Use Office 2003 interface in Office 2007: is it possible?

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I posted a related question in the Word group but I didn't see a response to
the main point: Before I go spend the money to buy a copy of Office 2003 and
uninstall Office 2007, which I hate with a passion, is there any way to use
the old 2003 and XP toolbars and menus and get rid of the 2007 interface in
Word and Excel? I'm willing to spend whatever it takes to get 2003 if there
are copies available, if there's no way to convert the 2007 interface.

Thank you for any responses. I should mention that I'm not looking for
responses along the lines of "you'll grow to like it". I only want to know if
I'm stuck with the 2007 interface and have no choice but to uninstall it.
Thanks very much.

Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

Google is your friend.




On the off chance that Tiny Tim will warm your heart towards Office 2007:


--
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Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact.
ALWAYS post your Outlook version.
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After furious head scratching, Bibico asked:

| I posted a related question in the Word group but I didn't see a
| response to the main point: Before I go spend the money to buy a copy
| of Office 2003 and uninstall Office 2007, which I hate with a
| passion, is there any way to use the old 2003 and XP toolbars and
| menus and get rid of the 2007 interface in Word and Excel? I'm
| willing to spend whatever it takes to get 2003 if there are copies
| available, if there's no way to convert the 2007 interface.
|
| Thank you for any responses. I should mention that I'm not looking for
| responses along the lines of "you'll grow to like it". I only want to
| know if I'm stuck with the 2007 interface and have no choice but to
| uninstall it. Thanks very much.

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Thanks, Milly. The funny thing is I was just coming on here to post a
followup and say I'd found the addintools.com "classic" conversion add-in.
I'll probably give their 60-day free trial a go and see if it works as
advertised. I've not yet found a review of the product, so I guess I'll just
set a restore point and hope for the best.

Thanks again.

"Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]" wrote:

> Google is your friend.
>
>
>
>
> On the off chance that Tiny Tim will warm your heart towards Office 2007:
>
>
> --
> Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]
>
> Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact.
> ALWAYS post your Outlook version.
> How to ask a question:
>
>
> After furious head scratching, Bibico asked:
>
> | I posted a related question in the Word group but I didn't see a
> | response to the main point: Before I go spend the money to buy a copy
> | of Office 2003 and uninstall Office 2007, which I hate with a
> | passion, is there any way to use the old 2003 and XP toolbars and
> | menus and get rid of the 2007 interface in Word and Excel? I'm
> | willing to spend whatever it takes to get 2003 if there are copies
> | available, if there's no way to convert the 2007 interface.
> |
> | Thank you for any responses. I should mention that I'm not looking for
> | responses along the lines of "you'll grow to like it". I only want to
> | know if I'm stuck with the 2007 interface and have no choice but to
> | uninstall it. Thanks very much.
>
>
>

Shailesh Shah

Hi Bibico,

Besides until you and everyone familiar with new ribbon UI, use free addins
to use old classic menu of office-2003 in Office-2007, from below page.



and if you still find difficult to search command in the Ribbon (Word, Excel
and PowerPoint) , there is a nice addon "Search Commands" by Microsoft
Office Labs, you can download from below site.




Regards,
Shailesh Shah

If You Can't Excel with Talent, Triumph with Effort.


Free Addins Office Menu-2003 for Office-2007



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"Bibico" <> wrote in message
news:...
>I posted a related question in the Word group but I didn't see a response
>to
> the main point: Before I go spend the money to buy a copy of Office 2003
> and
> uninstall Office 2007, which I hate with a passion, is there any way to
> use
> the old 2003 and XP toolbars and menus and get rid of the 2007 interface
> in
> Word and Excel? I'm willing to spend whatever it takes to get 2003 if
> there
> are copies available, if there's no way to convert the 2007 interface.
>
> Thank you for any responses. I should mention that I'm not looking for
> responses along the lines of "you'll grow to like it". I only want to know
> if
> I'm stuck with the 2007 interface and have no choice but to uninstall it.
> Thanks very much.
>
>

Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

you may find the free ribbon customizer from pschmid.net (starter edition)
will get you going without shelling out any money.

