Comments on: A Belated Review of Excel 2007

By: blah blah

blah blah — Mon, 07 May 2012 21:21:19 +0000

I don’t mind the ribbon interface. I got used to it, and it made sense. But, I didn’t like it when they removed useful buttons like Print Preview..I had to manually add it to the quick bar. Also didn’t like files saved in Excel 2007 format sproadically corrupting, getting “Recovered”, and by “recovered” I mean all my formulas were wiped out and replaced by the hard values. I’ve since kept all my files in 2003 format, which means 2007′s file compression is worthless to me since I don’t use the file format. Likewise, I can’t alter my custom toolbar made in Excel 2000, b/c they totally changed how custom toolbars and buttons work. It’s ridiculous that power-users have to now fiddle around with pasting XML all over the place to get things to work. The macro recorder doesn’t record all steps anymore. All of these things that use to just work are now broken or dysfunctional. I don’t consider this progress. I basically paid money for a superficial upgrde to the interface, and a downgrade to everything else.

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By: Rick

Rick — Mon, 28 Jun 2010 14:12:58 +0000

Micosoft, you really did it this time. THIS IS THE WORST YOU DID YET! This new menu system… Where the heck did you get this idea from. I have been using Excel for years and this has slowed production down tremendously. At this point I wish there were another spreadsheet program out there that can replace Excel. Why wasn’t the old menu system an option? It could have been used and the new items added. If you did that, it would have been much better and the production could have continued. I give the new Excel 2007 an “F” for production.

By: Jon Peltier

Jon Peltier — Fri, 16 Apr 2010 14:14:28 +0000

Good question.

In 2007 you can add buttons to the QAT, which is a weak imitation of a toolbar. I have not done so, but then, I don’t use 2007 much yet for my own work.

Most of my tools in 2003 are called from buttons on a custom toolbar which is generated when my personal macro workbook is opened, so these buttons end up on 2007′s Add-Ins tab. Not quite as good as a custom ribbon tab, but it’s okay. If you want to follow this approach, Id suggest using the MenuMakr approach from John Walkenbach (http://spreadsheetpage.com/index.php/tip/creating_custom_menus/). My custom toolbars are a highly modified variation on John’s approach.

Microsoft has heard the whining and complaining, so the Excel 2010 ribbon is actually customizable by the user through the Excel interface. The Office 2007 User Experience team would not have allowed this, but the architecture astronauts who held the view that everyone’s interface should always look the same as when Office was first installed have moved to other projects.

By: Barbara

Barbara — Fri, 16 Apr 2010 13:58:16 +0000

I am being dragged to the use of Excel 2007. I have created a number of timesaving macros attaching them to custom toolbars and menus in Excel 2003. My productivity is going down and my frustrations are going up all because someone thought they knew more about my needs than I do. I’ll have to come up with more keyboard shortcuts without interfering with the built in ones that I already use extensively. Is Microsoft listening to their users?

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