How do I make Office look like a normal application?

[JoAnn Paules]

It isn't just the trade mags, it's also your friends and their friends. Word
of mouth travels quite fast. I saw the ribbon before Office 2007 and I hated
it. But I also knew that I still have 12 years and a handfull of days until
I can retire. I could resist learning something new or I could learn the new
interface and minimize the impact on my employer. We are upgrading later
this year and I am going to be the one who hits the ground running and
fielding questions from my coworkers. Job security. ;-)

--

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

Not everybody is a geek reading computer magazines and web sites all the
time. Some people just try to do their jobs and go home. I "just
learned" it was going to be completely different about a year ago. That's
when I started hoarding copies of Office 2003. Learning to use a computer
program is hard enough, but even worse when you are shooting at a moving
target. Add one to the number of people who hope that MSFT and everything
connected with it goes under.

Earle

News about the ribbon interface was out a year before Office 2007 was
released and now 3 years later, you're just learning that Office looks
different?

--

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

Come on. Not a very good arguement Gordon. When you get a newer car,
the
gas pedel stays in the same place, so does ther turn signal, the
steering
wheel, the break pedal.....

Where is the !@$!! steering wheel on this thing anyway?

:

Spending time 'training' for something that I've been doing for 13
years
is
very counterproductive and an unacceptable answer to the original
poster's
question.


So when you buy a new car you make sure that ALL the switches and
buttons
are in EXACTLY the same place as your old one?

 

[Peter Foldes]

Mark.

I don't know , but Gordon's argument is a very valid one . I will just add to that.
The steering wheel was blue and big and now it is almost the same size but it is
grey in color and the turn signal went Tic Tic and now it goes Tic Tic Tic.

 

[Earle Horton]

It's more like the turn signal/light switch and the wiper controls are
switched from where they were before. So you want to blink your lights to
signal oncoming traffic of an accident, and you wind up washing your
windshield. Or say the clutch and brake pedals are switched. You want to
shift into third gear, but your air bag comes on. Or you live in Alaska,
but there are no obvious heater controls. Don't worry, you will find out
what a clutch pedal is once Obama makes the manufacturers come out with 60
mpg cars. ;^)

Earle

 

[Bob I]

Readily apparent you NEVER drove a Model T!

Come on. Not a very good arguement Gordon. When you get a newer car, the
gas pedel stays in the same place, so does ther turn signal, the steering
wheel, the break pedal.....

Where is the !@$!! steering wheel on this thing anyway?

:

 

[GuyWB]

The Ribbon has me frustrated to the point that I am ready to hit my computer,
forget about the "ground running". Three months using it and the contempt
for Office 2007 is steadily growing.

It isn't just the trade mags, it's also your friends and their friends. Word
of mouth travels quite fast. I saw the ribbon before Office 2007 and I hated
it. But I also knew that I still have 12 years and a handfull of days until
I can retire. I could resist learning something new or I could learn the new
interface and minimize the impact on my employer. We are upgrading later
this year and I am going to be the one who hits the ground running and
fielding questions from my coworkers. Job security. ;-)

--

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

Not everybody is a geek reading computer magazines and web sites all the
time. Some people just try to do their jobs and go home. I "just
learned" it was going to be completely different about a year ago. That's
when I started hoarding copies of Office 2003. Learning to use a computer
program is hard enough, but even worse when you are shooting at a moving
target. Add one to the number of people who hope that MSFT and everything
connected with it goes under.

Earle

News about the ribbon interface was out a year before Office 2007 was
released and now 3 years later, you're just learning that Office looks
different?

--

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



Come on. Not a very good arguement Gordon. When you get a newer car,
the
gas pedel stays in the same place, so does ther turn signal, the
steering
wheel, the break pedal.....

Where is the !@$!! steering wheel on this thing anyway?

:

Spending time 'training' for something that I've been doing for 13
years
is
very counterproductive and an unacceptable answer to the original
poster's
question.


So when you buy a new car you make sure that ALL the switches and
buttons
are in EXACTLY the same place as your old one?

 

[Gordon]

The Ribbon has me frustrated to the point that I am ready to hit my
computer,
forget about the "ground running". Three months using it and the contempt
for Office 2007 is steadily growing.

Well to be frank, if you can't work out how to use it in three months, I
don't think much of your "20+" years in IT.......

 

[Lone Star]

The Ribbon has me frustrated to the point that I am ready to hit my
computer,
forget about the "ground running". Three months using it and the contempt
for Office 2007 is steadily growing.

I installed Office 2007, got the updates, and began using it. Got it all
figured out in about 10 minutes -- much more intuitive than the older
toolbar menus. Get a grip!

EW