--
Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact.
ALWAYS post your Outlook version.
How to ask a question:


After furious head scratching, Bibico asked:

| Thanks, Milly. The funny thing is I was just coming on here to post a
| followup and say I'd found the addintools.com "classic" conversion
| add-in. I'll probably give their 60-day free trial a go and see if it
| works as advertised. I've not yet found a review of the product, so I
| guess I'll just set a restore point and hope for the best.
|
| Thanks again.
|
| "Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]" wrote:
|
|| Google is your friend.
||
||
||
||
|| On the off chance that Tiny Tim will warm your heart towards Office
|| 2007:
||

||
|| --
|| Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]
||
|| Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact.
|| ALWAYS post your Outlook version.
|| How to ask a question:
||
||
|| After furious head scratching, Bibico asked:
||
||| I posted a related question in the Word group but I didn't see a
||| response to the main point: Before I go spend the money to buy a
||| copy of Office 2003 and uninstall Office 2007, which I hate with a
||| passion, is there any way to use the old 2003 and XP toolbars and
||| menus and get rid of the 2007 interface in Word and Excel? I'm
||| willing to spend whatever it takes to get 2003 if there are copies
||| available, if there's no way to convert the 2007 interface.
|||
||| Thank you for any responses. I should mention that I'm not looking
||| for responses along the lines of "you'll grow to like it". I only
||| want to know if I'm stuck with the 2007 interface and have no
||| choice but to uninstall it. Thanks very much.

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Hm. Well I came back into this forum to find out if MS had made any strides
regarding enabling the old toolbar (in an official sense) in 2007, but I
guess not.

Are you aware of somewhere we can provide some sort of official feedback
along these lines to MS? Thanks much!

Jim

"Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]" wrote:

> you may find the free ribbon customizer from pschmid.net (starter edition)
> will get you going without shelling out any money.
>
> --
> Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]
>
> Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact.
> ALWAYS post your Outlook version.
> How to ask a question:
>
>
> After furious head scratching, Bibico asked:
>
> | Thanks, Milly. The funny thing is I was just coming on here to post a
> | followup and say I'd found the addintools.com "classic" conversion
> | add-in. I'll probably give their 60-day free trial a go and see if it
> | works as advertised. I've not yet found a review of the product, so I
> | guess I'll just set a restore point and hope for the best.
> |
> | Thanks again.
> |
> | "Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]" wrote:
> |
> || Google is your friend.
> ||
> ||
> ||
> ||
> || On the off chance that Tiny Tim will warm your heart towards Office
> || 2007:
> ||
>
> ||
> || --
> || Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]
> ||
> || Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact.
> || ALWAYS post your Outlook version.
> || How to ask a question:
> ||
> ||
> || After furious head scratching, Bibico asked:
> ||
> ||| I posted a related question in the Word group but I didn't see a
> ||| response to the main point: Before I go spend the money to buy a
> ||| copy of Office 2003 and uninstall Office 2007, which I hate with a
> ||| passion, is there any way to use the old 2003 and XP toolbars and
> ||| menus and get rid of the 2007 interface in Word and Excel? I'm
> ||| willing to spend whatever it takes to get 2003 if there are copies
> ||| available, if there's no way to convert the 2007 interface.
> |||
> ||| Thank you for any responses. I should mention that I'm not looking
> ||| for responses along the lines of "you'll grow to like it". I only
> ||| want to know if I'm stuck with the 2007 interface and have no
> ||| choice but to uninstall it. Thanks very much.
>
>
>

Steve Rindsberg

In article <>, JaimeZX wrote:
> Hm. Well I came back into this forum to find out if MS had made any strides
> regarding enabling the old toolbar (in an official sense) in 2007, but I
> guess not.

> Are you aware of somewhere we can provide some sort of official feedback
> along these lines to MS? Thanks much!

Oh, they've gotten plenty of feedback about it already, count on that.
But if you'd like to join the pile:

How do I send PowerPoint 2007 feedback or report bugs to Microsoft?


