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Most users (myself included) have screens that are wider than they are tall. However, most documents we prepare for printing are taller than they are wide. While I really like the new office ribbon, the biggest thing I don't like is the amount of vertical space it demands. It may be true that roughly the same amount of vertical space is available for editing out-of-the-box on both Word 2003 and Word 2007, I have moved or removed a toolbar or two to get more vertical space available. Here are a few suggestions for making it slimmer vertically: 1: make it collapsible - perhaps by clicking on the active "menu" headers (e.g. Home, Insert, etc). A second click will show it again. 2: for people with really large/wide screens, put the section labels inline with their sections instead of underneath. So "Font" would move over to the left of the font section instead of underneath it and so on. 3: consider letting me elect to display the ribbon vertically along the left-hand edge of the screen instead of horizontally across the top. ---------------- This post is a suggestion for Microsoft, and microsoft responds to the suggestions with the most votes. To vote for this suggestion, click the "I Agree" button in the message pane. If you do not see the button, follow this link to open the suggestion in the microsoft Web-based Newsreader and then click "I Agree" in the message pane. http://www.microsoft.com/office/community/en-us/default.mspx?mid=8a8aaa46-6d0c-4060-b77d-52e30b01db88 &dg=microsoft.public.office.misc |
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> While I really like the new office ribbon, the biggest thing I don't like > is > the amount of vertical space it demands. I also vote for detachable for those who have more than 1 screen Lets hope ms will listen "Kevin R" <KevinR@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:8A8AAA46-6D0C-4060-B77D-52E30B01DB88@microsoft.com... > Most users (myself included) have screens that are wider than they are > tall. > However, most documents we prepare for printing are taller than they are > wide. > > While I really like the new office ribbon, the biggest thing I don't like > is > the amount of vertical space it demands. > > It may be true that roughly the same amount of vertical space is available > for editing out-of-the-box on both Word 2003 and Word 2007, I have moved > or > removed a toolbar or two to get more vertical space available. > > Here are a few suggestions for making it slimmer vertically: > > 1: make it collapsible - perhaps by clicking on the active "menu" headers > (e.g. Home, Insert, etc). A second click will show it again. > > 2: for people with really large/wide screens, put the section labels > inline > with their sections instead of underneath. So "Font" would move over to > the > left of the font section instead of underneath it and so on. > > 3: consider letting me elect to display the ribbon vertically along the > left-hand edge of the screen instead of horizontally across the top. > > ---------------- > This post is a suggestion for Microsoft, and microsoft responds to the > suggestions with the most votes. To vote for this suggestion, click the "I > Agree" button in the message pane. If you do not see the button, follow > this > link to open the suggestion in the microsoft Web-based Newsreader and then > click "I Agree" in the message pane. > > http://www.microsoft.com/office/community/en-us/default.mspx?mid=8a8aaa46-6d0c-4060-b77d-52e30b01db88&dg=micro soft.public.office.misc |
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"John Jay Smith" <-> wrote in message news:uguuumFgGHA.324@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl... >> While I really like the new office ribbon, the biggest thing I don't like >> is >> the amount of vertical space it demands. > > I also vote for detachable for those who have more than 1 screen > > Lets hope ms will listen I also desperately miss detachable "tear aways," but I very much doubt they'll be added at this point. As far as collapsing the ribbon, though, just double-click the word on the active "tab." click (single-click) the active "tab" again to restore the ribbon. -- Echo [MS PPT MVP] http://www.echosvoice.com Fixing PowerPoint Annoyances http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/powerpointannoy/ PPTLive! Sept 17-20, 2006 http://www.pptlive.com |
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"Echo S" wrote: > As far as collapsing the ribbon, though, just double-click the word on the > active "tab." click (single-click) the active "tab" again to restore the > ribbon. Yes, so I noticed, after a lucky double-click. Double-clicking anywhere in an M$ office toolbar is a such foreign concept to me (everything else is either single left click or single right click) that I didn't even think to try it. So here's a slight modification to my suggestion -- make the collapsibility of the new office ribbon a bit more discoverable! ;-) - Kevin |
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Hi Kevin, You can also use Ctrl+F1 to toggle the Ribbons on and off. For user Interface (UI) suggestions you may also want to post on the 2007 Office System UI blog at http://blogs.msdn.com/jensenh/ (you'll also find background and information on decisions made about the Ribbon for the 2007 Office System version, but be sure to take advantage of the 2007 MS Office System 'Send A smile' feedback tool, where you can include a screen shot and a description of your suggestion or issue (with reasons and details to help the reviewers understand your context and why 'it would be better if'. The Send-a-Smile home page is http://sas.office.microsoft.com/ ======== <<"Kevin R" <KevinR@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:3E021B4D-5E58-4B7F-9405-D2DFF69AA4C1@microsoft.com... Yes, so I noticed, after a lucky double-click. Double-clicking anywhere in an M$ office toolbar is a such foreign concept to me (everything else is either single left click or single right click) that I didn't even think to try it. So here's a slight modification to my suggestion -- make the collapsibility of the new office ribbon a bit more discoverable! ;-) - Kevin >> -- I hope this helped you, Bob Buckland ?:-) MS Office System Products MVP >>*Courtesy is not expensive and can pay big dividends<< Read about it, try it, or watch the movie :) the 2007 microsoft Office system iinfo is at http://microsoft.com/office/preview |
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