2007 Ribbon interface is less useful than 2003 toolbars

[Bod]

The new ribbon interface:
I can't see what font size, style, etc are applied to the current selection
without navigating to the home ribbon.
I can't drag the palette off to hover over the screen. (also see suggestion
Subject: Theme Colors are horrible! By: paul89 In:
microsoft.public.excel.misc)
The buttons are massive - if I was my granny or used a touch screen I might
be grateful.
Keyboard users rather than people who do everything with a mouse are worse
off.
It keeps moving so I have to look to see what ribbon I'm on before I can use
a command.
The ribbon that allows me to align to grid (Excel) is only available once
I've selected a drawing object - don't tease.

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[macropod]

Hi Bod,

Simply right-clicking on the selection will pop up a display of the attributes - the same display that fades into view immediately
after you've made the selection (provided you don't immediately move the mouse away).

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Cheers
macropod
[Microsoft MVP - Word]


"Bod" <Bod@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message newsA072BF8-B978-4E44-83D8-D245563A449B@microsoft.com...
> The new ribbon interface:
> I can't see what font size, style, etc are applied to the current selection
> without navigating to the home ribbon.
> I can't drag the palette off to hover over the screen. (also see suggestion
> Subject: Theme Colors are horrible! By: paul89 In:
> microsoft.public.excel.misc)
> The buttons are massive - if I was my granny or used a touch screen I might
> be grateful.
> Keyboard users rather than people who do everything with a mouse are worse
> off.
> It keeps moving so I have to look to see what ribbon I'm on before I can use
> a command.
> The ribbon that allows me to align to grid (Excel) is only available once
> I've selected a drawing object - don't tease.
>
> ----------------------------------------
> This post is a suggestion for Microsoft, and Microsoft responds to the
> suggestions with the most votes. To vote for this suggestion, click the "I
> Agree" button in the message pane. If you do not see the button, follow this
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>
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