Syphonic Posted September 19, 2005 Share Posted September 19, 2005 Someone please tell me the formatting palette is in this (like in Office:mac) so I can hide all the toolbars because I wont need them :p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vcv Posted September 19, 2005 Share Posted September 19, 2005 Someone please tell me the formatting palette is in this (like in Office:mac) so I can hide all the toolbars because I wont need them :p 586546294[/snapback] Yes you can hide them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xUnix Posted September 19, 2005 Share Posted September 19, 2005 Hope I get invited for this beta.... I am dying to get my hands on this !!!!!! :woot: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+unabatedshagie Subscriber¹ Posted September 19, 2005 Subscriber¹ Share Posted September 19, 2005 OK, I take it all back. I have just seen a video of this in action and it's brilliant. The pictures don't do this justice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FCUK Posted September 19, 2005 Share Posted September 19, 2005 May GOD have mercy on the soul that did this... 586517588[/snapback] So true... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Dee Posted September 19, 2005 Share Posted September 19, 2005 Whats up with Frontpage. Why is it always left till last. 2003 was the first Frontpage upgrade worth getting, now they leave it without the ribbon interface, I bet even stupid crappy publisher gets the new look!!! 586525657[/snapback] Hey, I use Publisher a lot and its not crappy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theyarecomingforyou Posted September 19, 2005 Share Posted September 19, 2005 I'm not that impressed overall - some aspects are really cool, yet others are a bit lacking. I'll wait until it is actually released until I make any judgement, as previous versions of Office have always been great (even the interface changes with Office 2003). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
illicit Posted September 19, 2005 Share Posted September 19, 2005 I think it looks pretty good, but I will reserve my judgement on it until it is released. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gigapixels Veteran Posted September 19, 2005 Veteran Share Posted September 19, 2005 I don't like the layout of the toolbars. They're trying to change everything around, but it'll just confuse the end users that aren't very tech savvy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
funnyperson1 Posted September 19, 2005 Share Posted September 19, 2005 OK, I take it all back. I have just seen a video of this in action and it's brilliant. The pictures don't do this justice. 586549275[/snapback] Agreed, watch the video linked off the front page before you judge this new layout. Imho this is a true step forward for Office and this will make Office better, no doubt. The new UI looks very slick, and much more ergonomic, and more fruitful for finding those seemingly hidden features that people never use more accessable, making Word more than just a basic Word Processor. I am excited to see the final. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew Lyle Global Moderator Posted September 19, 2005 Global Moderator Share Posted September 19, 2005 awesome :D i applied for it today, can't wait to see if im accepted Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
.Neo Posted October 6, 2005 Share Posted October 6, 2005 nm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fragmaster Posted October 6, 2005 Share Posted October 6, 2005 Whats up with Frontpage. Why is it always left till last. 2003 was the first Frontpage upgrade worth getting, now they leave it without the ribbon interface, I bet even stupid crappy publisher gets the new look!!! 586525657[/snapback] Frontpage and Publisher are both absolutely useless for anyone in the Web Design, and DTP arena respectively. There are alternatives that completely knock these apps flying. Publisher would never get used in a professional printing environment I am sure! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mdtaUK Posted October 6, 2005 Share Posted October 6, 2005 I do web design, and I hate the Dreamweaver interface, so I use Frontpage 2003, and its great! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fragmaster Posted October 7, 2005 Share Posted October 7, 2005 Yeah I can see people using Frontpage (sort of :p) but Publisher no way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fascist Posted October 7, 2005 Share Posted October 7, 2005 Will they have something to allow you to put it to "classic" view? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soham Posted October 7, 2005 Share Posted October 7, 2005 cool Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turkishdelight Posted October 7, 2005 Share Posted October 7, 2005 Frankly, I don't like the new toolbars. They're...fugly. There's no other word for it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fragmaster Posted October 7, 2005 Share Posted October 7, 2005 The problem is it seems so random and there is no proper order about how the icons are laid out or even the sizes of the icons. It is just a complete mess at the moment, but I will reserve judgement because maybe Microsoft allow you to customise this portion or provide another theme/setting but then if it is like this stock, then I am steering clear. I have work to do and I don't need to customise some icon panel for 2 hours getting it right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimbo12141 Posted October 7, 2005 Share Posted October 7, 2005 looks cool, but office 11 runs slow enough, how slow will this be.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
insanekiwi Posted October 7, 2005 Share Posted October 7, 2005 i just stumbled upon this thread. it looks somewhat ok, not to keen about the overall vista inferface :/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
windows95isg8 Posted October 7, 2005 Share Posted October 7, 2005 I like it, it looks alot like vista style, so you would have to have vista to use this office, otherwise it would look out of place. well it would to me. Somone said on here, is this vista version. Are they making one for vista and one for XP?. Well if they did i would get the vista one. I dont use office that much, at the moment. But I have in the passed, and I think office is the best software for geting the job done fast, and also looking pro at the same time. :yes: Cant wait till this is out in the shops, torrent :whistle: Then again the amout that office costs in the UK, is it any wonder people look for torrent downloads. :whistle: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
y_notm Posted October 7, 2005 Share Posted October 7, 2005 The problem is it seems so random and there is no proper order about how the icons are laid out or even the sizes of the icons. It is just a complete mess at the moment, but I will reserve judgement because maybe Microsoft allow you to customise this portion or provide another theme/setting but then if it is like this stock, then I am steering clear. I have work to do and I don't need to customise some icon panel for 2 hours getting it right. 586636038[/snapback] There's a video on Channel 9 that goes over these very things. A lot of studying was done about the layout of icons and different sized and shaped icons are easier to visually recognize than uniform ones. In regards to the second part, Apple has been using very similar ideas: shapes of buttons should be different so they are easy to recognize. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turkishdelight Posted October 7, 2005 Share Posted October 7, 2005 A lot of studying was done about the layout of icons and different sized and shaped icons are easier to visually recognize than uniform ones. In regards to the second part, Apple has been using very similar ideas: shapes of buttons should be different so they are easy to recognize. Not for me...oh well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FlibbyFlobby Posted October 7, 2005 Share Posted October 7, 2005 The problem is it seems so random and there is no proper order about how the icons are laid out or even the sizes of the icons. It is just a complete mess at the moment, but I will reserve judgement because maybe Microsoft allow you to customise this portion or provide another theme/setting but then if it is like this stock, then I am steering clear. I have work to do and I don't need to customise some icon panel for 2 hours getting it right. 586636038[/snapback] The only reason the current Office doesnt seem random is because your used to using it. Once your used to using the new one you'll think its easy and makes sense too. If you actually look at the current version of Office its quite random, you just understand the random. :p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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