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I would really like to use word 2007 with the old menu style. Is there any
way to change it. I really don't have the time or need to learn the new style menues. |
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Hi Matt,
In general Microsoft didn't make the old toolbars visible for use in the new User Interface, but there are several 3rd party tools (some free, some not) that you can use, depending on your needs. If you have a retail edition of Microsoft Office 2007 and would prefer to continue to use the other version you may be able to use the Microsoft software return/refund information here. http://microsoft.com/mscorp/productrefund/refund.mspx If you prefer to keep Office 2007 then these are some of the third party add-in tools available. Toolbar Toggle This is the only that I recall that allows you to 'float' old style toolbars to have them in locations on your screen other than 'top row'. http://toggletoolbar.com Ribbon Customizer This product includes old style toolbar visibility as well as tools to customize the Ribbon instead/in addition to that http://pschmid.net/office2007/ribbon...izer/index.php Both of these products reverts from their full feature 'Professional' version to a free versions to lite/starter editions after 30 days that still allows you to use the old style toolbars. You'll find other 3rd party tools by clicking the 'Toolbars and Menus' category choice on http://office.microsoft.com/marketplace and more through searching on http://google.com or Microsoft's http://Live.com Note, that a lot of the keyboard shortcuts from the older versions still work in the 2007 versions. For example to get to what was Word's Tools=Options menu both of these keyboard shortcuts work in Word 2007 Word 2007's: Alt, F, I Word 2003's: Alt, T, O You'll find 'cheat sheets' on many of the was/is combinations in the downloads from Microsoft available here. http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/tr...295841033.aspx =========== "Matt Rauen" Matt wrote in message ... I would really like to use word 2007 with the old menu style. Is there any way to change it. I really don't have the time or need to learn the new style menues. -- Bob Buckland ?:-) MS Office System Products MVP *Courtesy is not expensive and can pay big dividends* |
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The simple answer is no! The user interface has been radically changed.
There are a couple of add-ins available to aid the transition e.g. http://ribboncustomizer.com/ but they don't alter the basic fact that this is an entirely different application. If you want to use it then you will have to learn the new way of doing things, and that learning curve is steep. -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org Matt Rauen wrote: I would really like to use word 2007 with the old menu style. Is there any way to change it. I really don't have the time or need to learn the new style menues. |
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8?B?TWF0dCBSYXVlbg==?= Matt says... I would really like to use word 2007 with the old menu style. Is there any way to change it. I really don't have the time or need to learn the new style menues. The whole point of Word 2007 is the new user interface. If you want the old menus, use an old version of Word. -- Peter Aitken Author, MS Word for Medical and Technical Writers www.tech-word.com |
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Well... it's not the WHOLE point, Peter. ;-)
There are a number of new features that I would miss if I were to dump Word 2007 -- and none of them are related to the ribbon. The new file formats end up being a lot more efficient and a lot more stable (in my experience so far). I also really like the new graphics capabilities, as well as the ability to save in .pdf format without having to resort to using Acrobat or something else. There are other new capabilities I like and use, too. But, for me, the new interface is ergonomically bankrupt. I've compared the numbers of mouse actions required for a number of tasks in Word 2003 and Word 2007, and Word 2007 requires 25 to 50% more work to get to the identical functions for most tasks I sampled. In a few cases, Word 2007 requires less work, but those tasks are definitely in the minority, at least for the kinds of things I do. Thank goodness for keyboard shortcuts. Otherwise, my mouse wrist would've needed surgery by now. -- Herb Tyson MS MVP Author of the Word 2007 Bible Blog: http://word2007bible.herbtyson.com Web: http://www.herbtyson.com "Peter A" wrote in message om... In article , =?Utf- 8?B?TWF0dCBSYXVlbg==?= Matt says... I would really like to use word 2007 with the old menu style. Is there any way to change it. I really don't have the time or need to learn the new style menues. The whole point of Word 2007 is the new user interface. If you want the old menus, use an old version of Word. -- Peter Aitken Author, MS Word for Medical and Technical Writers www.tech-word.com |
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