Office 2007- What a horrible disappointment

I take it youre a beta tester and "in IT"

You should know better than to post in a public forum!

_____________________________
John Wilson
Microsoft Certified Office Specialist



"CMM" wrote:

> I gotta say that I am profoundly disappointed with Office 2007. I'm still
> trying to understand the ribbon... (it seems to basically be just an
> "exploded" menu bar)... but in essense, this is nowhere near the
> revolutionary release MS marketing is contending.
>
> 1) Excel and PowerPoint STILL have the same confusing, horrible MDI /
> fake-sdi interface. How hard is it to get Word's true SDI right? Even
> better, implement a nice TABBED document interface. Give the taskbar a
> break. This is a showstopper.
>
> 2) Dialogs are just as unattractive- and more importantly, unintuitive- as
> ever... in fact they look completely untouched. For instance, Word's Modify
> Style dialog box (with the unintuitively placed Modify button in the lower
> left hand side) is just as unweildy as ever. Excel's equation dialog doesn't
> look like it's been touched since Windows 3.1.
>
> 3) Why does resizing the window not resize the view? How do we get a Text
> Width view? Oh, now I have to go into dialog box to do it?! You gotta be
> kidding me. Word's "view" of a document is just as distracting and annoying
> as ever.
>
> 4) No *unified* Template Center / Gallery / Task Manager? Office has needed
> an attractive, nicely designed Task Manager for a long time. The old New /
> Open tools were a beginning but they were never IMPROVED. The idea wasn't
> bad.... it just wasn't followed through on. Often, I'll need to create a
> document but not sure which app to use (Word or Publisher... I don't know!!!
> I'm so confused! Let me call IT.... wait I am IT!!!).
>
> There's more... but these are biggies. So far, I don't see much in this
> release that especially compelling. Same old Office..... with a new menu
> bar.
>
> --
> -C. Moya
> www.cmoya.com
>
>
>
>

Hey John, Office 2007 Beta 2 has been released to the public already.
Check this out:
http://www.microsoft.com/office/comm...a-4bd19cde12cd

and

http://www.rdpslides.com/pptfaq/FAQ00723.htm
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Shawn Toh (tohlz)
Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP PowerPoint)

Site Updated: May 21, 2006
Added PowerPoint Movies.
http://pptheaven.mvps.org
PowerPoint Heaven - The Power to Animate


"John Wilson" wrote:

> I take it youre a beta tester and "in IT"
>
> You should know better than to post in a public forum!
>
> _____________________________
> John Wilson
> Microsoft Certified Office Specialist
>
>
>
> "CMM" wrote:
>
> > I gotta say that I am profoundly disappointed with Office 2007. I'm still
> > trying to understand the ribbon... (it seems to basically be just an
> > "exploded" menu bar)... but in essense, this is nowhere near the
> > revolutionary release MS marketing is contending.
> >
> > 1) Excel and PowerPoint STILL have the same confusing, horrible MDI /
> > fake-sdi interface. How hard is it to get Word's true SDI right? Even
> > better, implement a nice TABBED document interface. Give the taskbar a
> > break. This is a showstopper.
> >
> > 2) Dialogs are just as unattractive- and more importantly, unintuitive- as
> > ever... in fact they look completely untouched. For instance, Word's Modify
> > Style dialog box (with the unintuitively placed Modify button in the lower
> > left hand side) is just as unweildy as ever. Excel's equation dialog doesn't
> > look like it's been touched since Windows 3.1.
> >
> > 3) Why does resizing the window not resize the view? How do we get a Text
> > Width view? Oh, now I have to go into dialog box to do it?! You gotta be
> > kidding me. Word's "view" of a document is just as distracting and annoying
> > as ever.
> >
> > 4) No *unified* Template Center / Gallery / Task Manager? Office has needed
> > an attractive, nicely designed Task Manager for a long time. The old New /
> > Open tools were a beginning but they were never IMPROVED. The idea wasn't
> > bad.... it just wasn't followed through on. Often, I'll need to create a
> > document but not sure which app to use (Word or Publisher... I don't know!!!
> > I'm so confused! Let me call IT.... wait I am IT!!!).
> >
> > There's more... but these are biggies. So far, I don't see much in this
> > release that especially compelling. Same old Office..... with a new menu
> > bar.
> >
> > --
> > -C. Moya
> > www.cmoya.com
> >
> >
> >
> >

Apolgies (I just saw beta 2 here in the UK)
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Did that answer the question / help?
_____________________________
John Wilson
Microsoft Certified Office Specialist



"tohlz" wrote:

> Hey John, Office 2007 Beta 2 has been released to the public already.
> Check this out:
> http://www.microsoft.com/office/comm...a-4bd19cde12cd
>
> and
>
> http://www.rdpslides.com/pptfaq/FAQ00723.htm
> --
> Shawn Toh (tohlz)
> Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP PowerPoint)
>
> Site Updated: May 21, 2006
> Added PowerPoint Movies.
> http://pptheaven.mvps.org
> PowerPoint Heaven - The Power to Animate
>
>
> "John Wilson" wrote:
>
> > I take it youre a beta tester and "in IT"
> >
> > You should know better than to post in a public forum!
> >
> > _____________________________
> > John Wilson
> > Microsoft Certified Office Specialist
> >
> >
> >
> > "CMM" wrote:
> >
> > > I gotta say that I am profoundly disappointed with Office 2007. I'm still
> > > trying to understand the ribbon... (it seems to basically be just an
> > > "exploded" menu bar)... but in essense, this is nowhere near the
> > > revolutionary release MS marketing is contending.
> > >
> > > 1) Excel and PowerPoint STILL have the same confusing, horrible MDI /
> > > fake-sdi interface. How hard is it to get Word's true SDI right? Even
> > > better, implement a nice TABBED document interface. Give the taskbar a
> > > break. This is a showstopper.
> > >
> > > 2) Dialogs are just as unattractive- and more importantly, unintuitive- as
> > > ever... in fact they look completely untouched. For instance, Word's Modify
> > > Style dialog box (with the unintuitively placed Modify button in the lower
> > > left hand side) is just as unweildy as ever. Excel's equation dialog doesn't
> > > look like it's been touched since Windows 3.1.
> > >
> > > 3) Why does resizing the window not resize the view? How do we get a Text
> > > Width view? Oh, now I have to go into dialog box to do it?! You gotta be
> > > kidding me. Word's "view" of a document is just as distracting and annoying
> > > as ever.
> > >
> > > 4) No *unified* Template Center / Gallery / Task Manager? Office has needed
> > > an attractive, nicely designed Task Manager for a long time. The old New /
> > > Open tools were a beginning but they were never IMPROVED. The idea wasn't
> > > bad.... it just wasn't followed through on. Often, I'll need to create a
> > > document but not sure which app to use (Word or Publisher... I don't know!!!
> > > I'm so confused! Let me call IT.... wait I am IT!!!).
> > >
> > > There's more... but these are biggies. So far, I don't see much in this
> > > release that especially compelling. Same old Office..... with a new menu
> > > bar.
> > >
> > > --
> > > -C. Moya
> > > www.cmoya.com
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >