gi7omy Posted July 31, 2007 Report Share Posted July 31, 2007 Interesting article here (you may have to sign up to read it tho) "Microsoft Office 2007, the new office suite that aims to replace older platforms, introduces numerous changes and new features. However, the very modifications that make Office 2007 attractive also complicate its use. From incompatible new file formats to a drastically changed user interface, many organizations will be better served remaining standardized on Office 2003." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big_Dave Posted July 31, 2007 Report Share Posted July 31, 2007 I believe MS released some converters to get around the xml file format issues. Still, the Office 2007 menues have changed considerably. Perhaps an option to choose "classic menues" would ease the pain and learning would be a good thing if it were available. Frankly, I liked MS Word for the MAC that came out 12 years ago. It was easy to use and the menues were simple. But, life moves on.... You can't stay on DOS forever or maybe some can. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beerman Posted July 31, 2007 Report Share Posted July 31, 2007 I believe MS released some converters to get around the xml file format issues. Still, the Office 2007 menues have changed considerably. Perhaps an option to choose "classic menues" would ease the pain and learning would be a good thing if it were available. Frankly, I liked MS Word for the MAC that came out 12 years ago. It was easy to use and the menues were simple. But, life moves on.... You can't stay on DOS forever or maybe some can. Classic Menu of Office 2007 will allow you to use the old menu in place of the new ribbon menu in Office 2007. youtube.com also has some tutorials for Office 2007 that are simple enough for those who can't get by. I admit, it is a total face change and one that's not easy to get use to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marlinsinger Posted July 31, 2007 Report Share Posted July 31, 2007 Classic Menu of Office 2007 will allow you to use the old menu in place of the new ribbon menu in Office 2007. youtube.com also has some tutorials for Office 2007 that are simple enough for those who can't get by. I admit, it is a total face change and one that's not easy to get use to. I will have to take a look at that when I get home. Work will not let me open the page. I can not stand the new menus. Takes too many clicks to get what I want. Old menu would take one click. now anywhere from 2-4. Definitely not production oriented software. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gi7omy Posted July 31, 2007 Author Report Share Posted July 31, 2007 Frankly, I liked MS Word for the MAC that came out 12 years ago. It was easy to use and the menues were simple. But, life moves on.... You can't stay on DOS forever or maybe some can. I've very fond memories of Word 3 - the whole heap came on all of TWO 360K 5 1/4" floppies (one for the program and the second for the thesaurus/spell-checker) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beerman Posted July 31, 2007 Report Share Posted July 31, 2007 I've very fond memories of Word 3 - the whole heap came on all of TWO 360K 5 1/4" floppies (one for the program and the second for the thesaurus/spell-checker) Remember WordStar? Typed my wife's thesis on that one. Didn't know what I was doing when I started it but knew it well by the time I finished it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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