Office UI is Killing the Product

[arboc77]

Office 2007 UI incompatibility (with Office 2003) is driving us to reverse
our deployment of Office 2007. User frustration, loss of productivity CANNOT
be rectified with training -- the UI requies too many mode changes to get
anything done. If MS does not add a compatibiliy mode to the UI, I doubt
we'll ever re-deploy.

The product managers should have considered that forcing the the user base
to re-train opens the door to competitive defections. Changing both the UI
and the file format destroys two key advantages MS had over competitive
products.

Regretably, the Office team has made the same mistakle as the Vista team...

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[Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]]

Then you may want to wait for Office 2010 where Microsoft has made some
concessions for customizing the Ribbon, but the Ribbon is here to stay.
Indeed, other non-Microsoft programs are also adopting the Ribbon.

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After furious head scratching, arboc77 asked:

| Office 2007 UI incompatibility (with Office 2003) is driving us to
| reverse our deployment of Office 2007. User frustration, loss of
| productivity CANNOT be rectified with training -- the UI requies too
| many mode changes to get anything done. If MS does not add a
| compatibiliy mode to the UI, I doubt we'll ever re-deploy.
|
| The product managers should have considered that forcing the the user
| base to re-train opens the door to competitive defections. Changing
| both the UI and the file format destroys two key advantages MS had
| over competitive products.
|
| Regretably, the Office team has made the same mistakle as the Vista
| team...
|
| ----------------
| This post is a suggestion for Microsoft, and Microsoft responds to the
| suggestions with the most votes. To vote for this suggestion, click
| the "I Agree" button in the message pane. If you do not see the
| button, follow this link to open the suggestion in the Microsoft
| Web-based Newsreader and then click "I Agree" in the message pane.
|
|
http://www.microsoft.com/office/com...-8cdd2410eb12&dg=microsoft.public.office.misc

 

[Shailesh Shah]

You can download Office (Classic) menu addins from below site.

http://shahshaileshs.web.officelive.com/MenuAddins.aspx


For Excel with new features of Excl-2007:
http://shahshaileshs.web.officelive.com/Exshail_Classic_Menu.aspx



Regards,
Shailesh Shah
http://shahshaileshs.web.officelive.com/
If You Can't Excel with Talent, Triumph with Effort.

Free Addins Office Menu-2003 for Office-2007
http://shahshaileshs.web.officelive.com/MenuAddins.aspx

Free Exshail Classic Menu for Excel-2007
http://shahshaileshs.web.officelive.com/Exshail_Classic_Menu.aspx

 

[Gordon]

Office 2007 UI incompatibility (with Office 2003) is driving us to reverse
our deployment of Office 2007. User frustration, loss of productivity
CANNOT
be rectified with training -- the UI requies too many mode changes to get
anything done.

Sorry that's BALDERDASH.

 

[Kevin]

Office 2007 does have a learning curve as with any new product. I deployed to
a small office of 40 people 2 years ago. Of course, there was some
complaining, but almost all staff eventually figured out how to accomplish
their tasks - even the publications staff who use Word extensively. I did
have one economist who required downgrading for a few months since he was in
the middle of a large project requiring graphs.

Office 2003 shortcut keys work with Office 2007.

Kevin