I think they ought to at least allow people to turn on the classic menu when
they cannot find something. I am getting used to it and I think it will be
good in the long run (especially talking about Word sinc Outlook isn't
really that much changed; just refined and it has the classic menu), but I
had to hunt for a long time to find Options in Word 2007. (Click the
Multicolored Office Logo in the Top Lefthand corner; it is at the bottom of
the window!)
I also didn't know that Excel and Word (and maybe the others) use a new file
format. I do hope MS will include in its Office Update for 2000 and 2003 a
mechanism so that they can open those files. Right now they don't. I made
..doc rather than .docx the default format in Word 2007 for the timebeing.
"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?