Office 2007 [modified]
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John Simmons / outlaw programmer wrote:
I hate the ribbon bar.
Why? It sure beats trudging through all the drop downs and pop outs. Everything is right out in the open where you can find it now.
John Simmons / outlaw programmer wrote:
I hate the gay light blue theme
MS standard :)
My Blog: http://cynicalclots.blogspot.com
Dirk Higbee wrote:
Everything is right out in the open where you can find it now.
i had to go ask someone to tell me where the "Print" stuff was hiding. that big multicolored circle is a menu button?
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I hate the ribbon bar. I hate the schmaltzy semi-background ([EDIT] that mysteriously disappears in the silver theme). I hate the gay light blue theme. I hate it. [EDIT] I found out how to change the gay blue theme to the less gay (but gay nonetheless) black theme. [EDIT] They just revirginized my system here at work, and they gave me Orifice 2007. I hate it.
"Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass..." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997
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"...the staggering layers of obscenity in your statement make it a work of art on so many levels." - Jason Jystad, 10/26/2001modified on Tuesday, August 26, 2008 4:18 PM
I bought a new machine, which had the full, registered, version of Office 2007 pro installed. I got so sick of it, even though I tried to get used to it for over a month, that I uninstalled it. I now have an illegal version of Office 2003 on that machine. Just let 'em try to sue me! I'll rip 'em to shreds!
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Pete O'Hanlon wrote:
gay scans better
THAT just doesn't sound right.
:..::. Douglas H. Troy ::..
Bad Astronomy |VCF|wxWidgets|WTLDouglas Troy wrote:
Pete O'Hanlon wrote: gay scans better THAT just doesn't sound right.
Don't be threatened. Just be confident in your masculinity.
Deja View - the feeling that you've seen this post before.
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There are a bunch of new themes. I'm not a fan of the blue myself. It took me a really long time to learn how to navigate the ribbons quickly. It doesn't seem user-friendly to me.
Blog link to be reinstated at a later date.
It took me about half a day to reach basic proficiency where I knew where all the most common items were and could guess where the others were >80% on the first try. Maybe 3 or 5 days before I'd found everything I ever used, and alot of the stuff that I knew existed in prior versions (because the administrative assistant would use it in the formatting standardization pass) but was never able to find before. Writing documentation all day long sucks, but nothing beats actually using a piece of software constantly for an extended period of time to get fully up to speed on it.
Today's lesson is brought to you by the word "niggardly". Remember kids, don't attribute to racism what can be explained by Scandinavian language roots. -- Robert Royall
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Dirk Higbee wrote:
Everything is right out in the open where you can find it now.
i had to go ask someone to tell me where the "Print" stuff was hiding. that big multicolored circle is a menu button?
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I hate the ribbon bar. I hate the schmaltzy semi-background ([EDIT] that mysteriously disappears in the silver theme). I hate the gay light blue theme. I hate it. [EDIT] I found out how to change the gay blue theme to the less gay (but gay nonetheless) black theme. [EDIT] They just revirginized my system here at work, and they gave me Orifice 2007. I hate it.
"Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass..." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997
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"...the staggering layers of obscenity in your statement make it a work of art on so many levels." - Jason Jystad, 10/26/2001modified on Tuesday, August 26, 2008 4:18 PM
I *despise* it. Do NOt use outlook 2007, it lost ALL my mail, out of the blue, and all I used it for was a simple mail client. I hate that people send me docx files now, I have to unzip them and read the plain text. I refuse to run that rubbish on my PC.
Christian Graus No longer a Microsoft MVP, but still happy to answer your questions.
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Douglas Troy wrote:
Pete O'Hanlon wrote: gay scans better THAT just doesn't sound right.
Don't be threatened. Just be confident in your masculinity.
Deja View - the feeling that you've seen this post before.
Now you're starting to sound like a Dr. Phil commercial ... ;P
:..::. Douglas H. Troy ::..
Bad Astronomy |VCF|wxWidgets|WTL -
Now you're starting to sound like a Dr. Phil commercial ... ;P
:..::. Douglas H. Troy ::..
Bad Astronomy |VCF|wxWidgets|WTLWho's Dr Phil? I really can't be arsed to google him.
Deja View - the feeling that you've seen this post before.
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I've got a mate and everytime there is a pause in the conversation, he says "I hate Frank Sinatra" and stands back and listens to everyone arguing. Works every time.
I used to work in an office full of mad feminists. I used to say 'women, we gave them the vote and look at the world now'. Worked a charm.
Christian Graus No longer a Microsoft MVP, but still happy to answer your questions.
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I *despise* it. Do NOt use outlook 2007, it lost ALL my mail, out of the blue, and all I used it for was a simple mail client. I hate that people send me docx files now, I have to unzip them and read the plain text. I refuse to run that rubbish on my PC.
Christian Graus No longer a Microsoft MVP, but still happy to answer your questions.
Christian Graus wrote:
I hate that people send me docx files now, I have to unzip them and read the plain text.
Have you tried the Office 2007 Compatibility Pack[^]? Regards, --Perspx
"The Blue Screen of Death, also known as The Blue Screen of Doom, the "Blue Screen of Fun", "Phatul Exception: The WRECKening" and "Windows Vista", is a multi award-winning game first developed in 1995 by Microsoft" - Uncyclopedia Introduction to Object-Oriented JavaScript
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Who's Dr Phil? I really can't be arsed to google him.
Deja View - the feeling that you've seen this post before.
:doh: I'd tell you, but then I'd start to sound gay. :rolleyes:
:..::. Douglas H. Troy ::..
