It _is_ an improvement, if you give it a chance. Where over the years the Menus became nearly non-sensical containers of cruft (what was the difference between the old "Edit" menu and "Tools" or "Insert"?
<schnipp> I'm a software engineer, and I hate the new ribbon interface -- yet it's pervasive: all of the new applications I'm writing incorporate this. I'm writing this stuff. Yet I hate it. Maybe one day it will grow on me -- but not yet. Have some pity for the poor techies who're forced into the new paradigm! c _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l