Why should I bother to struggle with the new GUI on Word 2007 etc

[Open Office fan]

Tje time I have wasted trying to use Word 2007 and the other Office 2007
products, since the GUI has changed so much from earleir versions, means that
I have now switched to Open Office, and it is a breeze. Firefox is better
than ie7, and for small office use, Thunderbird copes well as the mail
programme. I rejected Vista for the OS on the last desktop PC I bought for
our small business, since XP was still availabel then, but next time it will
be Linux, I am sure. Just why has MS introduced chnages to its GUI on its
Office products which must be causing it to loose business like this?

 

[Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]]

Why not ask Apple why they changed their entire OS from version 9 to 10?

If you are such a fan of non-Microsoft products, good for you. Now run along. No need to post in a Microsoft Office forum if you don't use Microsoft Office.

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After furious head scratching, Open Office fan asked:

| Tje time I have wasted trying to use Word 2007 and the other Office
| 2007 products, since the GUI has changed so much from earleir
| versions, means that I have now switched to Open Office, and it is a
| breeze. Firefox is better than ie7, and for small office use,
| Thunderbird copes well as the mail programme. I rejected Vista for
| the OS on the last desktop PC I bought for our small business, since
| XP was still availabel then, but next time it will be Linux, I am
| sure. Just why has MS introduced chnages to its GUI on its Office
| products which must be causing it to loose business like this?

 

[Open Office fan]

I am not asking here about Apple. Surely on the MS postiongs that will be
the most likely place to find an answer to my question. Why have MS
introduced changes that are unhelpful? If it ain't broke, why fix it?

 

[XS11E]

I am not asking here about Apple. Surely on the MS postiongs
that will be the most likely place to find an answer to my
question. Why have MS introduced changes that are unhelpful?
If it ain't broke, why fix it?

The answer is that the changes are helpful.

Since you are nothing but a troll, it's doubtful you've even run Office
2007.

I notice you're trolling elsewhere as well.

<PLONK>

 

[Open Office fan]

'Plonk' still seems to miss the point - it is all very well to assert that
the changes are useful, but there is no analysis of why that assertion might
be correct. Perhaps that is the intellectuual level of MS fans, of course?
But that is another question. So please, if there is soeone out there who
can explain why the changes are worth the time and effort in getting to use,
then i hope they might respond more helpfully.

 

[Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]]

I already did in your other troll posts - but let me try again and see if you can get it this time:

http://blogs.msdn.com/jensenh


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After furious head scratching, Open Office fan asked:

| 'Plonk' still seems to miss the point - it is all very well to assert
| that the changes are useful, but there is no analysis of why that
| assertion might be correct. Perhaps that is the intellectuual level
| of MS fans, of course? But that is another question. So please, if
| there is soeone out there who can explain why the changes are worth
| the time and effort in getting to use, then i hope they might respond
| more helpfully.
|
| "Open Office fan" wrote:
|
|| Tje time I have wasted trying to use Word 2007 and the other Office
|| 2007 products, since the GUI has changed so much from earleir
|| versions, means that I have now switched to Open Office, and it is a
|| breeze. Firefox is better than ie7, and for small office use,
|| Thunderbird copes well as the mail programme. I rejected Vista for
|| the OS on the last desktop PC I bought for our small business, since
|| XP was still availabel then, but next time it will be Linux, I am
|| sure. Just why has MS introduced chnages to its GUI on its Office
|| products which must be causing it to loose business like this?

 

[Bob I]

Since YOU are the self proclaimed "Open Office fan", why should anyone
bother with your request? Seems you are too biased to read it, when its
pointed out?