SirHumphreyAppleby:
That's why I switched to OpenOffice and later LibreOffice. I had to help someone with editing a Word document a few days ago, and it was a nightmare trying to find anything on that ribbon, even using the search option. The old menu was more compact and easier to use IMO.
Its because with MS, marketing and dogma gets priority . It seems .
A long history of not listening and putting out new versions that got a lot of hate . To the extent that new PC's were literally factory
downgraded to the previous versions of Win .
Home users not buying new PCs as they refused to have the then current version of Win . (eg Vista, Win8 )
With MS Office , what MS should do is have a Home & Pro version.
Home version being simplified & easier to use, Pro version for those who actually use all it capabilities and will get proper training .