Office 2007 Menu structure   

Is there any hope of changing Office 2007 to a classic style?  Avantgarde may 
be allright for young people starting up, but in its implementation reminds 
me of Esperanto - why change to it when I have a good thing going in my own 
language?   

Is it not possible to allow Classic menus to coexist with Avantgarde?

date: Sun, 14 Oct 2007 14:53:01 -0700   author:   Sukude

Re: Office 2007 Menu structure   

Hi =?Utf-8?B?U3VrdWRl?=,

> Is there any hope of changing Office 2007 to a classic style?  Avantgarde may 
> be allright for young people starting up, but in its implementation reminds 
> me of Esperanto - why change to it when I have a good thing going in my own 
> language?   
>  
> Is it not possible to allow Classic menus to coexist with Avantgarde?
>
I don't know if you mean a specific product with "Avantgarde", or if that's just 
meant as a description of the new interface...

There are a number of products available that will put the classic menus into 
(some of) the Office 2007 products. You'll find a listing on the Office 
marketplace

http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/marketplace/results.aspx?
qu=Toolbars+menus+Office+2007&av=PMP000

Some of them will let you customize the menus/toolbars, some are static. As far 
as I know, ToolbarToggle gives you the widest range of possibilities, as you can 
actually float the toolbars, rather than having them docked statically at the 
top of the window. You can get a small discount for that one by using the code: 
MVPCINDY

Cindy Meister
INTER-Solutions, Switzerland
http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister (last update Jun 17 2005)
http://www.word.mvps.org

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date: Tue, 23 Oct 2007 19:20:30 +0200   author:   Cindy M.

Re: Office 2007 Menu structure   

"Cindy M." wrote:

> Hi =?Utf-8?B?U3VrdWRl?=,
> 
> > Is there any hope of changing Office 2007 to a classic style?  Avantgarde may 
> > be allright for young people starting up, but in its implementation reminds 
> > me of Esperanto - why change to it when I have a good thing going in my own 
> > language?   
> >  
> > Is it not possible to allow Classic menus to coexist with Avantgarde?
> >
> I don't know if you mean a specific product with "Avantgarde", or if that's just 
> meant as a description of the new interface...
> 
> There are a number of products available that will put the classic menus into 
> (some of) the Office 2007 products. You'll find a listing on the Office 
> marketplace
> 
> http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/marketplace/results.aspx?
> qu=Toolbars+menus+Office+2007&av=PMP000
> 
> Some of them will let you customize the menus/toolbars, some are static. As far 
> as I know, ToolbarToggle gives you the widest range of possibilities, as you can 
> actually float the toolbars, rather than having them docked statically at the 
> top of the window. You can get a small discount for that one by using the code: 
> MVPCINDY
> 
> Cindy Meister
> INTER-Solutions, Switzerland
> http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister (last update Jun 17 2005)
> http://www.word.mvps.org
> 
> This reply is posted in the Newsgroup; please post any follow question or reply 
> in the newsgroup and not by e-mail :-)
> 

> Thank you Cindy,

You must be an angel.  Avantgarde is meant as a description of the new 
interface
I also used your code.

Sukude

date: Tue, 23 Oct 2007 13:30:12 -0700   author:   Sukude