Is there a way to view the traditional tool/task bar for 2008?

[NWest]

When I open a document, I'd like the page to look like it did in the previous
versions with the drop-down boxes rather than the Icon-oriented toolbar. Is
there a way to make that happen?

 

[Jay Freedman]

When I open a document, I'd like the page to look like it did in the previous
versions with the drop-down boxes rather than the Icon-oriented toolbar. Is
there a way to make that happen?

Assuming you meant Word 2007 (rather than Word 2008, which is a Mac version),
the answer is "partially". Read
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Customization/CustomizeRibbon.htm for a review of an
add-in called ToolbarToggle.