Dr. Nitin's KLOG

This question is very frequently asked to me. As everyone knows how much I like Office, everyone wants to know what I feel about Office 2007.

Here are my views:

1. Needless to say, it is a great product.
2. There is completely new interface (menus and toolbars) for Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook editors.
3. The interface for base Outlook, InfoPath, Visio, Project, Publisher is still similar to earlier version.
4. Initially, say for few days, you may feel out of place because you will not find the usual menus and toolbars. But soon you will get used to it. Nevertheless, it is a negative aspect.
5. However, this negative aspect has a huge positive side to it. In older versions of Office, there were too many menus and toolbars and dialogs. These went on increasing with every version. Nobody really noticed most of them... simply because it was too difficult to notice them! Therefore, many great and useful things were never used by the world. In Office 2007 all those nice things have been brought to the surface. Therefore, you are bound to find many useful gems while you work.
6. While working on Office 2007, it is a good idea to keep thinking what you want to do currently, and then look at the menu options and click on the most logical one. At any point, there is only ONE TOOLBAR. Now it is called a Ribbon. And surprisingly all relevant options will be available there. Once you consciously follow this method, you will start becoming more productive very quickly.
7. There are lot of new features added in Office 2007. However, while you use it, don't worry about what is new in 2007. Worry about what is new (and useful) to you.
8. Finally, the most important thing is this....
   You will need to rethink every action you are currently habituated to. Because, unless proved otherwise, there is a better, more elegant way of doing it. Just find the right way and change your (mostly bad) habits. That is called productivity!

More details on this topic later....

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