Re: Open office

  • From: Soronel Haetir <soronel.haetir@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Sun, 3 Jan 2010 09:18:31 -0900

Expect to see more ribbons, the MS development tools are starting to
provide support for applications with that style and many developers
feel pressure to conform to MS look and feel.

I too went looking through the options hoping that ribbons were just
the default with menus available.

At least when they make changes to the start menu they give you the
option of the old look.

On 1/3/10, William L. Houts <cadexi@xxxxx> wrote:
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>
>
> Well, I had heard that MS was going to use both in future versions, but
> according to Mr. Halsworth I'm mistaken.  Until something is actually
> released, I don't know what to believe.
>
>
> --Bill
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Daniel McGee" <mc-g@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Sunday, January 03, 2010 8:55 AM
> Subject: Re: Open office
>
>
>> Hi Bill, and others! That sounds great does anyone know how you would
>> change it back the normal way instead of using the damn ribbons? Another
>> thing I might add is that I went blind when I was 16 and now I am 20 so
>> before office 2007 came out I had a visural idea of whow the normal way of
>>
>> office looked like and when I lost my sight and was tought to learn   with
>>
>> Jaws. Now I just get compuse. Just out of cureiousoty if someone on this
>> list had sight could they explain visualy what the ribbons look like? It
>> might help me.
>> Many Thanks
>> P..s I had an idea maybe if fs could do a kind of webpage in the help
>> topics of Jaws with microsoft office apps kind of like what's changed and
>> what verious things are in catorgies For example if I remember right
>> before 2007 to change the file size you would go to the format option go
>> down arrow once find font hit enter on that tab twice and then you find
>> the file size then change it to whatever you want and then hit enter. Oh
>> not forgetting you have to highlight what you want 1st. And another
>> example is thing wear you find out how many pages you are on your document
>>
>> how many words etc it wa some wear in tools I think again in 2003. But in
>> office 2007 I haven't got a clue!
>> --------------------------------------------------
>> From: "Chris Smart" <chris_s@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Sent: Sunday, January 03, 2010 4:28 PM
>> To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Subject: Re: Open office
>>
>>> Hi Bill.
>>>
>>> So, are the ribbons still in Office 2010 Beta?
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