I get to be cranky now that I'm old

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Coincident with turning 40: upgrading to Office 2007. I guess now that I'm an old man, I can rage incoherently at the seemingly arbitrary rearrangement of a menu layout that has been more or less constant for twenty years. Cognitively speaking, installing this upgrade is like having a minor stroke. This is way more irritating than I had ever imagined it would be.

Comments

[bigredpaul.livejournal.com]

I use http://openoffice.org/ for my office application needs - does everything MS Office does, and is free!

[furr-a-bruin.livejournal.com]

Ditto - free was more important to me, but it does use a more traditional menu system as opposed to the Office '07 "ribbon". As I have no esoteric demands, it works fine for me. Someone who depends on some of Office's more outre features might not be able to switch.