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How do I get the classic Excel menu back in Excel 2010?
I'm talking about the Excel menu before this totally useless menu was introduced in Excel 2007.
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You can also try the suggestion made by Dhonzik and others , in the thread link below to get to get the addin for classic menus in office 2010:-
I've been using Word since ver 4 for DOS (and then Office in various incarnations).
So have I - the new interface is much easier for new users to learn and the old short-cuts still work. Having spent a relativly short time using the new interface I find it a great improvement.
In the context of the post to which the comment was addressed, it was a valid response. The poster was claiming a choice between Office 2010 and Open Office - but had overlooked the third option of not changing. FWIW both Open Office and Word 2010 would have resulted in similar training implications. OpenOffice may be menu driven, but it is not a working clone of Office 2003.
However it is true that the vast majority of users already familiar with the menu driver Office 2003 resent being forced to change. Resistance to change is a normal human characteristic. However most users soon adopt the new method of working and wonder what all the fuss was about. The bigger trouble in the workplace is that employers often introduce the product without consulation and without any training and expect users to continue working as before, when it is inevitable that for a while productivity will fall, and those unable to adapt will be deeply unhappy. This is not the fault of the product but of the regime into which it is introduced.
As for the third party add-ons, then yes they will give you some vague resemblance of the menu system, but the resemblance is largely superficial and in practice it is not especially helpful, as they work by editing the ribbon to provide the menus. They certainly don't apply the changes that most users will have made to their menus. If you are going to modify the ribbon then you might as well set up the ribbon to suit your way of working.
If you want a reasonable (and free) add-in that works along these lines then seehttp://gregmaxey.mvps.org/Ribbon_Menu_Controls.htm
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If you don't like change, you could stick with Office 2003. [...]
Boy, that is one unhelpful, arrogant answer. MVP, huh?
I've been using Word since ver 4 for DOS (and then Office in various incarnations). The ribbon is the most awful interface that ever graced that suite, and I don't know of a singlereal end user that likes it. Most absolutely hate it. Most end users don't have a choice which version they use. They can't "stick with Office 2003". Your answer shows you are not only arrogant, but out of touch with real world.
Thankfully there are third party addons that allow users that prefer language-based menus to a puke plate of klingon icons to restore some sanity and productivity. I came here hoping that some of the experts may have reviewed and compared those addons, but I can see I am in a wrong place.
Graham Mayor - Word MVP
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If you don't like change, you could stick with Office 2003.
Given that the ribbon has been around since the launch of Office 2007, is here to stay, and is now customizable more easily in Office 2010 (though in practice it wasn't that difficult to customize it in 2007), you may soon find it more difficult to get replacement staff familiar with the older menu driven system.
Open Office may do what you want, but at the moment it is an answer to a problem you don't have.
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We gave our users the right to vote, we let them look at Office 2010 and OpenOffice and the vote was 100% for OpenOffice.
So our 150 or so users will migrate to OpenOffice when they are ready. No need to fuss with some stupid menu ribbon thing.
Graham Mayor - Word MVP
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The menu structure is somewhat different in 2010 than 2007. It is more customizeable than the 2007 ribbon is. It is done by right clicking anywhere on the ribbon and then left clicking Customize the Ribbon.
Still not the true drop down menus from 2003 and prior but it "ain't" goin' to get any better for a long time.