Word 2007 is "More intuitive??"

Hard to say. You seem to have come to terms with 2007, but from the tenor of
this thread, should I guess 2003?

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

"Terry Farrell" <terryfarrell.RemoveThis@msn.com> wrote in message
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>I am about to purchase a new Notebook: guess what I'll be installing...
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> Terry Farrell - MSWord MVP
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> "starcat" <ieatmice.RemoveThis@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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>> "Suzanne S. Barnhill" <sbarnhill.RemoveThis@mvps.org> wrote in message
>> news:ONMpLOxyIHA.2188@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>>> The experience seems to be that the new UI is more intuitive for
>>> brand-new users and not too difficult for casual users to get used to.
>>> Longtime power users, the ones who knew where every command was on every
>>> menu and where every button was in every dialog or on every toolbar (and
>>> had their toolbars and menus extensively customized), are the ones who
>>> are really suffering.
>>>
>>> --
>>> Suzanne S. Barnhill
>>> Microsoft MVP (Word)
>>> Words into Type
>>> Fairhope, Alabama USA
>>
>>
>> We're not just suffering - we're giving up. I have tried, I really have,
>> to adjust to the new interface, but I've come to loathe it so much I've
>> gone back to Word 2003. If Microsoft doesn't improve this in their next
>> version, then when 2003 is not working for me any longer, I will have to
>> seriously look elsewhere for my word processing needs. I never thought I
>> would ever give up on any version of Word, but I'm giving up now. (I've
>> been a power user since Word 3.0, so it's a painful epiphany that Word
>> isn't the right program for me any more.)
>>
>
>

Well I am still finding some things in W2007 a strain though equally there
are numerous small things that I like which add up as slightly positive.

But I am getting a Netbook rather than a Notebook (with only an Intel Atom
processor), so I am concerned about keeping resources demand as low as
possible. So my choices are likely to be a skimpy install of Win XPP with
some lightweight applications.

I am in two minds about whether to install Office at all and manage with OE
and WordPad. But Outlook 2007 - which I really like - is pulling me, as is
the idea of using just Google Mail and WordPad whilst I am mobile.

There's just too much to choose from... <g>

Terry

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" <sbarnhill.TakeThisOut@mvps.org> wrote in message
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> Hard to say. You seem to have come to terms with 2007, but from the tenor
> of this thread, should I guess 2003?
>
> --
> Suzanne S. Barnhill
> Microsoft MVP (Word)
> Words into Type
> Fairhope, Alabama USA
>
> "Terry Farrell" <terryfarrell.TakeThisOut@msn.com> wrote in message
> news:%23fLZDI3AJHA.4064@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>>I am about to purchase a new Notebook: guess what I'll be installing...
>>
>> --
>> Terry Farrell - MSWord MVP
>>
>> "starcat" <ieatmice.TakeThisOut@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>> news:%23HTWdFzAJHA.1740@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>>>
>>> "Suzanne S. Barnhill" <sbarnhill.TakeThisOut@mvps.org> wrote in message
>>> news:ONMpLOxyIHA.2188@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>>>> The experience seems to be that the new UI is more intuitive for
>>>> brand-new users and not too difficult for casual users to get used to.
>>>> Longtime power users, the ones who knew where every command was on
>>>> every menu and where every button was in every dialog or on every
>>>> toolbar (and had their toolbars and menus extensively customized), are
>>>> the ones who are really suffering.
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Suzanne S. Barnhill
>>>> Microsoft MVP (Word)
>>>> Words into Type
>>>> Fairhope, Alabama USA
>>>
>>>
>>> We're not just suffering - we're giving up. I have tried, I really
>>> have, to adjust to the new interface, but I've come to loathe it so much
>>> I've gone back to Word 2003. If Microsoft doesn't improve this in their
>>> next version, then when 2003 is not working for me any longer, I will
>>> have to seriously look elsewhere for my word processing needs. I never
>>> thought I would ever give up on any version of Word, but I'm giving up
>>> now. (I've been a power user since Word 3.0, so it's a painful epiphany
>>> that Word isn't the right program for me any more.)
>>>
>>
>>
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