Raul, It sounds right; but some people have complained to me that the old style of menus let you look for, and find, options that you needed. Evidently, the ribbon doesn't offer you all your options, so if you know you need to insert a row in a table, but you don't know how to do that, it's hard to find using the ribbon.
I've never used, so can only offer a summary of comments I've received, but if that's the case, loosing "discoverability" is a step backwards. Do you know, is that the case with the ribbon? (I did receive one email supporting 2007 off list, so at least one person feels it's better) It may not be fair to categorize everyone else who does though as being afraid of change. I do know there is one strong reason to prefer 2007: the older binary format for storing word documents is much more fragile, much more prone to corruption, than is the newer xml format. Chip ------------------------------ Chip Orange Database Administrator Florida Public Service Commission [email protected] (850) 413-6314 (Any opinions expressed are solely those of the author and do not necessarily reflect those of the Florida Public Service Commission.) > -----Original Message----- > From: Raul A. Gallegos [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Wednesday, February 04, 2009 9:02 AM > To: GW Info Discussion List > Subject: Re: office 2007 > > I think it comes down more to the fact that most 2003 and older users > got used to, and comfortable with the menus and layout of > that. So with > Office 2007 using the ribbon and having things in a different > location, > they are not used to it and change is hard for most. I've > also read from > people who have never used an older version of Office and > started right > away with 2007, and they love it because of how "easy" the ribbon is. > This reminds me of when everyone was used to Windows 98 and > then Windows > XP came into the picture, many were not willing to change from their > familiar environment. > > Hope this helps. > > Chip Orange wrote the following on 2/3/2009 4:31 PM: > > I have the impression, from comments I've heard, that it's > fine. But > > everyone I know, sighted or blind, prefers to use office > 2003 when/if > > it's available. It seems MS just missed with the redesign > of the user > > interface for office 2007. > > > > Chip > > > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > > > Chip Orange > > Database Administrator > > Florida Public Service Commission > > > > [email protected] > > (850) 413-6314 > > > > (Any opinions expressed are solely those of the author and do not > > necessarily reflect those of the Florida Public Service Commission.) > > > > > >> -----Original Message----- > >> From: Andy Baracco [mailto:[email protected]] > >> Sent: Monday, February 02, 2009 11:10 PM > >> To: [email protected] > >> Subject: Re: office 2007 > >> > >> how does office 2007 play with WE? > >> > >> Andy > >> At 06:44 AM 2/2/2009, you wrote: > >>> Hello. Once Office 2007 is installed, without any Office program > >>> running, go to the Window-Eyes set file manager and arrow to the > >>> Office 2007 sets. Choose install and they will properly load when > >>> you run any of the Office applications. > >>> > >>> Many thanks. > >>> > >>> John Gallagher wrote the following on 2/1/2009 5:18 AM: > >>>> Hi there I am going to put office 2007 on my pc. > >>>> should I re-install the needed window eyes set files? > >>>> thanks. > >>>> If you reply to this message it will be delivered to the original > >>>> sender only. 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