restoring menus - office 2007

[psimon1]

Hello

I have XP Pro with a new version of Office 2007. I hate the ribbons and want to remove them. Give me FILE, EDIT, etc... and I am a happy guy.

I know that there's a Chinese company that makes a tool that allows you to restore the menus but don't know if that's an inherent option in Office 2007.

Anyone?

Thanks.

ps

 

[onedtent]

u have to keep up with the young dogs. rather than buy an interface and mess up your system, why not take free training available from microsoft

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[BlueHorizon]

Hi,

What I've done is customize the Quick Access Toolbar and place it below the existing toolbars. Each program can be customized so that the tools I use most often are obvious and easy to find. R/C on any tab and you'll see the customize option.

Hope this helps,


Best,
Blue Horizon

 

[macropod]

Hi psimon1,

Word 2007's UI is fundamentally different from earlier versions and does not offer the classic toolbars.

Having said that, there's a number of add-ins available from 3rd parties that emulate the old menu/toolbar functionality. See, for example:

http://toolbartoggle.com/

Cheers

[MS MVP - Word]