Is there any way to get a menu bar w/ word 2007?
I like 2007 but the choices in the tabs are not sufficient and I have to
fight to get the function I need.

thanks

john

Add what you want to the Quick Access Toolbar.

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"John Coltrane" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> Is there any way to get a menu bar w/ word 2007?
> I like 2007 but the choices in the tabs are not sufficient and I have to
> fight to get the function I need.
>
> thanks
>
> john

I love the QAT! My favorite tools are always one click away.

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Tech Editor for "Microsoft Publisher 2007 For Dummies"



"Doug Robbins - Word MVP" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> Add what you want to the Quick Access Toolbar.
>
> --
> Hope this helps.
>
> Please reply to the newsgroup unless you wish to avail yourself of my
> services on a paid consulting basis.
>
> Doug Robbins - Word MVP, originally posted via msnews.microsoft.com
>
> "John Coltrane" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>> Is there any way to get a menu bar w/ word 2007?
>> I like 2007 but the choices in the tabs are not sufficient and I have to
>> fight to get the function I need.
>>
>> thanks
>>
>> john
>

On 4/25/2010 5:09 PM, Doug Robbins - Word MVP wrote:
> Add what you want to the Quick Access Toolbar.
>
thanks, but it's not as convenient.

oh well

Not as convenient? How can something that is at the top of your app no
matter what you are doing not be convenient?

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MVP Microsoft [Publisher]
Tech Editor for "Microsoft Publisher 2007 For Dummies"



"John Coltrane" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> On 4/25/2010 5:09 PM, Doug Robbins - Word MVP wrote:
>> Add what you want to the Quick Access Toolbar.
>>
> thanks, but it's not as convenient.
>
> oh well

See http://gregmaxey.mvps.org/Customize_Ribbon.htm

or Google for Classic Menus in Office 2007 and you will get links to a
number of third party add-ins.

Given a bit more time, like most of us who hated the Ribbon at first, you
will come to accept it.

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Hope this helps.

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services on a paid consulting basis.

Doug Robbins - Word MVP, originally posted via msnews.microsoft.com

"John Coltrane" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> On 4/25/2010 5:09 PM, Doug Robbins - Word MVP wrote:
>> Add what you want to the Quick Access Toolbar.
>>
> thanks, but it's not as convenient.
>
> oh well

"John Coltrane" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> Is there any way to get a menu bar w/ word 2007?
> I like 2007 but the choices in the tabs are not sufficient and I have to
> fight to get the function I need.

AFAIWA the tabs contain ALL the Word functions. What can't you find?

Actually, there are many commands not available in the ribbon. In the
Customize section of the Word Options dialog box, you'll find a separate
category for "Commands Not in the Ribbon."

To be fair, the same was true for the main menus of previous versions: they
didn't have room for all of Word's commands either.

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Microsoft Word MVP



"Gordon" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> "John Coltrane" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>> Is there any way to get a menu bar w/ word 2007?
>> I like 2007 but the choices in the tabs are not sufficient and I have to
>> fight to get the function I need.
>
> AFAIWA the tabs contain ALL the Word functions. What can't you find?
>
>
>

"Stefan Blom" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> Actually, there are many commands not available in the ribbon. In the
> Customize section of the Word Options dialog box, you'll find a separate
> category for "Commands Not in the Ribbon."
>
> To be fair, the same was true for the main menus of previous versions:
> they didn't have room for all of Word's commands either.
>

Nothing new there then!

Part of the reason put forward in the introduction of the Ribbon was to
expose commands to users. But there are far too many commands for them all
to be 'exposed' and depending on the users, different commands have a
different level of importance.

Supposedly, the commands 'exposed' on the Ribbon are those commands that the
test labs found that users used the most. If this is really true, it's a sad
testament. I would understand if these were just exposed in 'LEARNER' mode,
but anyone with more than a year or two's experience should be using the
context sensitive (right-click) menus and their own toolbars.

There are still so many useful commands hidden in depths of Word. I remember
once struggling to create a macro to add ParaPageBreakBefore, shortly after
I found that command was already listed deep in the bowels of 'All Commands'
in Word 2000. The last time I really looked at the commands list was in Word
2003, when I think I printed out 4 pages of 'All Commands', many of which I
still don't know their function! But how many users know about those really
useful little commands such as 'Go to TOC', the almost lost 'NEW' dialog,
CloseAll (which used to be a simple Shift+Close), TableUpdateAutoFormat
(that actually clears all formatting from a table) and the myriad of other
commands to make editing fast and easy before the need to resort to macros.

They are all still hidden away, sometimes labelled with incomprehensible
jargon

Terry Farrell


"Stefan Blom" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> Actually, there are many commands not available in the ribbon. In the
> Customize section of the Word Options dialog box, you'll find a separate
> category for "Commands Not in the Ribbon."
>
> To be fair, the same was true for the main menus of previous versions:
> they didn't have room for all of Word's commands either.
>
> --
> Stefan Blom
> Microsoft Word MVP