[Graham Mayor]

Try the magnifier from Windows Accessibility accessories.It magnifies the
area around the cursor.

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Graham Mayor - Word MVP

My web site www.gmayor.com
Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org



"Worn Out Retread" wrote in message
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I am a "new user" of Office 2007 and am slowly getting used to the ribbon.
There is one thing with the ribbon though that I with eyes that are not
what they used to be would like an answer to or a fix and that is the
little "hot spot" to click on to expand the ribbon with more options. An
example is the Font panel has a little hot spot in the lower left corner.
It is very small on my desktop monitor and is nearly invisible using a
laptop computer. Under some lighting conditions that hot spot can't be seen
at all.

Is there a setting that I have missed for this?

Otherwise, my complaints list is getting shorter.....it is the learning
curve for something that is different that is the source of most
complaints I think.

Ron P

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message
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Although you have posted this as a Suggestion for Microsoft, it is
unlikely that anyone from MS will actually see your post since these
forums are scheduled to be closed on June 1, and response to
"suggestions" has historically been practically nil.

You are certainly not the first (though a bit late to the party) to make
the complaints you're making. Virtually everyone who has upgraded from a
previous version says the same thing. Many of them eventually come to
like Word 2007, even prefer it, and many of the defects of Word 2007
(especially in the realm of customizability) have been remedied in Word
2010.

I would have to say, though, that, despite your closing, your tone
doesn't sound very "respectful" to me.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org

"Involuntary Microsoft Slave" Involuntary Microsoft
wrote in message
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Dear Microsoft,

Since you are already a multi-kadrillion world leader in technology and
all,
would it be possible to put Microsoft Office back into PC's and charge
more
reasonable prices for your software? Microsoft Works stinks. Period.

Oh yeah, call this a little late, but Word 2007 is really not as
"intuitive"
as you might like to think. After more than a decade of classic Office
menus
and dropdowns, sticking every single thing into a ribbon and clicking
all
over the place to access what used to be a click away, to me, is very
'counterintuitive' and counterproductive. Bring back the dropdowns with
the
hotkeys listed for each function and call it a day. Sometimes the most
innovative thing to do is to 'keep it simple'.

I'm sure my gripe won't get far in such a heavily matrixed and
gargantuan
corporation such as yours and I also know that the myriad users in PC
Land
have no choice but to accept whatever "strategic" direction you choose
to
pursue with the software that is a staple of their daily business and
home
lives, but if you're really concerned about customer satisfaction
(although
at this stage in your corporate lifecycle, you appear to be more
interested
in impressing yourself than end-users and your aggressive growth
strategy to
eradicate the 'little guys' and superimpose your product offerings over
every
nook and cranny of this earth so that your reach becomes almost stifling
and
inescapable, has already proven wildly successful and grossed you
billions.
So who gives a rat's fart what the actual consumers want or need because
they
don't really have a choice anyway...right?) then give us reasonable
prices
and more useful, user-friendly software.

Respectfully,

Involuntary Mirosoft Slave

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