[AccessD] Office 2007 Ribbon Bars

Arthur Fuller fuller.artful at gmail.com
Thu Nov 1 07:56:28 CDT 2007


There is a commercial add-in that restores the old look.
http://www.addintools.com/english/menuoffice/?gclid=CODuvoDZu48CFQ6CPAodl268cg
.
This reminds me of the petroleum companies. First they charge you to put
lead into gasoline, then they charge you to take it out.
A.

On 11/1/07, jwcolby <jwcolby at colbyconsulting.com> wrote:
>
> I haven't been following the subject, and I am wondering if anyone has
> discovered a workaround to get rid of the new ribbon bars and get back the
> standard office menus that look and feel like 2003?  I have a couple of
> customers with databases designed (crammed into) an 800x600 format back
> when
> the average monitor was a 14".  Even though they purchased newer 17"
> monitors all the users are griping so bad about 1024 x 768 that the owners
> are caving in and staying at 800x600.  Thus there is NO room for the
> newfangled toolbars.  If they are going to upgrade they will have to keep
> the old menus or at least turn off the ribbon bars.  I can do custom menus
> if those are still available, but the ribbon bars have to go.
>
> John W. Colby
> Colby Consulting
> www.ColbyConsulting.com
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