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From: Yurym on 4 Jun 2010 15:48
Is there a way to use classic Office 2003 menues in Office 2007/2010 instead
of the Ribbon Interface?
From: Yves Dhondt on 4 Jun 2010 16:25
No and yes.

No, as in you can't turn off the ribbon.

Yes, as in you can change the ribbon so it looks similar to the Office 2003
menus. There are a couple of free add-ins out there. One of them can be
found at http://gregmaxey.mvps.org/Ribbon_Menu_Controls.htm (link is just
below the last image)

Personally, I would learn to get used to the ribbon if I were you. It is
here to stay and it is becoming more and more present in other applications
as well. Menus will die out mostly eventually.

Yves

"Yurym" <Yurym(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Is there a way to use classic Office 2003 menues in Office 2007/2010
> instead
> of the Ribbon Interface?

From: twistedinferno on 4 Jun 2010 18:47
Personally I think the ribbon is terrible and all efforts should be made to
remove it.

The way the eye moves over the jumbled up list of icons and icons is not as
intuitive and easy as the old style menus. Also reading a list horizontally
is more difficult than vertically (simple screen design principles). If
there was a way to have a text only horizontal side bar style ribbon with as
more options that would be bettter.

The ribbon has been here since 2007 and people still prefer the old style
menus, there is a reason to this and it is down to the bad gimicky design
that thought it up.

Right, there are my thoughts out of my head and my rant over!!!

"Yves Dhondt" wrote:

> No and yes.
>
> No, as in you can't turn off the ribbon.
>
> Yes, as in you can change the ribbon so it looks similar to the Office 2003
> menus. There are a couple of free add-ins out there. One of them can be
> found at http://gregmaxey.mvps.org/Ribbon_Menu_Controls.htm (link is just
> below the last image)
>
> Personally, I would learn to get used to the ribbon if I were you. It is
> here to stay and it is becoming more and more present in other applications
> as well. Menus will die out mostly eventually.
>
> Yves
>
> "Yurym" <Yurym(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:05903BB3-705B-4567-83A5-94171B539B60(a)microsoft.com...
> > Is there a way to use classic Office 2003 menues in Office 2007/2010
> > instead
> > of the Ribbon Interface?
>
> .
>
From: Yurym on 4 Jun 2010 19:21
Hi Yves,

Instead of learning this Ribbon Interface I have an option of switching to
OpenOffice.

"Yves Dhondt" wrote:
> Personally, I would learn to get used to the ribbon if I were you. It is
> here to stay and it is becoming more and more present in other applications
> as well. Menus will die out mostly eventually.

From: Graham Mayor on 5 Jun 2010 00:51
You are free to change to whatever you want - but Word's future is with the
ribbon.

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"Yurym" <Yurym(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:29E7B734-8361-40D4-AB56-411C1A3C0400(a)microsoft.com...
> Hi Yves,
>
> Instead of learning this Ribbon Interface I have an option of switching to
> OpenOffice.
>
> "Yves Dhondt" wrote:
>> Personally, I would learn to get used to the ribbon if I were you. It is
>> here to stay and it is becoming more and more present in other
>> applications
>> as well. Menus will die out mostly eventually.
>


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