I HATE the new ribbon

There aren't many who sing the praises of the ribbon but there are a lot of
new and useful features in Excel 2007 for sure.

--
Jim
"michael0511" wrote in message
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| Thanks for the answer.
|
| I've gone back and had another look and found that there really is VERY
| subtle highlighting upon selection.
|
| How utterly useless. And I guess it's not OK with Microsoft for someone
| with visual impairment to want to use Microsoft software.
|
| I find it nearly impossible to believe how badly Microsoft has botched my
| favorite programs. If I had the option, I would go reclaim my old
computer
| from my new co-worker to get the old versions back.
|
| I HATE the new ribbon bars, because once you've learned the programs, you
| either work from keyboard shortcuts or by memorized position on the screen
| and don't need visual cues to proceed. The ribbon is all kinds of visual
| clutter that I find annoying.
|
| On the other hand, I LOVE the live previews of formatting changes. The
| keyboard shortcut cues you get when you press the ALT key are also nice,
but
| would be even better in combination with an option to keep the underlined
| letter approach.
|
|
| "Jim Rech" wrote:
|
| because Office 2007 doesn't visibly highlight individual cells
|
| Believe it or not that's not true. It does highlight each area but in a
way
| that does not display well, or at all, on a lot of monitors apparently.
It
| is "subtle" but clearly visible on my setup. MS is aware of the problem
| (see link) and we can hope that the next version of Excel deals with it.
It
| would be nice if they did something for this version in SP2 but that
looks
| like a long shot.
|
|
http://blogs.msdn.com/excel/archive/...selection.aspx
|
| --
| Jim
| "michael0511" wrote in message
| ...
| |I frequently select individual cells in a worksheet while holding down
the
| | CTRL key to use the status bar to sum, count or average the results
| without
| | needing to write a formula for a temporary calculation.
| |
| | Now that I've been forced to use Office 2007 , I can't do that because
| | Office 2007 doesn't visibly highlight individual cells, only the row
and
| | column headers of the selected cells! (My old PC was passed down to a
new
| | employee and replaced with a new one, and we can no longer purchase
Office
| | 2003)
| |
| | I've used Excel and Word for well over ten years, and now I'm filled
with
| | hatred for this new version. In fact, I feel that way about the
entire
| | Office 2007 suite so far.
| |
| | Needless to say, I'm VERY upset about the random changes forced on me
by
| | this new version of Microsoft Office, and I'm looking for solutions.
| |
| | I already know about OpenOffice and would love to switch, but I don't
have
| | the option right now, so I'd appreciate help with what I'm stuck with
for
| the
| | time being.
| |
| | Thanks in advance.
| |
| | Michael.
|
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