Tools for the Transition

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re: Tools for the Transition

Ricky — Mon, 16 Jan 2006 15:07:20 GMT

Two things.
First, where is this beta transition tool mentioned above?

Second, I have been beta testing Office 12 for a couple of months now and have found that the ribbon is awful. Things that are easy and doable in Office 11 are not doable or findable or require 12 clicks instead of 1.
Office 12 feels to me like a really big mistake on MS's part. Will it be your "New Coke"? Will you have customers after this?

re: Tools for the Transition

JimL — Sat, 14 Jan 2006 17:10:00 GMT

Thanks for making sure that WE don't have to go out and buy a book to learn the differences between the new Office 12 and the old versions.

I don't care what the exact format is, just so it happens.

Jim

re: Tools for the Transition

Guido D — Sat, 14 Jan 2006 04:44:42 GMT

Just to balance things a bit, from what I read the idea seems to be great. I know Word quite inside out and the ribbon seems it will be intuitive, but it's good to know I don't need to be searching for minutes if I just can't find a single feature's new position in Office 12, just get to this "memory help"

re: Tools for the Transition

Chris C. — Fri, 13 Jan 2006 00:59:39 GMT

(1) "the Lotus 1-2-3 Help that's been in Excel forever."

I know disk space is cheap - but I have been using Excel since, uh... November `92. Why is it that I MUST install the Lotus 123 help system? No one using my computer would ever use it, I *promise*
Make them Jensen, *pleeease* :-)

(2) Dan M: "Idunno...say, how about a paper clip?!"
LOL

(3) (On topic this time :-)
That little 'finder' thing for O12 sounds nice... but it also sounds like something I would check the "don't show me again" box on when I first started using O12. Then I wouldn't remember it was there a month later when I needed it. HTH

(4) and since I'm posting already anyway...
Why is it that the "Activate Product" continues to be on the menu after the product is activated? (Word 2002 - not sure about `03)

-Chris C.

re: Tools for the Transition

Dan McCarty — Thu, 12 Jan 2006 20:22:46 GMT

My idea would be to use a helpful little guy, like an animated character. He could help people walk through the new interface. If it ever looked like people were getting stuck (or if he felt like it) he could pop up and offer advice. In fact, it makes sense to make him be something from a familiar environment, like an office. Idunno...say, how about a paper clip?!

Oh, wait...

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The picture of the blanket you have there is the exact same one my two-year-old son carries around, which he calls his "gigi," for some reason unbeknownst to myself and the rest of the world.

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Nitpick of the day: if you're going to be crossing your t's, don't you cross a lower-case t?

re: Tools for the Transition

JS — Thu, 12 Jan 2006 19:54:26 GMT

"We've created a beta version of this mapping tool..."

Is the tool online somewhere, or will it be? I'd like to try it out.

re: Tools for the Transition

Blake Handler — Thu, 12 Jan 2006 19:04:06 GMT

New guidelines for CPR are 30 compressions to 2 breaths – people should not forgo ongoing CPR training; but if you already know CPR simply knowing the new 30:2 ratio may save lives.

As opposed to training from the “ground-up” -- guidance on transitioning to new “known” software should be treated the same.

1) I do NOT want to be forced to read “things I already know”

2) I want to know if there are features that now look or behave differently.

3) I want to know about new concepts and features that affect the transition.

4) I want to know about transition tools.

5) I want to know about any “known” transition problems.

re: Tools for the Transition

mschaef — Thu, 12 Jan 2006 18:05:15 GMT

This reminds me a lot of the Lotus 1-2-3 Help that's been in Excel forever. It had to have been hugely useful to many people....