[72deluxe]

The old keyboard shortcuts work in the new Office but how do I learn the shortcuts for the Ribbon?

Everything takes me twice as long to a) find it on the ribbon according to the incoherent positioning of items, and b) to navigate the tiny needless dropdown menus.

I have to hunt around by picture and unevenly-spaced icons (every button is a different size to its neighbor) and cannot navigate it by keyboard. The ribbon is truly a giant step backwards in usability.

I utterly detest it and welcome any opportunity to use an old version of Office 2003.

[jandrese]

If you hover over the button it will tell you what the shortcut is. But this is a weakness of the ribbon over the old menu system. In the old menu you were reminded of the shortcut every time you went to select something. In the ribbon you have to hunt them down.

I've been using the ribbon for ages now and about the only shortcuts I remember are bold and italic. That said, did you know you can tap Alt and get keyboard navigation of the ribbon?

[collyw]

Many of the icons are pretty meaningless so you have to hover to get the text description. Give me menus with text any day.