Outlook and the Ribbon

re: Outlook and the Ribbon

Sendell — Wed, 18 Jan 2006 18:41:53 GMT

Hi Jensen,

I sounds like you want to tell us how difficult it is to make the ribbon work correctly for Outlook (and prepare us for the fact that it's 'just dabbling its toe'?) because of the many features in Outlook. But isn't that just the reason you introduced the ribbon in the first place? If it cant do this very well, doesn't this mean it's not as good as you wanted it to be?

(btw great blog)

re: Outlook and the Ribbon

Henry — Wed, 18 Jan 2006 20:09:33 GMT

Thanks a lot, at least now I know where Outlook 12 is going.

re: Outlook and the Ribbon

pli — Wed, 18 Jan 2006 20:37:34 GMT

Hi Jensen,

I'm curious, then, based on what you said here, what's the reasoning behind the decision not to implement the ribbon for the 3 most common scenarios - namely:

- Open Outlook and Review My Email
- Open Outlook and Review/Edit My Calendar
- Open Outlook and Look for a Contact

Hope you're feeling better. Thanks for the blog.

Array Formulas

Ryan Phelps — Wed, 18 Jan 2006 20:49:34 GMT

Select a range of cells that contains an array formula:

Click a cell in the array formula.
On the Edit menu, click Go To.
Click Special.
Click Current array.

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These are the instructions for selecting the cells that are returned by a function that returns an array. Make this better. Please. For the love of all that is sacred in this world, make array formulas slightly easier to use. Thanks.

I love the blog. I read it daily with Raymond and Larry's. I'm very much looking forward to the new Office, which I haven't done in a long time.

Array Formulas

Ryan Phelps — Wed, 18 Jan 2006 21:00:44 GMT

oops. Sorry that last post was completely unclear as to what the heck I'm talking about. Array formulas are in Excel, not Outlook. But they're still ridiculously difficult to use.

Sorry about that.

re: Outlook and the Ribbon

Robert — Wed, 18 Jan 2006 21:18:41 GMT

"However, there are so many different scenarios within Outlook [...] In fact, there are more than 40 unique "application experiences" within Outlook"

Maybe Outlook is too big an app in the first place and would benefit from being split up into smaller parts?

re: Outlook and the Ribbon

Jeroen Coumans — Wed, 18 Jan 2006 21:56:52 GMT

Any chance some screenshots could be posted...? :-)

re: Outlook and the Ribbon

jensenh — Wed, 18 Jan 2006 22:39:41 GMT

Sendell,

Nah, it's not too hard, I think we have a great set of designs for Outlook.

I was just explaining my statement about why there's more overall Ribbon-based UI in Outlook than in any of the other programs.

re: Outlook and the Ribbon

Djblois — Thu, 19 Jan 2006 00:03:47 GMT

Any plans for the Future to add the Ribbon to the shell of Outlook. Also, plans to add it to Internet Explorer and other Microsoft products?

Thank you

Array Formulas

Foobar — Thu, 19 Jan 2006 05:06:41 GMT

Ryan: Try Ctrl+/

re: Outlook and the Ribbon

Ryan Phelps — Thu, 19 Jan 2006 21:03:41 GMT

Foobar:

You rule. I'm astonished. Where did you find that?

re: Outlook and the Ribbon

Shaun Phurrough — Thu, 19 Jan 2006 21:42:10 GMT

Your post raises a side question. You mention:

"Start with the fact that in Office 12, the Outlook editing and reading canvas is based on Word."

My understanding was that the feature to use Word to edit the message might be going away. Many of our corporate consultants also tell us that major corporations are split on this feature (there seem to be a wealth of both cons and pros against it being used).

Having said that, could you point me in a direction that discusses the future of this integration based on what you've said above? Also, how will different versions of the Office Suite integrate in that situation? I've checked several of the MS Blogs to no avail so far...

Wonderful blog, by the way!

Keyboard shortcuts

Foobar — Fri, 20 Jan 2006 03:41:13 GMT

Ryan: Excel help / Keyboard shortcuts / Keys for selecting data and cells / Select cells with specific characteristics

Enjoy :)

Ed Bott: What do you think of Office 2007.

Wictor Wilen — Sun, 04 Jun 2006 20:49:16 GMT

Ed Bott's Microsoft Report blogs about What do you think of Office 2007 so far?
I've been using it,

Have you used Office 2007 yet and wondered why the UI has changed (the Ribbon Bar) in some applications and not in others (eg Outlook)?

David Overton's Blog — Fri, 28 Jul 2006 09:14:40 GMT

I love Office 2007. If you have not yet downloaded or played with it, pop along to http://www.microsoft.com/office/preview/beta/overview.mspxto

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