Office 2010

[2BIT]

I have no idea, I didn't use them before

me neither but if they did change them then I must say they are f@ckin' idiots

[Sysman]

yeah you can still do that
Hit the alt button, then a letter corresponding to the tab, then the letter (or two letter sequence) corresponding to the menu item

That falls into a heap when you use different languages though (and if I remember correctly the menu order can be different). Added to that the German version was inconsistent across products (e.g. Notepad and the DOS editor back in the NT4 / Win98 era had different shortcuts for exiting).

I never tried it, but according to my then boss, Excel macros written in the German version wouldn't work in the English version and vice versa. That was a real pain.

The advantage of the ribbon is that nothing is hidden in a pull down menu!

Thanks. I didn't realise that.

[d000hg]

Really?

So the ribbon is A Cunning Plan to program us all with keyboard shortcuts.

Amazing.

How did you connect things to get that conclusion? Read below...

Memories of that Toshiba laptop with the stick pointer thing in the middle of the keyboard.

I became extremely proficient with keyboard shortcuts while I had that.

This is a great example what I meant... effectively being forced to use things a new way leads to ultimately being more proficient than if you had stuck with the way you already knew. You only find the better way when pushed.
It's akin to being stuck in a local minima, in science... you have to invest a little energy to reap a greater reward.

[2BIT]

The advantage of the ribbon is that nothing is hidden in a pull down menu!

Surely it doesn't display every menu option in the ribbon?