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Office 12 Exposed

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the bread-and-butter dept.

damieng writes "The Programmers Developer Conference (PDC) has unveiled the user interface for Microsoft Office 12. Bearing more than a passing resemblance to Aqua and brushed metal looks from Mac OS X the menus now appear to operate more like a tab popping-out the right toolbar instead of a sub-menu."

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  1. Re:I'm not an expert... by Politburo · · Score: 0, Redundant

    My big beef with the office programs is that the vertical space, which is by far the most important, is literally 25% full of toolbars and junk! All I really need is a small 24 pixel-tall bar with 10 of the most recent tools on it, and a search field / 'start' button / or menu to find what tools are out there.

    You do know that you can turn the toolbars off, or customize them with just the functions you want, right? You can't get to exactly what you're looking for (MRU toolbar) but you can cut down on the wasted screen space.