Office 2007 Beta feedback

[Guest]

Have been using Office 2007 Beta for about 2 weeks now (mainly Word & Excel).

Don't like the new layout (Word)-

Toolbar is very cluttered now that every option is on permanent display.
Can't find an option to Customise the Toolbars, other than the Quick Access
Toolbar, which is lost amongst all the other on-screen clutter.
Also don't like the fact that the Menu bar commands have been changed -
bring back 'File, Edit, View, Tools', etc.
Help menu has been replaced by an almost invisible 'question mark' icon
squeezed into the top right corner of the window
As an occasional user, it will take me months, if not years, to get familiar
with where everything is, just in time for the next version to be released!!!

Not worth upgrading, but this is not an option as Support, updates & even
functionality for previous versions of MS Office products evaporates every
few years!!!

 

[Cindy M -WordMVP-]

Hi =?Utf-8?B?VUtkZWVqYXk=?=,

Can't find an option to Customise the Toolbars, other than the Quick Access
Toolbar, which is lost amongst all the other on-screen clutter.

Because there isn't any way to do so in the UI. It requires writing an XML
document and putting it into the docx. FWIW you can move the QAT to
display BELOW the "Ribbon". That does help.

Also don't like the fact that the Menu bar commands have been changed -
bring back 'File, Edit, View, Tools', etc.

You can try this, just for fun:

In Word 2003 (or earlier) create a new template (which
you're going to name Normal.dot). Tools/Customize and
create a new toolbar, saving it in this template. Hold CTRL
and drag each Word menu (File, Edit, Insert, etc) into the
toolbar. Save it as Normal.dot to a convenient folder. Close. Copy it to
your Word 2007 machine and replace the existing Normal.dot.

Start Word 2007 and look in the Add-ins tab All your
Word menus, just as you know them now. Of course, no
guarantees that ALL of them will work. But most of them
appear to...

Cindy Meister
INTER-Solutions, Switzerland
http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister (last update Jun 17 2005)
http://www.word.mvps.org

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[Bob Buckland ?:-\)]

Hi Blake,

Be sure to send your feedback on Office 2007 directly to the MS Office Product team as well, by using the 2007 feedback tool from
the link below.

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Have been using Office 2007 Beta for about 2 weeks now (mainly Word & Excel).

Don't like the new layout (Word)-

Toolbar is very cluttered now that every option is on permanent display.
Can't find an option to Customise the Toolbars, other than the Quick Access
Toolbar, which is lost amongst all the other on-screen clutter.
Also don't like the fact that the Menu bar commands have been changed -
bring back 'File, Edit, View, Tools', etc.
Help menu has been replaced by an almost invisible 'question mark' icon
squeezed into the top right corner of the window
As an occasional user, it will take me months, if not years, to get familiar
with where everything is, just in time for the next version to be released!!!

Not worth upgrading, but this is not an option as Support, updates & even
functionality for previous versions of MS Office products evaporates every
few years!!!>>
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I hope this helped you,

Bob Buckland ?
MS Office system products MVP

LINKS to the 2007 Office System

1. Read about it, try it, or watch the movie
the 2007 Microsoft Office system info,
online Test Drive, or downloadable beta is at
http://microsoft.com/office/preview

2. Already have 2007 Office System Beta 2?
Send Microsoft your feedback (with pictures)
http://sas.office.microsoft.com/

3. Use the 2007 OfficeOnline website without Office2007

a. Install the ActiveX access control
http://office.microsoft.com/search/redir.aspx?AssetID=XT101650581033
b. then visit http://officebeta.iponet.net