How do I get the classic Excel menu back in Excel 2010

"I do NOT want to learn ....... " is part of the problem here. I learnt on the 2003 version too, but I got changed over to 2007 when my computer went for repairs. 

Here's what I used during the transition. Go to this link http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/excel-help/interactive-excel-2003-to-excel-2007-command-reference-guide-HA010149151.aspx?CTT=3 and click Start the Guide. It will show you where to go in the 2007 version when you click your familiar command on a 2003 dummy screen.

               

http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/excel-help/interactive-excel-2003-to-excel-2007-command-reference-guide-HA010149151.aspx?CTT=3

The reference guide is really helpful.

I'd like to know how to make the window header dark like other XP windows in "Classic Windows scheme."

XP SP3

1.5 years later, I still sympathize with the old codgers, but the refusal/reluctance to relearn (and the need to handle legacy users) is a hindrance to product development in more ways than one.

I am an 'old codger' myself, though probably not as much a power user as some others here.  Until 2010 I was using MS Office 2000 and WordPerfect 2000.  I still use WordPerfect where I can (functionally better than Word!...) but I found the new ribbon interface of Office 2010 much more pleasant and easier to use than the old version.  And I like it when other apps emulate it, one example being Nitro PDF Reader

To gain space on the screen one can easily close the ribbon.

I found the MVP Graham Mayor's responses in 2010 perfectly reasonable and not all arrogant.  I wonder how many of the opponents feel now., in 2013...

This was not the link anyone was asking for Mr. Graham Mayor: http://gregmaxey.mvps.org/Ribbon_Menu_Controls.htm

This was: http://www.addintools.com/documents/office/where-office-2010-classic-view.html

And it costs $30.

Commentary:

I agree with the displeasure and view that MS is arrogant towards it's users.  MVP Balmer really needs to go with all these MS trolls who rarely directly answer the questions at hand.  They are more politicians than honest tech, got forbid they take sides with our complaints and get fired.

The question is "Where is the Classic View?" and the answer is, "We removed it forever, tough luck."

The idea that training will improve this issue suggests MS does not know how it's power users operate.  We learned to type, and going to a mouse it a time waster.  I'll keep the shortcut cheat sheet on my desk (something always mentioned in canned responses) and I'll have to forget about all the alt+"file menu letter" routines that we got used to for years. Many of them no longer work.

May your stock keep floundering.  Any other CEO would have been fired years ago.  The arrogance trickles down.