I am getting used to office 2007; I don't hate it though. I do actually like some parts of it, but I must admit though it is S L O W on an older machine.
.docx is my only complaint, too. The ribbon is so much better than the old standard menu system - take the time to use it and it'll pay dividends.
I've been using it and still don't like it. But my biggest complaint is the amount of room it takes up on a notebook screen. I don't understand why people are designing things with horizontal bars when everyone is moving to wide screens. Or why they increased the amount of real estate the humble menu bar takes up at all, regardless of orientation.
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AnnesTripped Up by Libidos and HubrisAlexandria, VAIcrontian
I've been using it and still don't like it. But my biggest complaint is the amount of room it takes up on a notebook screen. I don't understand why people are designing things with horizontal bars when everyone is moving to wide screens. Or why they increased the amount of real estate the humble menu bar takes up at all, regardless of orientation.
You can minimize the ribbon by double-clicking one of the headers, that should free up a bit more space.
You can minimize the ribbon by double-clicking one of the headers, that should free up a bit more space.
Yeah, I'm doing that because the space is precious, but it's still annoying since this compromise doesn't simply make the Ribbon smaller, it hides the controls from my screen. The old system gave me all my commonly-used controls from all of the categories on one bar.
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AnnesTripped Up by Libidos and HubrisAlexandria, VAIcrontian
edited April 2009
You can put all of your commonly-used controls onto the Quick Access Toolbar, place the toolbar under the minimized ribbon, and now using Office 2007 is just as fast (if not faster) than using Office 2003. That's what I've done, at least.
You can put all of your commonly-used controls onto the Quick Access Toolbar, place the toolbar under the minimized ribbon, and now using Office 2007 is just as fast (if not faster) than using Office 2003. That's what I've done, at least.
Now I just need to get our admins to get persistent profiles in our computer lab or install UBitMenu. I'll definitely do one of these for my home desktop, though.
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While I feel that XP is still useful I do agree that Win 7 is the new standard on the block.
But I absolutely HATE Office 2007!
I've been using it and still don't like it. But my biggest complaint is the amount of room it takes up on a notebook screen. I don't understand why people are designing things with horizontal bars when everyone is moving to wide screens. Or why they increased the amount of real estate the humble menu bar takes up at all, regardless of orientation.
You can minimize the ribbon by double-clicking one of the headers, that should free up a bit more space.
Yeah, I'm doing that because the space is precious, but it's still annoying since this compromise doesn't simply make the Ribbon smaller, it hides the controls from my screen. The old system gave me all my commonly-used controls from all of the categories on one bar.
Awesome, thanks both of you!
Now I just need to get our admins to get persistent profiles in our computer lab or install UBitMenu. I'll definitely do one of these for my home desktop, though.