Microsoft Office 2010's Win7 Integration

[SirCrono]

Well, I switched to office 2007 about a year ago, at first I was confused and it took me ages to type stuff (mostly equations), but now that I've worked all the kinks I've found myself typing a lot faster, and when I need a function I don't normally use I tend to find it rather quickly because I only have to search trough one section and not the entire menu.

I think ribbon is OK, but they shouldn't remove the option to customize the menu the way one see fit, didn't Ballmer said "it's our PC"?

 

[Guest]

office 2007 ribbon with the classic toolbar solution was a product downgrade that impacts office suite productivity. Having 2 months trying to adapt to the clumsy interface design, I gave up, now work in 2003. I hope MS address this issue in 2010, otherwise I will be considering the alternative office suite.
BOTTOMLINE: We buy an office software product to increase productivity not reduce it....... I am concerned that MS do not understand this basic need.

 

[CrashOverride90]

[citation][nom]FlayerSlayer[/nom]I use Office 2007 all day every day at work. I use Word, Excel, Outlook (with Word as editor) all day and have done so for months. I've given it a shot, and am still using it, and I have learned how to do what I need to do with it, but I still hate it. It's slower and requires more clicks to do the same thing, while taking up more screen space. Sure, some people like it, even love it, and honestly good for them. It's an upgrade then. But I'm rather tired of the response to dislike of the new style being insults (like from misasi above) because we're babies who are idiotically resistant to change. Just because it's new does not make it better, or even as good. Just because I dislike it and find that I can still work faster in 2003 does not mean I haven't given it a good, long shot.I still hate ribbon and want at least the OPTION to customize my work environment like I used to be able to do. Since when was removing choice an upgrade?[/citation]

Well first of all Office 2007 IS an upgrade. The reason it is an upgrade is because it has lots of new features that previous versions of office didn't have. A different user interface has nothing to do with it being called an upgrade. the GUI is just a marketing technique.
And you always have a choice. And if you like the old user interface, then stick with Office 2003. And you can even move to free office suites like Open Office which will all the functions you need for Word, and Excel. And as for Outlook, you can switch to Thunderbird 3, which is new and improved! So no one is taking away your choice. Don't like it? Look for alternatives! There are always alternatives available for everything.