Wordperfect will maintain at least some sort of following for as long as they hold to the traditional menu/toolbar interface. Once Microsoft decrees that Office 2003 won’t run on future versions of Windows (it’ll eventually happen), I’ll switch to Wordperfect at home. I’ve always been more comfortable in Word–prior to the ribbon–but the day Microsoft forces the ribbon on me at home is the day I switch to something else, whether that’s Wordperfect or Libre Office.

This operation was clumsy even in Word 2003, but not this clumsy. Nothing was. The problem I have with the ribbon is that it’s no longer possible to become a power user just by using the product for 6-12 months. After four years of using Office 2007, I’m still as much of a beginner as I was on day 3.