes.

merge the right click and alt-shift-f10 menues

put an arrow pointing up on the right click context menue that would "slide"
out the shy menue. and a down arrow on the shy menue to get the right click
one

make the design menue blue and all the way to the right so I know it is
contexual and will know it is diferent (or some cue like that)

I don't know haow to fix the sidebar (allways didn't understand it (I am a
keyboard only user so I can't really play with it much (the accsesibillity
code on it needs some cleanning up (at least in office 2003))))


thatkyou for reading. love most of the changes. it is much better from a
keyboard standpoint.

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But I use those all the time... :-)
"Timothy" wrote in message
...
I think that there are too many context menues (5 of them)

1 the right click one
2 the shy one
3 the alt shift f10 one
4 the design tab
5 the side bar

sugested fixes.

merge the right click and alt-shift-f10 menues

put an arrow pointing up on the right click context menue that would
"slide"
out the shy menue. and a down arrow on the shy menue to get the right
click
one

make the design menue blue and all the way to the right so I know it is
contexual and will know it is diferent (or some cue like that)

I don't know haow to fix the sidebar (allways didn't understand it (I am a
keyboard only user so I can't really play with it much (the accsesibillity
code on it needs some cleanning up (at least in office 2003))))


thatkyou for reading. love most of the changes. it is much better from a
keyboard standpoint.

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I do to. I don't want to get rid of them. I want them consolidated.
"Chuck Davis" wrote:

But I use those all the time... :-)
"Timothy" wrote in message
...
I think that there are too many context menues (5 of them)

1 the right click one
2 the shy one
3 the alt shift f10 one
4 the design tab
5 the side bar

sugested fixes.

merge the right click and alt-shift-f10 menues

put an arrow pointing up on the right click context menue that would
"slide"
out the shy menue. and a down arrow on the shy menue to get the right
click
one

make the design menue blue and all the way to the right so I know it is
contexual and will know it is diferent (or some cue like that)

I don't know haow to fix the sidebar (allways didn't understand it (I am a
keyboard only user so I can't really play with it much (the accsesibillity
code on it needs some cleanning up (at least in office 2003))))


thatkyou for reading. love most of the changes. it is much better from a
keyboard standpoint.

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I'm not exactly sure what you mean by some of the terminology you are
using or which version of Word you are referring to. If Word 2007
then:

By 'shy one' I think you mean the Mini toolbar? The one that displays
with formatting tools when you select text or right-click text?

By the "design tab" I'm not sure what you mean there either. There are
a few contextual tabs, such as the Design tab for Table tools. Is that
what you are referring to?

By the 'side bar' I think you mean the Task Pane that displays for
Styles, ClipArt, Research, etc. Is that what you mean?

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"Timothy" wrote in message
...
I think that there are too many context menues (5 of them)

1 the right click one
2 the shy one
3 the alt shift f10 one
4 the design tab
5 the side bar

sugested fixes.

merge the right click and alt-shift-f10 menues

put an arrow pointing up on the right click context menue that would
"slide"
out the shy menue. and a down arrow on the shy menue to get the
right click
one

make the design menue blue and all the way to the right so I know it
is
contexual and will know it is diferent (or some cue like that)

I don't know haow to fix the sidebar (allways didn't understand it
(I am a
keyboard only user so I can't really play with it much (the
accsesibillity
code on it needs some cleanning up (at least in office 2003))))


thatkyou for reading. love most of the changes. it is much better
from a
keyboard standpoint.

----------------
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the
suggestions with the most votes. To vote for this suggestion, click
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and then
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"Beth Melton" wrote:

I'm not exactly sure what you mean by some of the terminology you are
using or which version of Word you are referring to. If Word 2007
then:
yes office 12 (2007)
By 'shy one' I think you mean the Mini toolbar? The one that displays
with formatting tools when you select text or right-click text?
I am refering to the shy toolbar. it appers obove a word when you hover.
it is transparent untill you mouse over it. it has been called the shy tool
bar in the past. it provides basic formatting commands
By the "design tab" I'm not sure what you mean there either. There are
a few contextual tabs, such as the Design tab for Table tools. Is that
what you are referring to?
yes. I do not like them mixed with the non contextual ones.

