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RE: Real World Advantages of Office / Word 2007 and Windows 7
Subject:RE: Real World Advantages of Office / Word 2007 and Windows 7 From:"Cardimon, Craig" <ccardimon -at- M-S-G -dot- com> To:'Gene Kim-Eng' <techwr -at- genek -dot- com>, 'Tony Chung' <tonyc -at- tonychung -dot- ca> Date:Mon, 7 May 2012 16:55:35 +0000
"Change is only good if you think it makes your life better." Truer words were never spoken. And I'm being sincere, too.
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From: techwr-l-bounces+ccardimon=m-s-g -dot- com -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com [mailto:techwr-l-bounces+ccardimon=m-s-g -dot- com -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com] On Behalf Of Gene Kim-Eng
Sent: Monday, May 07, 2012 12:54 PM
To: Tony Chung
Cc: techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com
Subject: Re: Real World Advantages of Office / Word 2007 and Windows 7
Office 2007 and 2010 provide for customizable and self-made ribbons to make the apps work they way you want them to, so why not use them to make the apps work the way you want them to?
Change is only good if you think it makes your life better.
Gene Kim-Eng
On Mon, May 7, 2012 at 8:58 AM, Tony Chung <tonyc -at- tonychung -dot- ca> wrote:
> Isnt that just delaying the inevitable? Office support for 2003
> keystrokes is designed to help users to transition to the new
> interface. When users know their key features are still there, they
> won't mind exploring the new interface.
>
> If you add back the old menus, you'll never want to change.
>
> Change is good. As good as a rest.
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