No menus, everything becomes a context sensitive toolbar. Interesting.One problem with that is it's going to make remembering where commands are located a bit harder. You'll have to scan the toolbar every time for the icon representing the command set, click it, then click in the new dialog to choose the command, rather than just going up to a command in the menubar that you know. (That is, more searching and clicking to do the same thing.)Might work though.Slide 6 shows something interesting: Microsoft are intending to sell .widgets!
I assume they'll have an option to switch to a "classic" look. This reminds me of the whole "Windows XP looks like Fisher Price" arguments of a few years ago when screen shots of that first hit the net. Thankfully they included the option to disable the XP look for people that didn't care for it.
That will not be a problem. Maybe the first two days working with the new software will be a little bit messy. But once you use it you get the feeling of it. Is very simple, much simpler than the old Office. And the render is also fantastic, texts look great, you'll see ;)
No, it doesn't quite work out that way. Finding where something is is very intuitive. For example, clicking on Page Layout in Word 07 to adjust the page settings is much more natural than going to File -> Page Setup.
I tried to like Open Office. While it's a good barebones word processor it doesn't have the functionality of MS Office. Something so simple and essential like the Thesaurus/Dictionary is completely useless in OOo, for example.For someone who just writes letters in Word, OOo is probably a better fit. For someone like me who writes lab reports and term papers, or for someone in a corporate environment, MS Office is worth the $300 or so. Since education and business is where MS makes all their money, I don't think they have to worry about Open Office stealing their bucks any time soon.Seriously, everyone who says MS Office is just bloatware, stfu and use Notepad; some of us actually use all those functions.
I have to hand it to Microsoft on this one, that interface looks lovely.You can flame me by clicking the reply link over here =================================>
noliberalbullMar 16, 2006
Wow... I don't know what to say to those pics. Looks unbelievably 'windows'
ravenmuffinMar 16, 2006
No menus, everything becomes a context sensitive toolbar. Interesting.One problem with that is it's going to make remembering where commands are located a bit harder. You'll have to scan the toolbar every time for the icon representing the command set, click it, then click in the new dialog to choose the command, rather than just going up to a command in the menubar that you know. (That is, more searching and clicking to do the same thing.)Might work though.Slide 6 shows something interesting: Microsoft are intending to sell .widgets!
skeetoMar 16, 2006
I assume they'll have an option to switch to a "classic" look. This reminds me of the whole "Windows XP looks like Fisher Price" arguments of a few years ago when screen shots of that first hit the net. Thankfully they included the option to disable the XP look for people that didn't care for it.
splashoMar 16, 2006
What an achievement!
mrdiazMar 16, 2006
That will not be a problem. Maybe the first two days working with the new software will be a little bit messy. But once you use it you get the feeling of it. Is very simple, much simpler than the old Office. And the render is also fantastic, texts look great, you'll see ;)
Closed AccountMar 16, 2006
No digg because it's been up at least 5 times before.
kazbaedenMar 16, 2006
No, it doesn't quite work out that way. Finding where something is is very intuitive. For example, clicking on Page Layout in Word 07 to adjust the page settings is much more natural than going to File -> Page Setup.
kazbaedenMar 16, 2006
I tried to like Open Office. While it's a good barebones word processor it doesn't have the functionality of MS Office. Something so simple and essential like the Thesaurus/Dictionary is completely useless in OOo, for example.For someone who just writes letters in Word, OOo is probably a better fit. For someone like me who writes lab reports and term papers, or for someone in a corporate environment, MS Office is worth the $300 or so. Since education and business is where MS makes all their money, I don't think they have to worry about Open Office stealing their bucks any time soon.Seriously, everyone who says MS Office is just bloatware, stfu and use Notepad; some of us actually use all those functions.
rkuykendallMar 16, 2006
THAT'S AQUA BLUE! look behind the document:<a class="user" href="http://www.macdesktops.net/showphoto.php/photo/1830">http://www.macdesktops.net/showphoto.php/photo/1830</a>They have outdone themselves, in ripping off apple. Their not even trying anymore
llbblMar 16, 2006
Here is a picture of the program that should replace Office 2003:<a class="user" href="http://www.llbbl.com/images/writer-big.png">http://www.llbbl.com/images/writer-big.png</a>
gauntalusMar 16, 2006
I have to hand it to Microsoft on this one, that interface looks lovely.You can flame me by clicking the reply link over here =================================>
geebrrMar 17, 2006
they should offer themes. The classic for sure, but we should be able to pick a theme color, etc. Looks good, I just hate the color.
elranzerMar 17, 2006
Actually it looks a lot like Pages...
anjum9Feb 17, 2009
office for iphone 3G