Greater visibility for Help Icon 2007

[Alex Gordin]

One thing that I noticed consistently on the ribbon in Office 2007 is that
help seems to be reduced to a little question mark icon on the upper right
hand of the screen. This is fine if you know what to look for, but I'd
venture to say that a lot of users (the non-power user ones) familiar with
older versions of most software from the last two decades will attempt to
look for the help menu not there, but amidst the rest of the ribbon titles
(thinking it's like the old toolbar), and not bother to look waay to the
right for a blue question mark icon that on the default color scheme (blue)
has a very low visibility and is very tiny.

I'd suggest doing something about this, or actually putting the word "help"
next to it. I'd hate to see what would happen if users can't even figure out
how to get to the help feature.

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[Bob Buckland ?:-\)]

Hi Alex,

Be sure to also use the 2007 feedback tool from link #3 below to send your experience, comments, suggestions and problems in using
the 2007 Office system directly to the MS Office product team.

===============One thing that I noticed consistently on the ribbon in Office 2007 is that
help seems to be reduced to a little question mark icon on the upper right
hand of the screen. This is fine if you know what to look for, but I'd
venture to say that a lot of users (the non-power user ones) familiar with
older versions of most software from the last two decades will attempt to
look for the help menu not there, but amidst the rest of the ribbon titles
(thinking it's like the old toolbar), and not bother to look waay to the
right for a blue question mark icon that on the default color scheme (blue)
has a very low visibility and is very tiny.

I'd suggest doing something about this, or actually putting the word "help"
next to it. I'd hate to see what would happen if users can't even figure out
how to get to the help feature. >>
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I hope this helped you,

Bob Buckland ?
MS Office system products MVP

LINKS to the 2007 Office System

1. Free MS Office 2007 book from MS Press, 213 pages:
http://microsoft.com/learning/office2007/default.mspx#booksfrommspress

2.. Office 2007 Beta 2 Online Test Drive, Downloadable beta,
e-learning courses, doucmentation and movies:
http://microsoft.com/office/preview

3. Send 2007 Office System Beta 2 feedback directly to the MS Office 2007 product team with this feedback tool:
http://sas.office.microsoft.com/

4. Try the 2007 OfficeOnline preview 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

 

[Alex Gordin]

Thanks, Bob. I'll start using that, too.

Hi Alex,

Be sure to also use the 2007 feedback tool from link #3 below to send your experience, comments, suggestions and problems in using
the 2007 Office system directly to the MS Office product team.

===============
One thing that I noticed consistently on the ribbon in Office 2007 is that
help seems to be reduced to a little question mark icon on the upper right
hand of the screen. This is fine if you know what to look for, but I'd
venture to say that a lot of users (the non-power user ones) familiar with
older versions of most software from the last two decades will attempt to
look for the help menu not there, but amidst the rest of the ribbon titles
(thinking it's like the old toolbar), and not bother to look waay to the
right for a blue question mark icon that on the default color scheme (blue)
has a very low visibility and is very tiny.

I'd suggest doing something about this, or actually putting the word "help"
next to it. I'd hate to see what would happen if users can't even figure out
how to get to the help feature. >>
--
I hope this helped you,

Bob Buckland ?
MS Office system products MVP


LINKS to the 2007 Office System

1. Free MS Office 2007 book from MS Press, 213 pages:
http://microsoft.com/learning/office2007/default.mspx#booksfrommspress

2.. Office 2007 Beta 2 Online Test Drive, Downloadable beta,
e-learning courses, doucmentation and movies:
http://microsoft.com/office/preview

3. Send 2007 Office System Beta 2 feedback directly to the MS Office 2007 product team with this feedback tool:
http://sas.office.microsoft.com/

4. Try the 2007 OfficeOnline preview 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