Finally, the Office 2007 Ribbon Rocks!
I wasn’t sure if I’d be sold on the Office 2007 Ribbon interface. It’s different - almost too different. I know they said it was supposed to increase productivity, but to me it just increased screen clutter. Today, I heard that the Office 2007 Ribbon [is] To Be Tweaked:
The Ribbon, a new top-of-the-window feature in most of the suite’s applications — including Word, Excel, and PowerPoint — takes up too much space, say many beta users and reviewers . In response, the next Office 2007 update, a so-called Technical Refresh (TR), will include changes to the Ribbon. Although an undocumented - or at least unpublicized - Ctrl-F1 key combination has “collapsed” the Ribbon since the very first beta to provide more viewing and working space for documents, Microsoft program manger Jensen Harris has outlined new ways that the feature will be called in future versions.
YES! By doing this, they’ve made the Ribbon UI truly digestable. Taking the Minimized Ribbon to the Max - watch the video to see what I mean. They’re really moving the ideas of menus forward, and I really wish the rest of Windows (and Microsoft) software would follow suit. Collapsing the Ribbon was an AWESOME idea. Now, as far as charging for Office betas is concerned - that was pure stupid.
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5 Comments
jkOnTheRun
July 31st, 2006
at 6:06am
Office 2007 Ribbon getting minor makeover…
We often discuss the challenges a smaller screen mobile device faces, so this Office 2007 info is welcome news. Chris Pirillo notes a CRN article telling us that the Office 2007 Ribbon is getting some tweaks. You can currently minimize or collapse the …
trevor
December 3rd, 2006
at 5:15pm
do you know of any key codes for office 07
Office 2007 Word ...
March 4th, 2007
at 9:13pm
[...] As you only have the trial version, you may wish to learn more to help you decide whether to buy it or not. Here’s a couple of links about the toolbars/ribbon that you may find useful: Microsoft Office Online - Help and How-to: http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/help/HA100898951033.aspxChris Pirillo: Finally the Office 2007 Ribbon Rocks: http://chris.pirillo.com/2006/07/30/finally-the-office-2007-ribbon-rocks/Steve Clayton: Geek in Disguise: http://blogs.msdn.com/stevecla01/archive/2007/02/11/get-started-toolbars-for-office-2007.aspxPaul Thurrott’s SuperSite for Windows: http://www.winsupersite.com/reviews/office2007_beta2.aspHope this helps. Gill [...]
Kevinn
April 22nd, 2007
at 12:47am
In fact, Office 2007 Menu and Toolbars could be shown again. Just download and install Classic Menu for Office 2007 from http://www.addintools.com/english/menuoffice, you will see the Main Menu Bar, Standard Toolbar, Formatting Toolbar.
jkOnTheRun: productivity
June 9th, 2008
at 5:48am
[...] the challenges a smaller screen mobile device faces, so this Office 2007 info is welcome news. Chris Pirillo notes a CRN article telling us that the Office 2007 Ribbon is getting some tweaks. You can currently minimize or collapse the toolbar ribbon by hitting Ctrl-F1, but that’s not a [...]