i liked the ribbon! it expanded out the nonsensical menu dropdowns from the previous excels. most users memorized shortcuts because they didn't want to remember

i liked the ribbon! it expanded out the nonsensical menu dropdowns from the previous excels. most users memorized shortcuts because they didn't want to remember functions they needed four levels deep. it's not like the ribbon destroyed old excel shortcuts; you could still use them, as you type them out they show up as small text box above your ribbon. the one thing i thought was nice about the ribbon is that they remind me of the old 123 / commands. as you slash through the 123 menus they popped up where the input box is, changing across the screen. the ribbon is sort of like that? if you type out the ribbon shortcuts the ribbon changes across the screen.