Does the Office Ribbon have you coming “unwound”… Here's some help

Ron Barrett — Wed, 07 May 2008 11:17:02 -0400

When Microsoft introduced the new "ribbon" navigation for Office 2007, I was grateful that it hadn't named it the Office rope, or noose, or anything that might have given my users some creative ideas.

Nothing is as certain as change, except a person's reaction to that change. This new way of navigating Office was going to be a huge challenge for some. As we moved users over to Office 2007, you could see the meltdown begin.

I don't necessarily blame people. I never saw a need to move versions of Office myself. I hated the new activation, hated the navigation and I really had no need for any more functionality than I already had available in my current Office suite.

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