Give the new Ribbon UI at least a week-long chance (of actually working
with it only) and have non-power-users try it as well. The biggest
problem the UI has is that it is simply a brand-new thing nobody knows.
It took me a month during the beta (when the apps were quite unstable
and made working with them hard) to get used to the new UI in a way that
I didn't want to go back to 2003. Also, users who know 2003 very well
are going to have the hardest time with it.
It's a big change and it takes time to get used to it. There are some
rough edges that you might encounter, but those can be addressed one by
one, but only after you are over the "the entire Ribbon UI sucks" thing.

Patrick Schmid [OneNote MVP]
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"Herb Martin" <news@learnquick.com> wrote in message
news:Oou5M7VSHHA.1228@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl:

> "Patrick Schmid [MVP]" <pdschmid@nospam.mvps.org> wrote in message
> news:OykjI5VSHHA.4464@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
> > Nope.
> >
> >> Not only do these menus not work like every other version of Office, they
> >> work like no other programs previously built for Windows.
> > Yes, it's called innovation.
>
> Thanks -- I suppose that I will recommend staying with Office 2003 or
> going to Open Office then.
>
> And I am serious about this.
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