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Though it lacks Reveal Codes, I can tolerate older versions of Word, but when they added the ribbon I was completely confused. Give me a keyboard template and
by cout 5y ago
Though it lacks Reveal Codes, I can tolerate older versions of Word, but when they added the ribbon I was completely confused.
Give me a keyboard template and function keys any day over a hodgepodge of nonsensical icons with no obvious organization.
- bombcar 5y agoThe Mac version of Office remains superior as it still has the menu bar along with the ribbon.
- kevin_thibedeau 5y agoWord 2003 still works and has an update available to support modern OOXML docs. My biggest gripe is the way Ribbonized Word has destroyed the classic Normal layout view and made Draft mode less capable.
- pstuart 5y agoWord 4 on the Mac rocked.
- lproven 5y agoHi. Article author here. Most people – me included – reckoned that Word 5.1 for the Mac was the last, best version. If you grab the ShapeShifter VM that I describe and link to in the blog post, and look in the MS Word folder, you may be in for a very pleasant surprise. :-)
- pstuart 5y agoIt's been so long and I've been wrong before. I'll try to remember to check it out...