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        <title><![CDATA[Too bad there wasn't any proofing of the writers text.]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[It gets a little hard to read when words are constantly run together.publishyourthehighlightsOfficebuttonjust to show a few.  If you're going to review an Office application, at least use the proofing of grammar and spell checker tools before publishing.]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Fri, 09 Sep 2011 10:30:03 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[CT,]]></title>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.techrepublic.com/forum/discussions/102-205870-3410987]]></link>
        <description><![CDATA[Welcome to TR.  FYI, we usually avoid digging up discussions over a few months old (zombies).]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[CharlieSpencer_Palmetto]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Thu, 20 Jan 2011 09:48:07 -0800</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[OMG]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[You're replying to something that is four years old!I think the ribbon was an advancement over prior versions.  Once users get used to it they like it.I think you're stuck in the past.You probably miss that the dimmer switch is no longer on the floor!!!EMD]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[unhappyuser]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Thu, 20 Jan 2011 04:49:22 -0800</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Difference between learning and re-learning]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[New learning is good.  Re-learning is a waste of my time.  I wouldn't mind learning a new *program*.  I DO mind having to re-learn an interface for programs which I've been using for years.  It's silly.  I've got too much learning of NEW things I want to do to waste time on this!]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[CreativeTech]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Thu, 20 Jan 2011 02:34:01 -0800</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Sucktastic crap by people who know nothing about real office work]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[You know, I keep getting annoyed by Microsoft.  I guess they now all think we're too dumb to read.  I hate this ribbon interface.  It's designed for morons who never use a computer.  I resent being designed down to, especially since it takes far longer to have to mouse through everything to find what I want than to simply go for the menu where I KNEW things were.]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Thu, 20 Jan 2011 02:25:00 -0800</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[I Agree....a piece of male bovine excrement...]]></title>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.techrepublic.com/forum/discussions/102-205870-3171882]]></link>
        <description><![CDATA[&quot;If It Ain't Broke.....Don't FIX It!!!&quot;I have abandoned M/S Office in favor of OpenOffice.org!K]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[kjay74]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Tue, 29 Sep 2009 13:42:50 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Microsoft Ribbon Interface 'Bandwagon'....BLAH!]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[After having been forced into M/S Office 2007 with the advent of a new 64 bit Dell machine....I have off-loaded M/S Office in favor of OpenOffice.org.  Not only is the interface simple, concise and familiar...I do NOT have to pay for re-training to perform tasks I already know how to do!  In effect, if the task doesn't change, then why change the interface????If a NEW &quot;task&quot; or &quot;function&quot; is added, then, yes a new dialog is required.  But, if you are still simply adding a worksheet to a spreadsheet file, why change the steps and add complexity to it????Thanks, but NO Thanks Microsoft.]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Tue, 29 Sep 2009 13:33:47 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[RE: An introduction to the Microsoft Office 2007 ribbon interface]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[It's a piece of crap.  It is not an improvement in any way.  The retraining costs will never be recouped, as the ribbon does nothing to improve productivity.  IMHO...MS changed the old menu bar inteface because it was the last link to IBM.  The IBM CUA was set in 1987.  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM_Common_User_AccessScrew MS]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[daldama]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Tue, 19 May 2009 12:01:45 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[RE: An introduction to the Microsoft Office 2007 ribbon interface]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Very Nice MS oFFice 2007]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[aschintoo@...]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Tue, 28 Apr 2009 05:45:13 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[how to chang tabs in ribbon while hovering?]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Hover over tabs in the ribbon. I want the tabs to change when I hover the mouse over the ribbon tabs. How can I change the way the tabs react when hovering over tabs?]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Wed, 07 Jan 2009 12:02:01 -0800</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[RE: An introduction to the Microsoft Office 2007 ribbon interface]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[The ribbon is a huge productivity loss. Something in the MS Word code slows down typing / character display speed if a third party ribbon enhancement, like Classic Menu (latest version 3.93) is used. Shame on Microsoft for 1. designing a poor menu system and 2. for slowing down performance when 3rd party updates are installed to restore usability. This is complete disregard of &quot;voice of the customer.&quot;]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Sat, 30 Aug 2008 13:37:35 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[RIbbon is EVIL]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[The ribbon is dominated by enormous childish icons which hog most of the precious monitor space leaving little room for the document itself. There is no way to change the size of them without messing up the appearance of the deskop. Ribbon is st odds with all other programs and another way for MS to try to indoctorinate users into a system incompatible with rivals products. It is truly evil.]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Tue, 05 Aug 2008 03:09:04 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[RE: An introduction to the Microsoft Office 2007 ribbon interface]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[The new Microsoft 2007 word seems like it will be better in the long run.However though we must learn new Technology and all change is not bad.]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Mon, 09 Jun 2008 16:24:07 -0700</pubDate>
