Office 2007 Classic View

[PatPat]

Is there any way to switch to the "Classic View" like excel XP instead ot the new view in Offcie 2007 Excel?

Thanks

 

[Richard Schollar]

Nope, altho there are 3rd party (ie paid for) add-ins that can reproduce the old style interface. No idea how good these are though - sometimes you'll see them advertised in the main advertising banner at the top right of MrExcel.com.

 

[Joe Was]

Rich is right, $30 here it is:

http://www.addintools.com/english/menuoffice/default.htm

During the Beta their was a utility to download that did the menu conversion, but it has been removed and is not supported anymore.

 

[PatPat]

Thanks for that info.

Excel is wonderfull but I really don't understand why MS thinks that users have a LOT of time to master a new package.

I really hope these core changes are worthwhile because they only seem to be Corporate Mission Jerk Wournd to me.

 

[Joe Was]

The official line is that "the amount of menu options has become to vast for simple pull-downs." This is a valid point as software is only going to get bigger and bigger, so new ways of accessing menu options [if this is even the right trem or not] must be explored. The ribbon may not be the solution, but it is clear that pull-down have become too limited for the big packages.