I have never used Outlook or Office before (just OE and Word) so I wouldn't
know how difficult it was to find something in earlier versions of Office. I
didn't even know that Outlook can't do NGs. I was just curious about Office
and thought I might some day want to purchase it so I downloaded the 2007
beta to see what Office is all about. I am not a bit impressed. Comic book
GUIs just don't do it for me and are unworthy of Microsoft unless they
intend Office 2007 to be for kids. The GUI is the most important element in
any piece of software. Surely, I don't need to point that out. I won't be
using IE7 (which I have tested) either because of the horrible GUI. I could
get used to most of that terribly awkward GUI but not the placement of the
refresh button in the most stupid of locations. I won't be using Vista
either partly because of its horrible GUI.

As for moving to Linux, that sadly is not a choice but mandatory now and
everyone I know has already moved or is moving (or buying Apple computers).
When Microsoft decides that it has the right to force WGA and the WGA
notification tool on everyone (WGA is forced in the installer for IE7 - I
haven't used WU/MU for years now so I haven't been forced to acquire it
there) and assumes all its customers are thieves and checks constantly to
see if you haven't been a thief five minutes ago but are now and when WGA
from IE7 cannot be uninstalled but instead has to be cracked to kill
it...well, that is when any self respecting person who values privacy,
freedom and liberty says..."That's it. I've had enough. I can't respect
myself if I stay with MS and Intel hardware DRM chips" and one buys up
Pentium 4's before they become unavailable and moves to Linux.

"Milly Staples - MVP Outlook"
wrote in message ...
No, Office 2007 does not allow for the classic look. If all you care
about
is the GUI and not the improved access to and exposure of features that
one
had to hunt for, if one even knew they existed, then I am sure that this
suite is a disappointment to you.

However, for many of us, me included, I have found it to be far more
responsive and usable than previous versions of Office. I have been able
to accomplish some things I did not know existed with only one or two
mouse
clicks.

This is far more valuable to me than the "window dressing" but YMMV.

By the way, good luck with Linux. I am sure they will be happy to welcome
another Microsoft user to their ranks. eg

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After furious head scratching, Melelina asked:

| Well, then I'm out of here. You are telling me that Office 2007 will
| not allow the classic look? I understand that Vista will so why won't
| Office and why doesn't it do so in the beta version? That is the
| problem. I don't use XP look. I use classic and that allows me to
| choose smaller icons. It doesn't have much to do with window size or
| the screen resolution although XP does force, even in classic look,
| larger icons than 98SE where they can be made as tiny as you want
| (but this is partly because XP doesn't allow you to make the task bar
| extremely narrow like 98SE does). XP look doesn't allow small icons
| because it is intended for children who like cartoons and for the
| visually impaired as gigantic icons are not needed by persons with
| normal vision. I gather Vista is the same but it will allow for the
| classic look for those who can't stand XP and Vista looks is what I
| have read so Office 2007 should also. It doesn't matter that much to
| me as I see that DRM is part of Office 2007 and that is that. I'm off
| to learn Linux for many reasons (Microsoft's insistence that they
| need to check every few minutes to see if I am an honest person or
| not is enough to make any self respecting person leave Windows as
| soon as they master another operating system).
|
| "Diane Poremsky [MVP]" wrote in message
| ...
|| only by changing the window size or your resolution.
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|| "Melelina" wrote in message
|| ...
||| Is there a way in Outlook 2007 beta to reduce the size of the icons
||| in the Navigation pane and across the top of the page? They are
||| GIGANTIC. Horrible looking. It makes Outlook appear to be a comic
||| book instead of a business application. I will never use this
||| version of Outlook (or Word for that matter) if I can't reduce the
||| icon size to very small, neat and nice looking. I also cannot see
||| how to reduce the font size for the listings in the Navigation
||| pane. That is also way too large.
|||
||| I like the size of the icons on the top of the "inbox page". Those
||| are nice and small and neat. I hate the gigantic size icons on the
||| "new message" page though. Why are those so huge? I don't have a
||| vision problem with icons. I assume Microsoft must think everyone
||| has low vision and thus needs gigantic icons. How do I change the
||| size of the icons in the Navigation pane and on pages such as "new
||| message" so they are very small and don't take up such a ridiculous
||| amount of room?