Comment Re:Adaption... (Score 1) 328
The non-technical user is a creature of habbit. I've seen them in a confused panic
I will admit, I still haven't figured out the ribbon thing. I've used the hell out of Office 2003 and before. But, every time I sit down to a machine with 2007 or later I get frustrated and either go back to a machine with an earlier version I get frustrated and just install OpenOffice.
I am a "quick key" user (or keyboard short cuts) and none of them work the way I was used to in earlier versions of Word, so I have to "Icon Hunt" which is such an unproductive feeling.
Anyway, my point is even technical users are creatures of habit and can feel this frustration. In the case of the above posting, I think the real problem won't be non-techies (who are simply directed to the icon and application they need), it'll be the techies who want root access (and won't be granted it) and want to install every social networking and widget app known to man. They're so used to all the little windows hacks (that they never needed in the first place) and will get so frustrated they can't hack their system they'll stand around at the printer and bitch and moan about how "they can't do anything they used to."
Tamran
All the versions of Microsoft Office that I've used with a ribbon (2007 & 2010) automatically recognize shortcuts and treat them like Office 2003. For example in Excel 2007, if you enter Alt+E, S that brings up the Paste Special dialog just like in Excel 2003. It's not obvious at first that the shortcuts will work, but give them a shot and it should function in the same way.