The URL on that page is actually good for Office 2007 in general.



>
> Jim
>
> "Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]" wrote:
>
> > you may find the free ribbon customizer from pschmid.net (starter edition)
> > will get you going without shelling out any money.
> >
> > --
> > Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]
> >
> > Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact.
> > ALWAYS post your Outlook version.
> > How to ask a question:
> >
> >
> > After furious head scratching, Bibico asked:
> >
> > | Thanks, Milly. The funny thing is I was just coming on here to post a
> > | followup and say I'd found the addintools.com "classic" conversion
> > | add-in. I'll probably give their 60-day free trial a go and see if it
> > | works as advertised. I've not yet found a review of the product, so I
> > | guess I'll just set a restore point and hope for the best.
> > |
> > | Thanks again.
> > |
> > | "Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]" wrote:
> > |
> > || Google is your friend.
> > ||
> > ||
> > ||
> > ||
> > || On the off chance that Tiny Tim will warm your heart towards Office
> > || 2007:
> > ||
> >
> > ||
> > || --
> > || Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]
> > ||
> > || Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact.
> > || ALWAYS post your Outlook version.
> > || How to ask a question:
> > ||
> > ||
> > || After furious head scratching, Bibico asked:
> > ||
> > ||| I posted a related question in the Word group but I didn't see a
> > ||| response to the main point: Before I go spend the money to buy a
> > ||| copy of Office 2003 and uninstall Office 2007, which I hate with a
> > ||| passion, is there any way to use the old 2003 and XP toolbars and
> > ||| menus and get rid of the 2007 interface in Word and Excel? I'm
> > ||| willing to spend whatever it takes to get 2003 if there are copies
> > ||| available, if there's no way to convert the 2007 interface.
> > |||
> > ||| Thank you for any responses. I should mention that I'm not looking
> > ||| for responses along the lines of "you'll grow to like it". I only
> > ||| want to know if I'm stuck with the 2007 interface and have no
> > ||| choice but to uninstall it. Thanks very much.
> >
> >
> >

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Thanks much for the link!

I left (polite but to-the-point) feedback and FWDed the link to other folks
in our organization for their usage if they see fit.

Regards,

Jim

"Steve Rindsberg" wrote:

> In article <>, JaimeZX wrote:
> > Hm. Well I came back into this forum to find out if MS had made any strides
> > regarding enabling the old toolbar (in an official sense) in 2007, but I
> > guess not.
>
> > Are you aware of somewhere we can provide some sort of official feedback
> > along these lines to MS? Thanks much!
>
> Oh, they've gotten plenty of feedback about it already, count on that.
> But if you'd like to join the pile:
>
> How do I send PowerPoint 2007 feedback or report bugs to Microsoft?
>
>
> The URL on that page is actually good for Office 2007 in general.
>
>
>
> >
> > Jim
> >
> > "Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]" wrote:
> >
> > > you may find the free ribbon customizer from pschmid.net (starter edition)
> > > will get you going without shelling out any money.
> > >
> > > --
> > > Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]
> > >
> > > Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact.
> > > ALWAYS post your Outlook version.
> > > How to ask a question:
> > >
> > >
> > > After furious head scratching, Bibico asked:
> > >
> > > | Thanks, Milly. The funny thing is I was just coming on here to post a
> > > | followup and say I'd found the addintools.com "classic" conversion
> > > | add-in. I'll probably give their 60-day free trial a go and see if it
> > > | works as advertised. I've not yet found a review of the product, so I
> > > | guess I'll just set a restore point and hope for the best.
> > > |
> > > | Thanks again.
> > > |
> > > | "Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]" wrote:
> > > |
> > > || Google is your friend.
> > > ||
> > > ||
> > > ||
> > > ||
> > > || On the off chance that Tiny Tim will warm your heart towards Office
> > > || 2007:
> > > ||
> > >
> > > ||
> > > || --
> > > || Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]
> > > ||
> > > || Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact.
> > > || ALWAYS post your Outlook version.
> > > || How to ask a question:
> > > ||
> > > ||
> > > || After furious head scratching, Bibico asked:
> > > ||
> > > ||| I posted a related question in the Word group but I didn't see a
> > > ||| response to the main point: Before I go spend the money to buy a
> > > ||| copy of Office 2003 and uninstall Office 2007, which I hate with a
> > > ||| passion, is there any way to use the old 2003 and XP toolbars and
> > > ||| menus and get rid of the 2007 interface in Word and Excel? I'm
> > > ||| willing to spend whatever it takes to get 2003 if there are copies
> > > ||| available, if there's no way to convert the 2007 interface.
> > > |||
> > > ||| Thank you for any responses. I should mention that I'm not looking
> > > ||| for responses along the lines of "you'll grow to like it". I only
> > > ||| want to know if I'm stuck with the 2007 interface and have no
> > > ||| choice but to uninstall it. Thanks very much.
> > >
> > >
> > >
>
>
>
>

Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

And you realize that it will do no good as the next version's interface is
locked and loaded with more applications using the ribbon interface?

--
Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact.
ALWAYS post your Outlook version.
How to ask a question:


After furious head scratching, JaimeZX asked:

| Thanks much for the link!
|
| I left (polite but to-the-point) feedback and FWDed the link to other
| folks in our organization for their usage if they see fit.
|
| Regards,
|
| Jim
|
| "Steve Rindsberg" wrote:
|
|| In article <>,
|| JaimeZX wrote:
||| Hm. Well I came back into this forum to find out if MS had made any
||| strides regarding enabling the old toolbar (in an official sense)
||| in 2007, but I guess not.
||
||| Are you aware of somewhere we can provide some sort of official
||| feedback along these lines to MS? Thanks much!
||
|| Oh, they've gotten plenty of feedback about it already, count on
|| that.
|| But if you'd like to join the pile:
||
|| How do I send PowerPoint 2007 feedback or report bugs to Microsoft?
||
||
|| The URL on that page is actually good for Office 2007 in general.
||
||
||
|||
||| Jim
|||
||| "Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]" wrote:
|||
|||| you may find the free ribbon customizer from pschmid.net (starter
|||| edition) will get you going without shelling out any money.
||||
|||| --
|||| Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]
||||
|||| Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact.
|||| ALWAYS post your Outlook version.
|||| How to ask a question:
||||
||||
|||| After furious head scratching, Bibico asked:
||||
||||| Thanks, Milly. The funny thing is I was just coming on here to
||||| post a followup and say I'd found the addintools.com "classic"
||||| conversion add-in. I'll probably give their 60-day free trial a
||||| go and see if it works as advertised. I've not yet found a review
||||| of the product, so I guess I'll just set a restore point and hope
||||| for the best.
|||||
||||| Thanks again.
|||||
||||| "Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]" wrote:
|||||
|||||| Google is your friend.
||||||
||||||
||||||
||||||
|||||| On the off chance that Tiny Tim will warm your heart towards
|||||| Office 2007:
||||||
||||

||||||
|||||| --
|||||| Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]
||||||
|||||| Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact.
|||||| ALWAYS post your Outlook version.
|||||| How to ask a question:
||||||
||||||
|||||| After furious head scratching, Bibico asked:
||||||
||||||| I posted a related question in the Word group but I didn't see a
||||||| response to the main point: Before I go spend the money to buy a
||||||| copy of Office 2003 and uninstall Office 2007, which I hate
||||||| with a passion, is there any way to use the old 2003 and XP
||||||| toolbars and menus and get rid of the 2007 interface in Word
||||||| and Excel? I'm willing to spend whatever it takes to get 2003
||||||| if there are copies available, if there's no way to convert the
||||||| 2007 interface.
|||||||
||||||| Thank you for any responses. I should mention that I'm not
||||||| looking for responses along the lines of "you'll grow to like
||||||| it". I only want to know if I'm stuck with the 2007 interface
||||||| and have no choice but to uninstall it. Thanks very much.