By the 'side bar' I think you mean the Task Pane that displays for
Styles, ClipArt, Research, etc. Is that what you mean?

yes.

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"Timothy" wrote in message
...
I think that there are too many context menues (5 of them)

1 the right click one
2 the shy one
3 the alt shift f10 one
4 the design tab
5 the side bar

sugested fixes.

merge the right click and alt-shift-f10 menues

put an arrow pointing up on the right click context menue that would
"slide"
out the shy menue. and a down arrow on the shy menue to get the
right click
one

make the design menue blue and all the way to the right so I know it
is
contexual and will know it is diferent (or some cue like that)

I don't know haow to fix the sidebar (allways didn't understand it
(I am a
keyboard only user so I can't really play with it much (the
accsesibillity
code on it needs some cleanning up (at least in office 2003))))


thatkyou for reading. love most of the changes. it is much better
from a
keyboard standpoint.

----------------
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the
suggestions with the most votes. To vote for this suggestion, click
the "I
Agree" button in the message pane. If you do not see the button,
follow this
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and then
click "I Agree" in the message pane.

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"Timothy" wrote in message
...


"Beth Melton" wrote:

I'm not exactly sure what you mean by some of the terminology you
are
using or which version of Word you are referring to. If Word 2007
then:
yes office 12 (2007)
By 'shy one' I think you mean the Mini toolbar? The one that
displays
with formatting tools when you select text or right-click text?
I am refering to the shy toolbar. it appers obove a word when you
hover.
it is transparent untill you mouse over it. it has been called the
shy tool
bar in the past. it provides basic formatting commands

I'm not sure where you heard it was called "shy toolbar" - maybe in
another application? It was called Floatie, then Mini-bar, and now
Mini toolbar.

If you think about it, the concept of the Mini toolbar is to provide a
'clickless' command. If you had to right-click, then click again, and
then click the command you wanted then essencially, you'd have a
shortcut menu with a submenu and it would take three clicks to get to
the command you want. (Personally it gets in my way so I turned it
off.)

By the "design tab" I'm not sure what you mean there either. There
are
a few contextual tabs, such as the Design tab for Table tools. Is
that
what you are referring to?
yes. I do not like them mixed with the non contextual ones.

They aren't mixed - they already appear on the right. I think I know
what you want by 'far right' but this would be quite difficult since
the 'far right' depends on screen resolution and monitor size. Not to
metion I'm sure those using a dual monitor would like having to travel
to the far right of their second screen just to get to a contextual
menu.

The way you can tell it is a contextual tab is is the color change
along with the flag that appears in the title bar.

By the 'side bar' I think you mean the Task Pane that displays for
Styles, ClipArt, Research, etc. Is that what you mean?

yes.

The F6 command will put the task pane in focus.

Each of the objects you are referring to serve its own function - I
couldn't begin to envision them being consolidated into one object.
They already consolidated the toolbars and menu bar into a horizontal
menu/toolbar and called it a Ribbon and that's been hard enough to
adapt to...

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assistance by email can not be acknowledged.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Beth Melton
Microsoft Office MVP

Word FAQ: http://mvps.org/word
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MVP FAQ site: http://mvps.org/



"Timothy" wrote in message
...
I think that there are too many context menues (5 of them)

1 the right click one
2 the shy one
3 the alt shift f10 one
4 the design tab
5 the side bar

sugested fixes.

merge the right click and alt-shift-f10 menues

put an arrow pointing up on the right click context menue that
would
"slide"
out the shy menue. and a down arrow on the shy menue to get the
right click
one

make the design menue blue and all the way to the right so I know
it
is
contexual and will know it is diferent (or some cue like that)

I don't know haow to fix the sidebar (allways didn't understand
it
(I am a
keyboard only user so I can't really play with it much (the
accsesibillity
code on it needs some cleanning up (at least in office 2003))))


thatkyou for reading. love most of the changes. it is much
better
from a
keyboard standpoint.

"Beth Melton" wrote:

"Timothy" wrote in message
...