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        <description><![CDATA[I think its pretty cool. Changes are good and anything that can be done to make work more easier im all for it.]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Sun, 30 Mar 2008 06:25:05 -0700</pubDate>
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        <description><![CDATA[What Happens to Custom Toolbars &amp; Macros?I've created large toolbars linked to macros that automate custom formatting required for much of the Excel work that I do.The company requires a common &quot;face&quot; to our clients and doing the formatting under any regular Excel methods, including keyboard shortcuts was a time-consuming process.  Am I doomed to recreate these in a new system?]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[ITaxMan]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Mon, 11 Jun 2007 09:33:55 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Big Kids Toys]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Apparently that is how the &quot;change is good&quot; crowd seems to view this as compared to those who view it as a tool.  The simplest, fastest, dumbest interface possible is the most valuable.Anyone advocate changing the user interface on a hammer, shovel, chainsaw?  No, because what we have does the job and does it well.What I wouldn't give for a 3 GHz proccesor with 2 gigs of RAM running Wordstar on CP/M 2.2.]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Thu, 05 Apr 2007 10:35:41 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[NO WAY NOT every company has the time ......]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Or the money to take out 10 productive staff from work in progress to enable them to lean or take courses.I have calculated the downtime and loss of productivity at 1 weeks work (still have to pay the wages), and one week lost income from that person.If you also send them to a course then also add that cost.Sorry MS we will be staying with XP PRO and Office 2003.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[carlsf@...]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Tue, 13 Feb 2007 11:17:57 -0800</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[added value]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[The criticism is invalid. Most of the discussion is about whether this interface change is worth the investment in retraining required.  I would have no complaint if the old interface were available as an option.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[acoastwalker]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Wed, 31 Jan 2007 08:54:16 -0800</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Curmudgeons Everywhere!]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[The more I read the Office Change Forums the Vista Forums and any Forums/Blogs about New Software, the more disappointed I am in the Professionalism of our industry.  People griped about Automatic Transmissions on cars, the initial idea of a windows interface, and every change to anything they have come to be familiar with. Learning new interfaces, learning new software, heck - even learning to program a VCR, are changes we should welcome instead of bash.  As technology progresses, so must we. Granted Microsoft has a vested interest in making a profit.  But I really think they know this and are trying to provide a new and better product that we WANT to change to. They are listening to users, trying to anticipate change and trying to add features that provide benefits to users. I am not a Microsoft lacky but I think that all software developers, despite our retoric, are working for us, the end users and supporters.  It is up to us as consumers to determine if the changes are worth the price, both in money and time, to make the jump.  I know companies that still run Windows 95.  If that works for them, so be it. Off Soapbox...I think your evaluation of the interface was excellent: it focused on the product and the changes.  Only time will tell how useful the new changes are. As you have tried to explain so elequently, It is new, different, and will require some getting used to for us power users. But we are power users for a reason: we use the software day in and day out and have the ABILITY to learn all the nuances of a new paradigm. Hopefully, in forums like this, we can share the gems and gotchas that enable us to get the most out of this new technology.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[Animal13]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Wed, 31 Jan 2007 06:21:23 -0800</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Kudos....]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[I am in TOTAL agreement with you, and as yourself and many others are disgusted &amp; fed up with Microsoft and their pompous attitude. If Linux (such as Linspire) can gets its act together, and Star Office or better yet the FREE version Open Office along with Evolution E-Mail, maybe we all can be set FREE from the bonds of MS and its continually stupid upgrades and crappy OS (I believe Vista will be the NEW Windows ME), and hopefully the downfall of MS!!!People in these Posts who Praise MS must either be on their Payroll or are just plain ignorant.]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Thu, 28 Dec 2006 09:42:24 -0800</pubDate>
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