In their continued effort to destroy their own software, Microsoft hid the File menu in Excel and Word 2007.
They took the label off and replaced it with a rounded circle in the upper left corner with a
little picture of 4 colored squares; it looks like a bit like the
Microsoft "flag", except with squares instead.
But this File menu replacement (the round button with the little flag) doesn't have Page Setup... on it! Nor is there something like a "Print Setup..." under the Print menu.
So instead the main window now has a "menu tab" called Page Layout. More noticeable, but not where veterans would expect. If you click it, you get a bunch of icons. Would it have been a big deal to leave Page Layout in the circle-file-menu replacment menu as well? Or as an option under the main Print menu?
But wait, you still need to translate all the things you've learned into these new buttons.
How would you set the page width, to print all of your columns on one page?
In Excel 2003 it would be:
File -> Page Setup
(new dialog comes up)
Scaling: Fit to: 1 page(s) wide
In Excel 2007 it would be:
Click over to the "Page Layout" button menu.
Look about 2/3rds of the way over to the right, under the "Scale to Fit" section (labels are BELOW their button group, instead of above)
Change the "Width: Automatic" dropdown to "1 page"
If you've never used Microsoft Office before, this probably makes as much sense as the old way. But really, how many gainfully employed people have never used a Microsoft product prior to Office 2007 ? There are some, young people, or people with their first computer (and if that's you, welcome on board by the way!), but they've broken it for everybody else.
Although Office 2007 has some improvements, I am floored by the number stupid changes they've made that confuse anybody who's ever used their products before. Stunningly bad ideas.
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