Please make office 2007 usable for key board users like the old of

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Chris G

The new ribbon is good for mouse users, but for keyboard users it is MUCH
more complicated that the older office.

E.g. to open a dialog in Office 2003 one pressed 2 keys (alt+t, z, in the
german windows to open the font settings).
Now in Office 2007 I have to press 5 keys instead of 2!! That is very very
low usability.
For the ribbon 'Home' I have to press Alt + Y1?? Why not Alt + H. Would be
simpler and logical.

And the accelerator for the textes in the ribbon are not shown. I have to
press Alt and the wait for around a second. Please show them always (when the
system settings is set to show the accelecators)


When pressing the Alt key, the accelerator keys for the ribbon are shown.
but it is not clear if they belong to the textes or to the sections below the
textes



Why is the item 'Settings' in the file menu next to 'close'? It seems you
have not found another place for it.
Why not list it in the file menu?
Or why not put it left to the help button?

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Bob Buckland ?:-\)

Hi Chris,

Be sure to use the 2007 Microsoft Feedback tool from the link below to send your suggestions and comments directly to Microsoft (may
be clearer for them to act on any suggestions if sending each idea individually using that tool <g>).

FWIW, you may want to also stop by the Office 2007 User Interface Team blog at http://blogs.msdn.jensenh.com . In the topics there
they covered the reasons why they chose to not put 'underlines' on accelerator keys.

In both Word 2003 you can still use Ctrl+D to go directly to the old style fonts dialog (i.e. the 'Alt-x' commands for the top level
menus are different, but the MS goal was to keep all of the previous version keyboard shortcuts intact.

I don't have the German version running. In the English language mode 'H' is the Home key tab selector in Word rather than Y

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The new ribbon is good for mouse users, but for keyboard users it is MUCH
more complicated that the older office.

E.g. to open a dialog in Office 2003 one pressed 2 keys (alt+t, z, in the
german windows to open the font settings).
Now in Office 2007 I have to press 5 keys instead of 2!! That is very very
low usability.
For the ribbon 'Home' I have to press Alt + Y1?? Why not Alt + H. Would be
simpler and logical.

And the accelerator for the textes in the ribbon are not shown. I have to
press Alt and the wait for around a second. Please show them always (when the
system settings is set to show the accelecators)


When pressing the Alt key, the accelerator keys for the ribbon are shown.
but it is not clear if they belong to the textes or to the sections below the
textes


Why is the item 'Settings' in the file menu next to 'close'? It seems you
have not found another place for it.
Why not list it in the file menu?
Or why not put it left to the help button? >>
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I hope this helped you,

Bob Buckland ?:)
MS Office System Products MVP

Read about it, try it, or watch the movie :)
the 2007 Microsoft Office system iinfo is at
http://microsoft.com/office/preview

Already have 2007 Office System Beta 2?
Send Microsoft your feedback (with pictures)
http://sas.office.microsoft.com/
 
C

Chris G

FWIW, you may want to also stop by the Office 2007 User Interface Team blog
at http://blogs.msdn.jensenh.com . In the topics there
they covered the reasons why they chose to not put 'underlines' on accelerator keys.
Click to expand...
Thanks for your answer.
the link http://blogs.msdn.jensenh.com does not work, Can you please post
the correct one.
I really would like to know wha they removed the underlines (regardless of
the systemsettings to show the accelerators)

Well, I found out myself that the old menu shortcuts are working, but they
are not visible to the user and I do not have all of them in mind. So still,
efven after working a while with Word 2007, it is easier in Word 2003 for key
board users in my option. I have to press much more keys in Word 2007 the do
the same.
 
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Bob Buckland ?:-\)

Hi Chris,

Sorry about that, the blog is
http://blogs.msdn.com/jensenh
There is an article (or two) there that mentions why they removed the Underscored characters for accelerator keys on the ribbon
tabs).

Tooltips in Word should be showing for items that have Word2003 defined keyboard shortcuts in
File(Office button)=>Word Options=>Customization=>Keyboard
if the Word options Display=>Page Display options for
[x] Show document tooltips on hover
is turned on and/or if they have common defaults such as Ctrl+B for bold.

Be sure to keep using the Office 2007 feedback tool as well to send a smile or frown for each instance of something you like/don't
like or can't find easily.

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FWIW, you may want to also stop by the Office 2007 User Interface Team blog
Click to expand...
at http://blogs.msdn.jensenh.com . In the topics there
they covered the reasons why they chose to not put 'underlines' on accelerator keys.
Click to expand...
Thanks for your answer.
the link http://blogs.msdn.jensenh.com does not work, Can you please post
the correct one.
I really would like to know wha they removed the underlines (regardless of
the systemsettings to show the accelerators)

Well, I found out myself that the old menu shortcuts are working, but they
are not visible to the user and I do not have all of them in mind. So still,
efven after working a while with Word 2007, it is easier in Word 2003 for key
board users in my option. I have to press much more keys in Word 2007 the do
the same.>>
--
I hope this helped you,

Bob Buckland ?:)
MS Office system products MVP

LINKS for the 2007 Office System

1. Read about it, try it, or watch the movie :)
the 2007 Microsoft Office system iinfo is at
http://microsoft.com/office/preview

2. Already have 2007 Office System Beta 2?
Send Microsoft your feedback (with pictures)
http://sas.office.microsoft.com/

3. Use the 2007 OfficeOnline website without Office2007

a. Install the ActiveX access control
http://office.microsoft.com/search/redir.aspx?AssetID=XT101650581033
b. then visit http://officebeta.iponet.net
 
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