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Select All, Copy & Paste shoud be together rather separated
In Office 2003 we could use the mouse click button to Select All, Copy &
Paste, common functions often done in sequence. In Office 2007 Word, the Select All function has disappeared from the left click. If that wasn't enough of an increasing user inconvenience. the "Select All" is at the extreme right of the tool bar, while the Copy & Paste are on the extreme left. Wasn't a user test conducted to analyze the common combined sequential functions. Of course, the disappearance of the familiar File and Edit Open functions have disappeared which has helped drive my wife to Mac and Pages. Does that get your attention to these valuable details of user convenience and productivity? Now, I like the new Office format in many instances where it has increased user convenience and productivity, but the learning curve is still uphill utilizing help and then Google when it is not in the Help, like how to make suggestions to MS on a particular software product. Pretty basic. Keep working on it and thanks for listening and considering. Bill ---------------- This post is a suggestion for Microsoft, and Microsoft responds to 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 link to open the suggestion in the Microsoft Web-based Newsreader and then click "I Agree" in the message pane. http://www.microsoft.com/office/comm...ord.pagelayout |
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I expect Bill is referring to the Select tool in Word 2007 (whose submenu
includes Select All). It's at the far right of the Home tab of the Ribbon, and Clipboard is on the far left. But Ctrl+A (or Ctrl+click in the left margin) is easier still. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA http://word.mvps.org "CyberTaz" wrote in message .. . I'm not sure what you mean by "the mouse click button": In Word 2003 there's no Select All command in the contextual menu produced by right-clicking, nor is there a Select All button on the default Standard Toolbar. Are you referring to the Edit menu? The command can be added to any toolbar in 2003 via the Customize dialog, but it can also be added to the QAT in 2007 if you're a clicker... I personally rely more on: Ctrl+A = Select All Ctrl+C = Copy Ctrl+V = Paste If I do choose to use the mouse I find it much more convenient to triple-click in the space to the left of the text or Ctrl+Click in that same area. But in any graphic interface relying completely on the mouse will prove to be more of a hindrance than a convenience. Regards |:) Bob Jones [MVP] Office:Mac On 4/19/09 12:33 PM, in article , "Fishnet77" wrote: In Office 2003 we could use the mouse click button to Select All, Copy & Paste, common functions often done in sequence. In Office 2007 Word, the Select All function has disappeared from the left click. If that wasn't enough of an increasing user inconvenience. the "Select All" is at the extreme right of the tool bar, while the Copy & Paste are on the extreme left. Wasn't a user test conducted to analyze the common combined sequential functions. Of course, the disappearance of the familiar File and Edit Open functions have disappeared which has helped drive my wife to Mac and Pages. Does that get your attention to these valuable details of user convenience and productivity? Now, I like the new Office format in many instances where it has increased user convenience and productivity, but the learning curve is still uphill utilizing help and then Google when it is not in the Help, like how to make suggestions to MS on a particular software product. Pretty basic. Keep working on it and thanks for listening and considering. Bill ---------------- This post is a suggestion for Microsoft, and Microsoft responds to 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 link to open the suggestion in the Microsoft Web-based Newsreader and then click "I Agree" in the message pane. http://www.microsoft.com/office/comm...=2507d680-fdc5 -432b-a4fe-39c8c8ea68f1&dg=microsoft.public.word.pagelayout |
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Select All, Copy & Paste shoud be together rather separated
Hi Suzanne;
I understood the point he made about 2007 - in fact, I think it's a rather illogical place for the Select All command as well :-) But my point was in regard to the opening statement about *2003*: In Office 2003 we could use the mouse click button to Select All That's what is unclear, so I have no idea what he's comparing 2007 to. BTW: How's the "Granny" role going? Regards |:) Bob Jones [MVP] Office:Mac On 4/19/09 2:31 PM, in article , "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: I expect Bill is referring to the Select tool in Word 2007 (whose submenu includes Select All). It's at the far right of the Home tab of the Ribbon, and Clipboard is on the far left. But Ctrl+A (or Ctrl+click in the left margin) is easier still. |
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Select All, Copy & Paste shoud be together rather separated