"Beth Melton" wrote:

I'm not exactly sure what you mean by some of the terminology you
are
using or which version of Word you are referring to. If Word 2007
then:
yes office 12 (2007)
By 'shy one' I think you mean the Mini toolbar? The one that
displays
with formatting tools when you select text or right-click text?
I am refering to the shy toolbar. it appers obove a word when you
hover.
it is transparent untill you mouse over it. it has been called the
shy tool
bar in the past. it provides basic formatting commands

I'm not sure where you heard it was called "shy toolbar" - maybe in
another application? It was called Floatie, then Mini-bar, and now
Mini toolbar.

If you think about it, the concept of the Mini toolbar is to provide a
'clickless' command. If you had to right-click, then click again, and
then click the command you wanted then essencially, you'd have a
shortcut menu with a submenu and it would take three clicks to get to
the command you want. (Personally it gets in my way so I turned it
off.)

Did you read what I wrote carefully?

By the "design tab" I'm not sure what you mean there either. There
are
a few contextual tabs, such as the Design tab for Table tools. Is
that
what you are referring to?
yes. I do not like them mixed with the non contextual ones.

They aren't mixed - they already appear on the right. I think I know
what you want by 'far right' but this would be quite difficult since
the 'far right' depends on screen resolution and monitor size. Not to
metion I'm sure those using a dual monitor would like having to travel
to the far right of their second screen just to get to a contextual
menu.

This needs to be tested in the various high contrast modes.

The way you can tell it is a contextual tab is is the color change
along with the flag that appears in the title bar.

By the 'side bar' I think you mean the Task Pane that displays for
Styles, ClipArt, Research, etc. Is that what you mean?

yes.

The F6 command will put the task pane in focus.


Ah all I knew was that alt-f1 focussed the help pane.
Each of the objects you are referring to serve its own function - I
couldn't begin to envision them being consolidated into one object.
They already consolidated the toolbars and menu bar into a horizontal
menu/toolbar and called it a Ribbon and that's been hard enough to
adapt to...

Please post all follow-up questions to the newsgroup. Requests for
assistance by email can not be acknowledged.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Beth Melton
Microsoft Office MVP

Word FAQ: http://mvps.org/word
TechTrax eZine: http://mousetrax.com/techtrax/
MVP FAQ site: http://mvps.org/



"Timothy" wrote in message
...
I think that there are too many context menues (5 of them)

1 the right click one
2 the shy one
3 the alt shift f10 one
4 the design tab
5 the side bar

sugested fixes.

merge the right click and alt-shift-f10 menues

put an arrow pointing up on the right click context menue that
would
"slide"
out the shy menue. and a down arrow on the shy menue to get the
right click
one

make the design menue blue and all the way to the right so I know
it
is
contexual and will know it is diferent (or some cue like that)

I don't know haow to fix the sidebar (allways didn't understand
it
(I am a
keyboard only user so I can't really play with it much (the
accsesibillity
code on it needs some cleanning up (at least in office 2003))))


thatkyou for reading. love most of the changes. it is much
better
from a
keyboard standpoint.

--
Please post all follow-up questions to the newsgroup. Requests for
assistance by email can not be acknowledged.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Beth Melton
Microsoft Office MVP

Word FAQ: http://mvps.org/word
TechTrax eZine: http://mousetrax.com/techtrax/
MVP FAQ site: http://mvps.org/


"Timothy" wrote in message
...
"Beth Melton" wrote:

"Timothy" wrote in message
...

If you think about it, the concept of the Mini toolbar is to
provide a
'clickless' command. If you had to right-click, then click again,
and
then click the command you wanted then essencially, you'd have a
shortcut menu with a submenu and it would take three clicks to get
to
the command you want. (Personally it gets in my way so I turned it
off.)

Did you read what I wrote carefully?

Ah, okay so it would slide out, still like a submenu. But concept
still remains, it's a 'clickless' toolbar and it's already there if
you right-click - why add an extra step?

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assistance by email can not be acknowledged.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Beth Melton
Microsoft Office MVP

Word FAQ: http://mvps.org/word
TechTrax eZine: http://mousetrax.com/techtrax/
MVP FAQ site: http://mvps.org/

"Timothy" wrote in message
...

put an arrow pointing up on the right click context menue that
would
"slide"
out the shy menue. and a down arrow on the shy menue to get
the
right click
one