Menus

[Matt Rauen]

I would really like to use word 2007 with the old menu style. Is there any
way to change it. I really don't have the time or need to learn the new style
menues.

 

[Bob Buckland ?:-\)]

Hi Matt,

In general Microsoft didn't make the old toolbars visible for use in the new User Interface, but there are several 3rd party tools
(some free, some not) that you can use, depending on your needs. If you have a retail edition of Microsoft Office 2007 and would
prefer to continue to use the other version you may be able to use the Microsoft software return/refund information here.
http://microsoft.com/mscorp/productrefund/refund.mspx

If you prefer to keep Office 2007 then these are some of the third party add-in tools available.


Toolbar Toggle
This is the only that I recall that allows you to 'float' old style toolbars to have them in locations on your screen other than
'top row'. http://toggletoolbar.com


Ribbon Customizer
This product includes old style toolbar visibility as well as tools to customize the Ribbon instead/in addition to that
http://pschmid.net/office2007/ribboncustomizer/index.php


Both of these products reverts from their full feature 'Professional' version to a free versions to lite/starter editions after 30
days that still allows you to use the old style toolbars.

You'll find other 3rd party tools by clicking the 'Toolbars and Menus' category choice on
http://office.microsoft.com/marketplace
and more through searching on http://google.com or Microsoft's http://Live.com

Note, that a lot of the keyboard shortcuts from the older versions still work in the 2007 versions. For example to get to what was
Word's
Tools=>Options menu
both of these keyboard shortcuts work in Word 2007
Word 2007's: Alt, F, I
Word 2003's: Alt, T, O

You'll find 'cheat sheets' on many of the was/is combinations in the downloads from Microsoft available here.
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/training/HA102295841033.aspx

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I would really like to use word 2007 with the old menu style. Is there any
way to change it. I really don't have the time or need to learn the new style
menues.>>
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Bob Buckland ?
MS Office System Products MVP

*Courtesy is not expensive and can pay big dividends*

 

[Graham Mayor]

The simple answer is no! The user interface has been radically changed.
There are a couple of add-ins available to aid the transition e.g.
http://ribboncustomizer.com/ but they don't alter the basic fact that this
is an entirely different application. If you want to use it then you will
have to learn the new way of doing things, and that learning curve is steep.

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[Peter A]

I would really like to use word 2007 with the old menu style. Is there any
way to change it. I really don't have the time or need to learn the new style
menues.

The whole point of Word 2007 is the new user interface. If you want the
old menus, use an old version of Word.

 

[Herb Tyson [MVP]]

Well... it's not the WHOLE point, Peter. ;-)

There are a number of new features that I would miss if I were to dump Word
2007 -- and none of them are related to the ribbon. The new file formats end
up being a lot more efficient and a lot more stable (in my experience so
far).

I also really like the new graphics capabilities, as well as the ability to
save in .pdf format without having to resort to using Acrobat or something
else. There are other new capabilities I like and use, too.

But, for me, the new interface is ergonomically bankrupt. I've compared the
numbers of mouse actions required for a number of tasks in Word 2003 and
Word 2007, and Word 2007 requires 25 to 50% more work to get to the
identical functions for most tasks I sampled. In a few cases, Word 2007
requires less work, but those tasks are definitely in the minority, at least
for the kinds of things I do. Thank goodness for keyboard shortcuts.
Otherwise, my mouse wrist would've needed surgery by now.