"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: I expect Bill is referring to the Select tool in Word 2007 (whose submenu includes Select All). It's at the far right of the Home tab of the Ribbon, and Clipboard is on the far left. But Ctrl+A (or Ctrl+click in the left margin) is easier still. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA http://word.mvps.org "CyberTaz" wrote in message .. . I'm not sure what you mean by "the mouse click button": In Word 2003 there's no Select All command in the contextual menu produced by right-clicking, nor is there a Select All button on the default Standard Toolbar. Are you referring to the Edit menu? The command can be added to any toolbar in 2003 via the Customize dialog, but it can also be added to the QAT in 2007 if you're a clicker... I personally rely more on: Ctrl+A = Select All Ctrl+C = Copy Ctrl+V = Paste If I do choose to use the mouse I find it much more convenient to triple-click in the space to the left of the text or Ctrl+Click in that same area. But in any graphic interface relying completely on the mouse will prove to be more of a hindrance than a convenience. Regards |:) Bob Jones [MVP] Office:Mac On 4/19/09 12:33 PM, in article , "Fishnet77" wrote: In Office 2003 we could use the mouse click button to Select All, Copy & Paste, common functions often done in sequence. In Office 2007 Word, the Select All function has disappeared from the left click. If that wasn't enough of an increasing user inconvenience. the "Select All" is at the extreme right of the tool bar, while the Copy & Paste are on the extreme left. Wasn't a user test conducted to analyze the common combined sequential functions. Of course, the disappearance of the familiar File and Edit Open functions have disappeared which has helped drive my wife to Mac and Pages. Does that get your attention to these valuable details of user convenience and productivity? Now, I like the new Office format in many instances where it has increased user convenience and productivity, but the learning curve is still uphill utilizing help and then Google when it is not in the Help, like how to make suggestions to MS on a particular software product. Pretty basic. Keep working on it and thanks for listening and considering. Bill ---------------- This post is a suggestion for Microsoft, and Microsoft responds to 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 link to open the suggestion in the Microsoft Web-based Newsreader and then click "I Agree" in the message pane. http://www.microsoft.com/office/comm...=2507d680-fdc5 -432b-a4fe-39c8c8ea68f1&dg=microsoft.public.word.pagelayout Thanks all of you for your responses. Yes, I do the keyboard shortcuts of CTRL+C & CTRL+P most of the time. You all are very responsive and this is the first time I finally used this feature, although I had to search on Google to find a way to ask a question or make a suggestion. Ideally, it would appear in each of the Office functions Help, but alas, I could not find it there. Best regards to all of you, Bill |
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Select All, Copy & Paste shoud be together rather separated
Ah, I take your point.
Haven't had a grannygram lately, but at last report all are doing well. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA http://word.mvps.org "CyberTaz" wrote in message .. . Hi Suzanne; I understood the point he made about 2007 - in fact, I think it's a rather illogical place for the Select All command as well :-) But my point was in regard to the opening statement about *2003*: In Office 2003 we could use the mouse click button to Select All That's what is unclear, so I have no idea what he's comparing 2007 to. BTW: How's the "Granny" role going? Regards |:) Bob Jones [MVP] Office:Mac On 4/19/09 2:31 PM, in article , "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: I expect Bill is referring to the Select tool in Word 2007 (whose submenu includes Select All). It's at the far right of the Home tab of the Ribbon, and Clipboard is on the far left. But Ctrl+A (or Ctrl+click in the left margin) is easier still. |
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Select All, Copy & Paste shoud be together rather separated
On Apr 19, 12:33*pm, Fishnet77
wrote: In Office 2003 we could use the mouse click button to Select All, Copy *& Paste, common functions often done in sequence. In Office 2007 Word, the Select All function has *disappeared from the left click. If that wasn't enough of an increasing user inconvenience. the "Select All" is at the extreme right of the tool bar, while the Copy & Paste are on the extreme left. Wasn't a user test conducted to analyze the common combined sequential functions. Of course, the disappearance of the familiar File and Edit Open functions have disappeared which has helped drive my wife to Mac and Pages. Does that get your attention to these valuable details of user convenience and productivity? Now, I like the new Office format in many instances where it has increased user convenience and productivity, but the learning curve is still uphill utilizing help and then Google when it is not in the Help, like how to make suggestions to MS on a particular software product. Pretty basic. Keep working on it and thanks for listening and considering. Bill ---------------- This post is a suggestion for Microsoft, and Microsoft responds to 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 link to open the suggestion in the Microsoft Web-based Newsreader and then click "I Agree" in the message pane. http://www.microsoft.com/office/comm....mspx?mid=2507.... You can customize the ribbon to group the commands together. My tips page on ribbon customization uses this as one of the examples: http://gregmaxey.mvps.org/Customize_Ribbon.htm |
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