Thanks - I mean this with all sincerity - I'm not trolling or looking for an
argument - but "I wish the ribbon would go away".   I've been using Excel
since 1995 and without wishing to blow my own trumpet - I'm a pretty
advanced user.   I've worked in several offices for large corporations and
there's been nobody to touch me as regards Excel knowhow or speed of
producing good spreadsheets.   It's disappointing that the knowhow is still
there but the new interface is actually slowing me down.   I simply don't
see how this is going to do anything but slow down keyboard users like
myself.   It's like a pack of playing cards have been thrown up and all
landed in different piles.

I take your point about needing to simply learn the new interface but until
my employer decides to move to Office 2007, I will definitely stick with
2003.   The only good thing I have to say about the new interface thus far
is that freezing row 1:1 is a click or two faster - hardly a quantum leap.

Please don't get me wrong - I am not looking for an argument - and I do
realise things move on but I simply don't believe this is an improvement.

Cheers