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Posted Wed September 30, 2009 2:54 pm, by Marie H. written to Microsoft Corporation
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I want to lodge a complaint about the stupidity of the new ribbon/taskbar/menu feature in the Office Suite software. What were you thinking? It takes 3 times as long to do simple tasks because instead of just clicking on one visible button you now have to sort through multiple tabs and several steps to accomplish the some thing.
Why can't the ribbon be customized so I can easily access the options I use the most in one place instead of switching back and forth and having to scan though things I never use and will never need? And why did you move commonly used tools into that icon button? It is the most non-intuitive set up I have every seen and I have been using computers daily for 20 years.
This is like New Coke, not needed, no one asked for it, and it just complicates an already complicated program.
Make the ribbon customizable, or add a feature allowing users to switch back to the easier interface.
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by LynnA Posted Fri October 2, 2009 @ 4:26 PM
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One of the best (and really unknown) features of Office 07 is the
Quick Access Toolbar. It sits above the ribbon, and acts like a
bookmark list for commands you use often. Right-click on any command
button on the ribbon (such as pivot table, insert a picture, or bold
text) and add it to the QAT. To edit your QAT or add commands
directly (without locating them on the ribbon), click on the MSFT
circle, choose (Excel, PowerPoint, Word) Options from the bottom of
the window, then Customize.
Enjoy the increase in productivity :)
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I agree completely. I despise MS Word and Bill Gates and the whole
crew.
THey have made changes before, changes that don't improve anything,
JUST TO MAKE CHANGES. For instance, using keyboard shortcuts rather
than the mouse, in a table you could insert a row above or below your
cursor. THen one day, after an upgrade, it was doing the opposite of
what I wanted.
I finally went to the pulldown menu and they had changed it from
A/above and B/below to A/AFTER and B/Before. That change was
absolutely pointless.
Grrrr. May Microsoft programmers burn in hell for eternity.
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by Just Jeffrey Posted Wed September 30, 2009 @ 3:01 PM
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I don't like it either. But I've been a heavy MS Office user for over
a decade and a half.
And that's the thing. Total newcomers find the ribbon interface
easier that the old menu/toolbar method. However, for anyone that's
used a prior version of MS Office... or really any other Windows-based
program, it's harder and more confusing.
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