Powerpoint and Groove 2007

I have been using Office 2007 for a few months, and I can say is that it is very poor.

Sure, the GUI has improved, but the usability (or ergonomics) has deteriotated.

For example, in Powerpoint, I am always using the insert textbox command, which is located under the "Insert" toolbar.

Only one toolbar is visible at one time, so if I had to insert a textbox, I had to choose "Insert" toolbar first.

Once I had finished adding the textbox, I would normally need to create another textbox to label another part of the diagram.

However, Ppoint decided that instead of having "Insert" toolbar visible, "Home" toolbar is there instead, which means I had to re-click "Insert" again, and repeat the whole process.

This is annoying, and the fact that my office's mouse is not really that precise, a lot of time were wasted just for this.

Another annoying feature of Office 2007 is the Groove 2007.

I would say it is not useful, and is better uninstalled asap.

I have found the following steps for uninstalling Groove in the Microsoft website:

How to uninstall Groove 2007

1. On the File menu, click Exit, and then click Yes when you are prompted to confirm. If Groove stopped because of an error, open Task Manager to confirm that Groove is not running.

2. In Control Panel, double-click Add or Remove Programs. In the list of installed programs, select the 2007 Microsoft Office suite that you are running, and then click Change.

3. Click Add or Remove Features, and then click Continue.

4.Click Microsoft Office Groove, click Not Available, and then click Continue.

5. When the Setup program is finished uninstalling Groove 2007, click Close

6. To remove all data files, delete your Groove data folders. These folders are in one of the following locations, depending on the operating system that you are running:

• Windows Vista
C:\Users\username\AppData\Local\Application Data\Microsoft\Office\Groove\User\Accounts
• Microsoft Windows XP
C:\Documents and Settings\username\Local Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\Office\groove
• Microsoft Windows Server 2003
C:\Documents and Settings\username\Local Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\Office\Groove