Menu options in 2007

[Blore]

Why have all the menu titles and options changed so dramatically in Office
2007? It would have been so much easier to switch if we did not have to spend
a horrendous amount of time learning the new menu names and what they have
within them. This is the one big reason I hate Office and Microsoft as of now
especially with Office 2007.
If there is any other option out there I am game to try that and ditch MS
Office for good.

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[Chirag]

For the why part, look at "The Story of the Ribbon":
http://blogs.msdn.com/jensenh/archive/2008/03/12/the-story-of-the-ribbon.aspx

If you want to bring in Office 2003-style menus to Office 2007, there are
quite a few options available like
http://www.ubit.ch/software/ubitmenu-languages/

- Chirag

PowerShow - View multiple PowerPoint slide shows simultaneously
http://officeone.mvps.org/powershow/powershow.html

 

[jpforestier]

A suggestion : ask people that have been using 2007 for months what they
think about the ergonomy.
I felt the same sensations as you did, the first time I used 2007.
Now, 2 years later I DON'T WANT to come back to the 2003 menus ))

 

[John Wilson]

Exactly what jpf said. I work in both regularly and I hate it when I have to
use the old menus. It does take a little while to get used to though.

A suggestion : ask people that have been using 2007 for months what they
think about the ergonomy.
I felt the same sensations as you did, the first time I used 2007.
Now, 2 years later I DON'T WANT to come back to the 2003 menus ))





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[Mark]

Exactly what jpf said. I work in both regularly and I hate it when I haveto
use the old menus. It does take a little while to get used to though.












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Not me, for all the time I've been using it, I still find it
cumbersome. I find it usually takes me several clicks more to do any
task than in the previous version, mostly because I often have to go
to one side of the screen to click on a tab, then the other to access
the function I need. And then I need to switch back to the original
tab to access what I was doing prior. At least with the menu system,
it's just a click and drag down.

Going to 'Home' to insert a new slide, instead of the 'Insert' tab
still throws me occasionally.

....and don't get me started on 'Reuse slides'

 

[jpforestier]

You don't need to move so much and click on a tab; just roll your mouse
wheel "above" the tabs
And customise your access bar: One click to work with!

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Exactly what jpf said. I work in both regularly and I hate it when I have
to
use the old menus. It does take a little while to get used to though.












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Not me, for all the time I've been using it, I still find it
cumbersome. I find it usually takes me several clicks more to do any
task than in the previous version, mostly because I often have to go
to one side of the screen to click on a tab, then the other to access
the function I need. And then I need to switch back to the original
tab to access what I was doing prior. At least with the menu system,
it's just a click and drag down.

Going to 'Home' to insert a new slide, instead of the 'Insert' tab
still throws me occasionally.

....and don't get me started on 'Reuse slides'

 

[Mark]

You don't need to move so much and click on a tab; just roll your mouse
wheel "above" the tabs
And customise your access bar: One click to work with!

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Not me, for all the time I've been using it, I still find it
cumbersome. I find it usually takes me several clicks more to do any
task than in the previous version, mostly because I often have to go
to one side of the screen to click on a tab, then the other to access
the function I need. And then I need to switch back to the original
tab to access what I was doing prior. At least with the menu system,
it's just a click and drag down.

Going to 'Home' to insert a new slide, instead of the 'Insert' tab
still throws me occasionally.

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That's actually a nice tip, didn't know that (and it doesn't have to
be above the tabs, anywhere in the 'ribbon' works with the scroll)

And, yes, I have added many commands to my access bar. Of course, that
also means that I usually will not remember how to access them when I
get to another machine that doesn't have them, or to explain a process
to someone (I was trying to tell someone how to apply a name to a
shape, and couldn't remember where the 'Selection Pane' was)