Hi,

I am trying Office 2007 (beta, 12.0.4017.1004 according to Excel) and I have
2 general comments I would like to ask if you can accomodate:

1. New Application window
I often use 4, sometimes more Powerpoint files at once. Looking at dozens of
old presentations and cooking up one for the next meeting, etc, etc. ... sure
all 4+ appear on the Start bar and I can switch quickly. However, I use 2x
19" TFT's so I have a huge desktop ... if I do the same with 4 Word files I
get 4 seperate application windows. With Powerpoint I get the 4+ squeezed
into one application window ... and then fight like mad to set them up across
the dual screen before I can work on them ...

Could you change the 'new window' function on View to open a window as a new
application window (as Word does) instead of the wild idea of opening another
window inside the same application window and making even more clutter. It
would give it the freedom to put lots of powerpoint presentations on the
screen in a faster time and with less clutter

2. File Open
It took me 20mins of searching when I first started Powerpoint 2007 to then
work out how to open a file. In the end I gave up and used File manager to
locate the file and click on it .... then I wanted to open another file ...
however, I then had an interrupt that meant I needed to come back to my
challenge. Often, instead of clicking the red cross to close I used to click
the top left icon ... I tried double click to close Powerpoint... and
something flashed up and disappeared ... but Powerpoint did not close. One
click later and I had found File Open ..

Could you do like you used to do with WindowsXP when its first started, that
is you had some sort of arrow bouning around the button suggesting the user
pushs here ... the alternative is to set File Open as an entry in the Quick
Access bar ....
I must admit I do find it weird that you have all this ribbon stuff to make
it easy to find things and yet you hide the often used under a button in an
area that was only ever clicked to close the application .

Anyway, great product otherwise.

Dave