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I hate the ribbon bar. I hate the schmaltzy semi-background ([EDIT] that mysteriously disappears in the silver theme). I hate the gay light blue theme. I hate it. [EDIT] I found out how to change the gay blue theme to the less gay (but gay nonetheless) black theme. [EDIT] They just revirginized my system here at work, and they gave me Orifice 2007. I hate it.
"Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass..." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997
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"...the staggering layers of obscenity in your statement make it a work of art on so many levels." - Jason Jystad, 10/26/2001modified on Tuesday, August 26, 2008 4:18 PM
John Simmons / outlaw programmer wrote:
I hate it.
But you can't hate it - it looks pretty :rolleyes: Regards, --Perspx
"The Blue Screen of Death, also known as The Blue Screen of Doom, the "Blue Screen of Fun", "Phatul Exception: The WRECKening" and "Windows Vista", is a multi award-winning game first developed in 1995 by Microsoft" - Uncyclopedia Introduction to Object-Oriented JavaScript
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I used to work in an office full of mad feminists. I used to say 'women, we gave them the vote and look at the world now'. Worked a charm.
Christian Graus No longer a Microsoft MVP, but still happy to answer your questions.
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I bought a new machine, which had the full, registered, version of Office 2007 pro installed. I got so sick of it, even though I tried to get used to it for over a month, that I uninstalled it. I now have an illegal version of Office 2003 on that machine. Just let 'em try to sue me! I'll rip 'em to shreds!
Mark Wallace wrote:
illegal version of Office 2003
Thats not cool.
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Mark Wallace wrote:
illegal version of Office 2003
Thats not cool.
Bassam Saoud wrote:
Mark Wallace wrote: illegal version of Office 2003 Thats not cool.
It certainly isn't, given that the license for Office 2007, which I paid for but will never use, is more expensive! The most annoying thing about this is that I spend an inordinate amount of time explaining to Java (Swing, Lord 'elp us!) programmers that they have to create GUIs that are built so that people will immediately know how to use them, because they follow patterns that people are familiar with (i.e. MS Office, pre 2007), and then Office 2007 breaks every bluddy rule that I'm trying to put across! If anyone but MS had released products with the dire Office 2007 interface, it would have been completely ignored. Because it's MS, a lot of people are stuck with it. Just watch how many people start using OpenOffice, just because it's got an interface they're familiar with.
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I hate the ribbon bar. I hate the schmaltzy semi-background ([EDIT] that mysteriously disappears in the silver theme). I hate the gay light blue theme. I hate it. [EDIT] I found out how to change the gay blue theme to the less gay (but gay nonetheless) black theme. [EDIT] They just revirginized my system here at work, and they gave me Orifice 2007. I hate it.
"Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass..." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997
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"...the staggering layers of obscenity in your statement make it a work of art on so many levels." - Jason Jystad, 10/26/2001modified on Tuesday, August 26, 2008 4:18 PM
Haven't tried it yet (they're talking about moving to it at work, but no clear timeline), although i do use another app that apes the ribbon bar thing. Used the app for about a week before it dawned on me: i never use the menu bar or toolbars in programs which provide decent context menus. It's been over half a year now, and i still don't think i've ever touched the bar in that program. Sadly, Office context menus suck. Any chance they improved significantly in 2007?
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You're a fast runner? ;P
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Christian Graus No longer a Microsoft MVP, but still happy to answer your questions.
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I hate the ribbon bar. I hate the schmaltzy semi-background ([EDIT] that mysteriously disappears in the silver theme). I hate the gay light blue theme. I hate it. [EDIT] I found out how to change the gay blue theme to the less gay (but gay nonetheless) black theme. [EDIT] They just revirginized my system here at work, and they gave me Orifice 2007. I hate it.
"Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass..." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997
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"...the staggering layers of obscenity in your statement make it a work of art on so many levels." - Jason Jystad, 10/26/2001modified on Tuesday, August 26, 2008 4:18 PM
John Simmons / outlaw programmer wrote:
I hate the ribbon bar.
There's a product out there (sorry, I can't remember the link, nor even where I saved the link) that's either free or cheap, that gives you all your familiar Office 2000 menus for Office 2007. :) Marc
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I *despise* it. Do NOt use outlook 2007, it lost ALL my mail, out of the blue, and all I used it for was a simple mail client. I hate that people send me docx files now, I have to unzip them and read the plain text. I refuse to run that rubbish on my PC.
Christian Graus No longer a Microsoft MVP, but still happy to answer your questions.
Christian Graus wrote:
Do NOt use outlook 2007, it lost ALL my mail, out of the blue
Because nothing else can read outlook 2007 e-mail files, I had to re-install outlook 2007, create a new e-mail account, and forward to it all the e-mails that outlook 2007 had screwed up. This means that every e-mail I had migrated to outlook 2007 now appears to have been sent by me.
Christian Graus wrote:
I hate that people send me docx files now, I have to unzip them and read the plain text.
When people send me docx files for critique, I reply to them (I have even gone to the length of making a template for this!) that they should save as Word 6 files and re-send. (Yes, I know I'm evil, but it makes me happy!)
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Christian Graus wrote:
I hate that people send me docx files now, I have to unzip them and read the plain text.
Have you tried the Office 2007 Compatibility Pack[^]? Regards, --Perspx
"The Blue Screen of Death, also known as The Blue Screen of Doom, the "Blue Screen of Fun", "Phatul Exception: The WRECKening" and "Windows Vista", is a multi award-winning game first developed in 1995 by Microsoft" - Uncyclopedia Introduction to Object-Oriented JavaScript
thanks - I may try that.
Christian Graus No longer a Microsoft MVP, but still happy to answer your questions.
