Jon:

Once again, thanks for your reply. Your input is valuable, to say the least.
I look forward to the solutions you come up with. When it comes to truly
understanding the users' perspective, Microsoft looks and looks but they
still can't see.

Mike


"Jon Peltier" wrote:


Not to get off the subject, I've found the custom charting aspect of
Excel 2007 to be a nightmare. It's as if, having gained a degree in
fluency
in a language, we are now reduced to 'goo, goo, gah, gah' in Excel 2007.
Everything has to be relearned....

I have felt the same way. Considering the emphasis on discoverability of
features, some things are much more difficult to uncover in 2007 than ever
before. The dialogs also are much less efficient than in the past. Most of
my displeasure revolves around the ineffectiveness of the UI for doing what
I was so effective at in earlier versions. And I frankly don't care about
the enhanced graphical formatting capabilities.

To address this, I've started to design some custom dialogs, which
incorporate the best of 2007 and of 2003, plus some of my own adjustments.
It's in the very early stages, but I'd like to get something out in a couple
months or so, and probably eventually market a commercial version. I think
people need help to do these things even in the best situation, and Excel
2007 makes it more difficult.

- Jon
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Jon Peltier, Microsoft Excel MVP
Tutorials and Custom Solutions
Peltier Technical Services, Inc. - http://PeltierTech.com
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