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Office 2007 Colors Scheme
You'll find information on the data gathering and decision process for creating the new 2007 Office system user interface (UI) on the MS Office UI team blog at Learn the best ways to use the new Ribbon, and get a handle on finding popular commands. (2007 Microsoft Office system beta 2 required.

Ribbon idea
Suzanne S. Barnhill sbarnh...@mvps.org microsoft public word newusers I found Jensen very persuasive, and it's easy to get excited about the new UI, not so easy to get Tue, 20 Feb 2007 13:38:00 -0500 from JoAnn Paules <jl_pau...@hotNOSPAMmail.com>: about the new ribbon interface. Since it's not going to change,

Make pen pressure sensitive?
"tas_at_mailueberfall.de" microsoft public office misc As a beta user of Office 2007, I've come to like the new ribbon UI, and the ribbon for working with mathematical formulæ in particular is much improved over previous versions. It's nice to be able to use TeX-like syntax when typing a formula, but there are two

Get rid of the ribbon!
The new Ribbon UI has replaced those elements. -) You can however, customize the new Navigation Pane to accomplish this goal. -- Jeff Conrad Access Junkie - MVP http://home.bendbroadband.com/conradsystems/accessjunkie.html http://www.access.qbuilt.com/html/articles.html.

Microsoft Office development platform ups and downs
http://dot.kde.org/1200936055/ OpenOffice 3 has PDF import, native Aqua UI, and Tara Reid ,----[ Quote ] We love OpenOffice.org, hereby referred to as We think that these users have decided to switch to OpenOffice.org as soon as they have realized that the effort to get used to the new ribbon interface is

New Office (2007) menus -- can we change them back to exactly ...
Let's nevertheless remember it is a beta and trust that the final version doesn't force users to work in a different way just because the UI has evolved. John Thomas "Patrick Schmid" wrote: Which features are missing in Outlook 2007? The new ribbon UI definitely takes some time to get used to.

DEC DISK
Ed ed_millis@NO_SPAM.yahoo.com microsoft public word vba general I've been reading a few things about the new Ribbon UI coming up. Currently, I have some macros which create new toolbar menu items using code like: Set newMenu = tlbr.Controls.Add(Type:=10) With newMenu .Caption = "Restore Toolbars" .

why no "Link Data to Shape" in Visio 2007 trial?
Mirek2 Mir...@discussions.microsoft.com microsoft public expression graphicdesigner I would love it if Microsoft Expression adapted the new ribbon UI, seen in Office 2007. I put together a picture (using parts of Office 2007 Beta 2 TR and a few icons from Paint) of what it might look like:

How do i re-skin the new Office 2007 to look and act like 2003...
The new ribbon UI definitely takes some time to get used to. Patrick Schmid -------------- http://pschmid.net "Jaudist" <Jaud...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:023B25FB-D3D0-4BE2-8E93-EC7350879C6A@microsoft.com: Thanks for your comments. I skipped all the other solutions I tried, which included

Typing mathematical formulæ in Word 20 07
Another question that comes to mind is this: If the new ribbon is the be all and end all of a better user interface, why haven't they used it in Outlook? Sometimes they run out of time during development and have to move some features into the next release. HTH. Gunny See http://www.QBuilt.com for all your database

Classic interface for word 2007
However, for those of us who have developed extensive customizations to facilitate our productivity, the new ribbon UI is like strapping the training wheels on the bicycles in the Tour de France. Mike "Simon Jones [MSDL]" <SimonJonesM...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

What was MS thinking?
But the new ribbon sucks. I've been using it daily for months (Word, Powerpoint, Excel), and I consistently stumble on the same functions over and over again. It is primarily about web UI design but is just as relevant to desktop UIs. Microsoft did a very in depth study of user interfaces, colours, patterns etc

Is there anyway to get Word 2003 menus back
Take a look at my blog and also read Jensen Harris UI blog. Both should give you a good introduction to the new UI and what it means for customization. Patrick Schmid -------------- http://pschmid.net John Thomas "Patrick Schmid" wrote: Which features are missing in Outlook 2007? The new ribbon UI definitely takes

Will macros creating new menus break with Ribbon?
As for why the Outlook main window does not sport the new ribbon (and since you consider yourself so much of a designer of GUIs), how do you propose to implement a ribbon based solely on He shares a lot of insight on the new UI and the "why" behind it. FWIW, I was singing a similar tune about a year or so ago.

Inductive UI
... MICROSOFT OFFICE DEVELOPMENT PLATFORM UPS AND DOWNS Attendees at the Microsoft 2008 Office System Developer Conference this week are leveraging development capabilities in Office System, but cite issues such as getting used to the new ribbon-based Fluent UI in the 2007 Office release.

ClearType & UI Font Question?
One of them being that the OOo UI sucks just as (well almost as) much as any former MSO UI, because we made the decision to make it as close as possible? There are problems with the UI, no doubt, for both MSO and OOo. And that includes the latest versions of each. The new ribbon thing that MSO 2007 has may be an

switchboard w/ 2007 beta?
Microsoft will not change the ribbon as drastically as you are asking for. I actually suggest that you take another longer test drive. It took me around a month to get familiar with the new Ribbon and realize that it is for the most (there are some exceptions) better than the old UI. The ribbon is somewhat

Will macros creating new menus break with Ribbon?
You may want to read up on the new Ribbon that replaces toolbars. Any customizations you've done in that regard are all going to be under a single Tab (Add-ins). There won't be any way to change this in the UI, even using macros. If you want the same level of customization, you're going to need to learn to

Is there anyway to get Word 2003 menus back
In addition to my usual preference of apps, Office 2007 is installed and runs fine however it's new ribbon UI takes some getting used to. The more I use Vista the more I like it even on this minimal hardware machine and will soon move it to a new machine especially configured for Vista once I figure out exactly

Can't write text on screen after upgrade to VS2005/Vista
(The app then closes, without showing ist UI.) I cannot get the program to stop on a breakpoint placed on WinMain and I'm clueless as to what is causing the problem. I'm using C++Builder 6 with the new DevEx Bars 6 components (especially: the new Ribbon). A non-ribbon version of my app works without this problem