May 20

Written by: Eric Bell
5/20/2007 1:37 PM 

    People seem to like the new Office 2007 but don't like the Fluent interface, the ribbon bar, that has changed the menuing system. I found an add-in to the various office programs most notably Word and Excel that adds a menu bar with the old menuing system. Its from a Chinese company, AddInTools, whose web site allows you to download the add-ins apparently for free, yet will charge you $29.95 for the license which includes support.

    This is a very simple idea, create an add-in module that installs a menu bar with menus and menu items that run the corresponding methods of the program. The average use could just about do this with the macro features of these programs but what AddInTools has done is a great service which is to do all of the work for you in the package which is a menu bar.

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