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[RedInferno]

Office Gets an Extreme Makeover

Upcoming version of Microsoft's suite eliminates toolbars, most drop-down menus.

Dennis O'Reilly
From the November 2005 issue of PC World magazine
Posted Wednesday, October 05, 2005
Just when you thought Microsoft Office's look was as unchanging as the old Volkswagen's, the folks in Redmond decided to cook up a whole new way to work in Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Access. Out are toolbars, drop-down menus (with a few noteworthy exceptions), and most dialog boxes (or at least they're harder to find). In as a replacement is the new Ribbon, which aims to put frequently used items one click away. The revamped interface will debut with the new suite (as yet unnamed, but currently called Office 12) in the second half of next year.


Click here for pics! http://pcworld.com/n...d,122702,00.asp

Source: PCWorld

[ShadowFox]

Looks nice, they might have something ELSE going for em!

[RedInferno]

Yeah...Microsoft is definitely working to incorporate usability and design now...

[Linoman]

Why don't u post this on the frontpage?

[RedInferno]

I don't know how... I haven't been able to get on MSN to get a tutorial from dave....maybe you could PM me with details?

[clarky3429]

yeah, this really needs to be on the portal

[Linoman]

Cool thats sorted, Redinferno knows now how to post on the portal. Yay

[RedInferno]

Right then, posting there also.

Edited by RedInferno, 09 October 2005 - 09:30 PM.

[Neon]

I am worried Microsoft will end up in no mans land, to far to completing their projects but not done enough to do it in time, messing with something as established as office, i hope it works for them

[RedInferno]

I think Google is going to take them over after like a decade...just my opinion though....just look at Google.

[Neon]

Well they have been taken to court by MS for other reasons, they HATE them, look at the situation, Google is now on Operating systems with Sun Microsystems...Yahoo just started with MS...Microsoft is nervous now i promise, this Vista is a joke now, i love it to bits and i love the idea of a new operating system but they skipped a whole generation of computing to make it work at all, they should do something quick...even a new theme for XP released from them would be a start...Media Player 11 should of come ages ago...they need to get a grip, without new updates their foothold in the market just GOES...

Linux has caught on quick

[RedInferno]

Very true, good points Karl...

[ShadowFox]

Linux has ALWAYS been at thier heals... Linux has just become popular lately, which is should... it's about time someone topples M$... The monopoly is gone, the reign of the free OS is at hand... Anyone tried Solaris 10? I think I'm going to install it on my spare hdd tomorrow to try er out.

[Neon]

I disagree that Microsoft should be toppled, they do get some things right and sometimes it's in our best interest to let them do their thing, i would rather a profitable organization with a scheme and plan in place than Open source

[RedInferno]

come to think of it, I WOULD like to see M$ as open source....