Comments on: Things to Hate About Office 2007

By: Scott

Scott — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 00:37:10 +0000

I doubt they’re listening, and I’ll bet 100-1 that they never change back - at least not until everyones used to it

By: Jo

Jo — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 13:52:29 +0000

I just can’t believe what they have done with Office 2007.. and I can’t believe that they’re seriously going to leave it this way. It’s not intuitive and even now I’ve used it for several weeks I still can’t find many functions.. and hate it even more!

Does anyone know whether they’re listening and will change it back?

By: Stefano

Stefano — Sun, 09 Nov 2008 16:07:07 +0000

Dave, the subject here is “Things to Hate About Office 2007″, that’s why I listed a few points in my previous post.
I’m not saying Office 2007 is bad. For example I love many new things in the new Excel.
I’m saying that the Office 2007 guys must have smoked something rotten when they decided to remove useful, popular, good features from the software with no reason.
In office 2003 I could reach any command very quickly with the menu bar and my customized toolbars. In Office 2007 they decided to remove the menu bar and prevent you from customizing the toolbars, and created that slow, inconsistent, big ugly ribbon.
I have been working every single day with Excel 2007 for 1 year now, and still I’m much much much faster when I go back to an old computer with my old configuration.

Stefano

By: Dave

Dave — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 15:20:59 +0000

Am I the only one who loves the new version of Office 2007?
I’ve been working with Office for the past 15 years and although there was a learning curve I find Office 2007 (since SP1) the best version to date.
I love the fact that in Outlook I can now create a task reminder for emails with the flag and the new ToDo Bar is great.
Also, the integration with SharePoint adds a whole new dimension to corporate use.

By: Jarrod

Jarrod — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 23:12:39 +0000

I think you guys hit the nail on the head…I feel illiterate when I am using it and I can’t help but wonder who this software is being marketed at. It has been a long time since a program has made me fuming mad…this one does. I am out there looking for Office 2007 Classic menu add-ins…I found one that is okay, but it isn’t a true classic menu.

I think MS just needs to realize that lots of people hate the ribbon, and it their fault because they trained us for the past 15 years. If I could get a refund, I would trade my 2007 for 2003 immedidately.

By: Scott

Scott — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 22:06:23 +0000

@john - either that, or it was designed to make others feel illiterate

By: john

john — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 19:14:03 +0000

I am convinced that the ribbon interface was designed so that illiterates may now use Office.

By: johann

johann — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 01:48:35 +0000

I HATE (sorry for yelling) 2007! What were these idiots thinking? I’m trying to create a simple outline.

I’m taking this to my IT guy tomorrow and he can blow off this steroid dumb-ass version that is 2007. I’ll take another version 2003 or even 2000 that is simple and doesn’t take up so much space.

Hell, I’ll just put on openoffice on this and save my time.

By: Emily Carter

Emily Carter — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 01:34:44 +0000

Yes, Jarrod, I agree with you about the menus.

BUT my ace in the hole is that I have been using WordPerfect since it was a gleem in the eyes of a couple of MIT guys.

So, even though I have the 2007 MS Office, right next to it is WordPerfect Office suite.

As an example, I compose slide presentations in Corel Presentations and convert to Power Point.

The spread sheet application is not different than Excel and WordPerfect is a powerful word processor. Especially since I can ‘reveal code’ and find out what is controlling certain functions. If the font size changes, I can pinpoint the place in the document where the code was accidently introduced and then DELETE THE CODE. That then changes the whole document.

And Corel upgrades are not terrible difficult. The only thing I have done over the years is continue to use the CODE for the first keyboard that I learned with this program. It is a simple adjustment made under the Tools -Options button.

Love Corel — Hate MS Office 2007

By: Jarrod

Jarrod — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 23:42:22 +0000

I wish I had read 2007 feedback first. I never imagined how horrible it is. I actually just wanted to upgrade to 2003, but that is not longer available in stores. I feel cheated and wish I could have a refund. All I do is try to figure out how to do what I used to do in 2003 at work and the XP version I had. I am exasperated and it doesn’t appear that Microsoft is listening.

DON’T UPGRADE TO 2007 UNLESS YOU KNOW WHAT YOU ARE GETTING INTO. If you like it fine, but if you buy it thinking you are getting an enhancement to 2003, THINK AGAIN!

I will also be looking for any alternative to 2007 in the future.

The ONLY way I will feel better is if Microsoft listens and offers a service pack that installs classic menus.

CLASSIC MENU OPTION FOR OFFICE 2007! Who is in favor?