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Microsoft Changes Office 2007 Interface Again
daria42 writes "Microsoft has modified its interface for Office 2007 yet again, after complaints from beta testers that the 'ribbon' system took up too much space on screen. The article discusses the resistance the new interface is likely to prompt in old users of the software, both at a personal and corporate level. From a format perspective, there are other changes to expect as well." From the article: "Hodgson also confirmed that Microsoft is working on tools to help enterprises automatically translate existing documents into new file formats being introduced in Office 2007. 'We've been asked by a lot of customers to provide tools to do mass migrations,' he said. 'There will be tools that will take a million documents and migrate those to the new formats.' One likely incentive for that migration will be reduced storage costs. Microsoft claims that file sizes for the new Office 2007 XML-based formats are up to 75 percent less than existing Office formats."
Why this is front-page news is a mystery to me,
What's the mystery? Slashdot needs articles like this to stay in business so they can generate ad revenue from frothing-at-the-mouth rabid slashbots. If Slashdot could figure out a way to monitor Bill Gates bowel movement habits and patterns you'd see articles every day day about each one.
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You are correct.
Many (most?) North Americans have no clue how to drive properly with ABS.
To summarize: in a panic stop, push the pedal to the floor. Ignore the pulsing. Push as hard as you can. Keep steering.
If I lend my car, I insure that the borrowing driver can do a proper panic stop in a parking lot from ~20 mph. Nine times out of ten, the first panic stop is insufficient: they hit the brakes, let up when the pedal pulses, and then come to a stop significantly further along than required by the capabilities of the vehicle.
Do daemons dream of electric sleep()?