Comments on: “Scout” for Office 2007: search commands http://www.istartedsomething.com/20070124/scout-office-2007/ All the stuff about Microsoft and technology you haven't read anywhere else. Thu, 18 Mar 2010 12:44:04 +1100 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Trapdoor http://www.istartedsomething.com/20070124/scout-office-2007/#comment-64611 Trapdoor Wed, 24 Sep 2008 19:31:10 +0000 http://www.istartedsomething.com/20070124/scout-office-2007/#comment-64611 Just in case no-one's found it, Scout has now been released and is available for download at MS Office Labs http://www.officelabs.com/projects/searchcommands Just in case no-one’s found it, Scout has now been released and is available for download at MS Office Labs

http://www.officelabs.com/projects/searchcommands

]]> By: Search Commands now available from Office Labs - istartedsomething http://www.istartedsomething.com/20070124/scout-office-2007/#comment-60092 Search Commands now available from Office Labs - istartedsomething Mon, 28 Apr 2008 11:57:44 +0000 http://www.istartedsomething.com/20070124/scout-office-2007/#comment-60092 [...] “Scout” Search Commands makes IEBlog cameo“Scout” for Office 2007: search commandsOffice 2007 “Search Commands” prototype demoSaving Private “Scout”Microsoft: [...] [...] “Scout” Search Commands makes IEBlog cameo“Scout” for Office 2007: search commandsOffice 2007 “Search Commands” prototype demoSaving Private “Scout”Microsoft: [...]

]]> By: Ratfink http://www.istartedsomething.com/20070124/scout-office-2007/#comment-57356 Ratfink Fri, 14 Mar 2008 12:21:01 +0000 http://www.istartedsomething.com/20070124/scout-office-2007/#comment-57356 Man, I'd love something like Scout, that'd be so sweet. :( Man, I’d love something like Scout, that’d be so sweet. :(

]]> By: BackSeatDriver http://www.istartedsomething.com/20070124/scout-office-2007/#comment-39514 BackSeatDriver Sun, 07 Oct 2007 18:57:33 +0000 http://www.istartedsomething.com/20070124/scout-office-2007/#comment-39514 If you could customize the Ribbon without learning XML, would you need scout? You could add the commands most commonly used by the individual and remove those actions not frequently used. Microsoft needs to offer a backward compatible add-in so I can use Office 2007 with the User Interface from 2003 and prior (old, WIMP model that most people liked!) You shouldn't have to write code to customize your menus! Someone please fix this! If you could customize the Ribbon without learning XML, would you need scout? You could add the commands most commonly used by the individual and remove those actions not frequently used.

Microsoft needs to offer a backward compatible add-in so I can use Office 2007 with the User Interface from 2003 and prior (old, WIMP model that most people liked!)

You shouldn’t have to write code to customize your menus!

Someone please fix this!

]]> By: Office 2007 “Search Commands” prototype demo - istartedsomething http://www.istartedsomething.com/20070124/scout-office-2007/#comment-37725 Office 2007 “Search Commands” prototype demo - istartedsomething Fri, 07 Sep 2007 12:09:20 +0000 http://www.istartedsomething.com/20070124/scout-office-2007/#comment-37725 [...] what customers want is not always what customers get. Take “Scout” for example, a little piece of Microsoft Research ingenuity that really helps users with the [...] [...] what customers want is not always what customers get. Take “Scout” for example, a little piece of Microsoft Research ingenuity that really helps users with the [...]

]]> By: Roma http://www.istartedsomething.com/20070124/scout-office-2007/#comment-37367 Roma Mon, 03 Sep 2007 15:37:20 +0000 http://www.istartedsomething.com/20070124/scout-office-2007/#comment-37367 Scout would be an excellent tool if it also provides access to tools that are in the command well but not on any of the ribbons. Anyway, is the project completely dead ? Scout would be an excellent tool if it also provides access to tools that are in the command well but not on any of the ribbons. Anyway, is the project completely dead ?

]]> By: The New Interface Advocate » Blog Archive » The only two interface designs ever conceived: http://www.istartedsomething.com/20070124/scout-office-2007/#comment-32960 The New Interface Advocate » Blog Archive » The only two interface designs ever conceived: Sun, 08 Jul 2007 10:01:36 +0000 http://www.istartedsomething.com/20070124/scout-office-2007/#comment-32960 [...] knowledge (in effect memorization) to turn a slow searching task into a very rapid one! See Long Zheng’s blog entry on “Scout” for Office’s new ribbon toolbar for an example of how to use even a little memorization to expedite access to commands, or even [...] [...] knowledge (in effect memorization) to turn a slow searching task into a very rapid one! See Long Zheng’s blog entry on “Scout” for Office’s new ribbon toolbar for an example of how to use even a little memorization to expedite access to commands, or even [...]

]]> By: Ian Murphy http://www.istartedsomething.com/20070124/scout-office-2007/#comment-31647 Ian Murphy Fri, 22 Jun 2007 12:09:23 +0000 http://www.istartedsomething.com/20070124/scout-office-2007/#comment-31647 Heres another vote for this type of functionality. I would describe myself as an advanced user of office having developed varios add-in and make use of plenty of the rarely used functions in word and excel. With office 2007 I feel as if I am banging my head against the wall. About half of the functions are logically grouped but the other half appear to be almost randomly dropped and I find myself just paging through each tab clicking on every clickable thing to find options I know are there. I know what I want, I know its there, finding it is a nightmare ... Ian Heres another vote for this type of functionality.

I would describe myself as an advanced user of office having developed varios add-in and make use of plenty of the rarely used functions in word and excel.

With office 2007 I feel as if I am banging my head against the wall. About half of the functions are logically grouped but the other half appear to be almost randomly dropped and I find myself just paging through each tab clicking on every clickable thing to find options I know are there.

I know what I want, I know its there, finding it is a nightmare …

Ian

]]> By: Incremental Search and Office 2007 : whirn http://www.istartedsomething.com/20070124/scout-office-2007/#comment-31445 Incremental Search and Office 2007 : whirn Mon, 18 Jun 2007 21:58:23 +0000 http://www.istartedsomething.com/20070124/scout-office-2007/#comment-31445 [...] of Microsoft’s new Fluent Interface called the Ribbon , Microsoft’s cancelled “Scout” functionality and how incremental search is useful. It’s a great [...] [...] of Microsoft’s new Fluent Interface called the Ribbon , Microsoft’s cancelled “Scout” functionality and how incremental search is useful. It’s a great [...]

]]> By: PopflyNews.com » Blog Archive » Microsoft’s PopFly - Mashup Builder Extraordinaire http://www.istartedsomething.com/20070124/scout-office-2007/#comment-30155 PopflyNews.com » Blog Archive » Microsoft’s PopFly - Mashup Builder Extraordinaire Fri, 25 May 2007 17:56:44 +0000 http://www.istartedsomething.com/20070124/scout-office-2007/#comment-30155 [...] investigated deeply enough” for about three months [until recently this list also included Microsoft Scout]. Thus I was quite surprised when I found out that the project was already ready for release and [...] [...] investigated deeply enough” for about three months [until recently this list also included Microsoft Scout]. Thus I was quite surprised when I found out that the project was already ready for release and [...]

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