NEW MICROSOFT OFFICE

[Sara]

Designers please listen up; THE NEW VERSION OF OFFICE DOESN'T WORK. After
years of working with it I'm still lost, why are you torturing the world.
Save all of us and send us a free downgrade before your competition takes
over the entire market.

The most frustrating thing is constantly togling between new and old
versions, ie. home, work, school etc. The new version is simply not user
friendly and I'm speaking for everyone I know!

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[Ben M. Schorr - MVP (OneNote)]

Perhaps if you were a little more specific with your concerns we could
offer some constructive advice?

By "NEW VERSION OF OFFICE" I assume you are referring to Office 2007?
What, specifically, do you think is not working with it? It seems to
work just fine for me.

So, unless you were just venting rhetorically, perhaps you could be a
little more specific and maybe we can offer you some relief?

--
-Ben-
Ben M. Schorr, MVP
Roland Schorr & Tower
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Author - The Lawyer's Guide to Microsoft Outlook 2007:
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[John]

Hi Ben,

I strongly agree with Ms. Sarah and same is true in reference to my
colleagues complaints with the latest version (Office 2007) being not user
friendly as compared to the previous version. If you are an experience MS
office user you would definitely get lost with the latest version. The thing
is, the whole structure was modified. And some of the old functionalities
aren't there anymore. Its been 8 months that I'm trying to learn the latest
version, but it seems to me that it pose more complication than ease
comparing to my mastery of the old version. All of your previous skills now
become disadvantage. Here are some of the examples to be more specific:

1. Alt access keys - unless you still can memorize the access keys from the
2003 version, it became more difficult to follow which alt key to use.
Because of the way the menu and menu items were structured everything appears
to be in disarray.
Suggestion: There should be a functionality wherein the old access key would
show you all the "old" selections. How could I continue typing the next alt
key if I don't have the selection. You just don't guess?
2. The context of the old "Main Menu" was FAR more simplier than what it is
now?
Take for example the old "EDIT" menu. You know that from this menu, you do
all your editing including inserting rows. With the new structure, you don't
expect the same consistency.
2.a View and Review -> who's Genius proposed to put these two Menus on
the same level?
2.b Placing "Protect Sheet" under the "Review" menu instead of the old
"Data".
2.c Having "Sort and Filter" on both "Home" and "Data" menu. Redundant.
2.d "Protection" in MS Excel is located in the "Review" menu while MS
Word has it on the "Developer" menu. Inconsistent.
2.e. etc. etc. etc. etc.
Suggestion: Make the Main (First Level) Menu concise and simple, better yet
return the old "Main Menu" and just populate the succeeding levels.

I've got more questions in my bag but I haven't got time and enough space to
air everything out. I'm a hardcore VBA practitioner, and I was glad you
didn't mess up with the VBA part.

BR,
John

 

[Gordon]

Hi Ben,

I strongly agree with Ms. Sarah and same is true in reference to my
colleagues complaints with the latest version (Office 2007) being not user
friendly as compared to the previous version. If you are an experience MS
office user you would definitely get lost with the latest version.

Interestingly I have used MS Office since version 95, Lotus, WordPerfect etc
etc all at advanced level, and have NO problems with 2007!

 

[Tom [Pepper] Willett]

Bet you can't wait for the next version of MS Office.
Which competition is going to take over the entire market, and when? Please
give us a heads up so we can be prepared.

: Designers please listen up; THE NEW VERSION OF OFFICE DOESN'T WORK. After
: years of working with it I'm still lost, why are you torturing the world.
: Save all of us and send us a free downgrade before your competition takes
: over the entire market.
:
: The most frustrating thing is constantly togling between new and old
: versions, ie. home, work, school etc. The new version is simply not user
: friendly and I'm speaking for everyone I know!
:
: ----------------
: This post is a suggestion for Microsoft, and Microsoft responds to the
: suggestions with the most votes. To vote for this suggestion, click the "I
: Agree" button in the message pane. If you do not see the button, follow
this
: link to open the suggestion in the Microsoft Web-based Newsreader and then
: click "I Agree" in the message pane.
:
:
http://www.microsoft.com/office/com...-3d70ecb464e5&dg=microsoft.public.office.misc

 

[Steve Rindsberg]

John,

While your suggestions here may not fall on deaf ears, they don't fall on MICROSOFT ears.

The people you interact with here are not MS employees and as a rule, MS doesn't follow the
discussions here, or if they do, they'd don't make the fact known.

Suggestion: follow the link here and post your remarks to Microsoft. They're well-expressed,
valid comments. It'll do MS good to hear them.

How do I send PowerPoint 2007 feedback or report bugs to Microsoft?
http://www.pptfaq.com/FAQ00962.htm

 

[John]

Hi Gordon,
If you do used MS office from the older versions, MS Excel in particular, I
do agree that 2007 has more functionalities compared to the 2003 version. I
have no qualm with that. My point is, using 2003 version is a lot more
easier, FASTER and user-friendly than the 2007 version. If I have to
challenge you for a particular task with me using the 2003 version and you
using the 2007, I'm pretty sure you'll end up trailing behind me. Visually,
you can manipulate the tasks well with 2007, but if you are more comfortable
using the QUICK alt keys, I'd rather go back to the old version.
You said that you learn these things at advance level, but if you really are
a hardcore user, you should know that "the more you go deep to the details
and customize the system the lesser that you become a low level expert". I
always believe that a person with a background on VB, Basic, C, would always
have an advantage when learning the dotNet. That is true when the basic
foundation is unaltered.
Cheers,
John