I too prefer the method Barb does.
I have looked in use of toolbox and find it too complex.
CyberTaz wrote:
> Hi Barb;
>
> Have you investigated the Toolbox? Most all of the Page Setup features
are
> available there & they provide you with dynamic results on screen
regardless
> of whether you're in Normal or Page Layout View. There's no need to
switch
> to a Print Preview *at all*, let alone "quickly".
>
> I don't know what you're comparing to, but in previous versions of Mac
XL
> Margins is the only setting you could actually adjust in Print Preview.
The
> others - Scaling, Orientation, H/V Centering, Headers & Footers, etc. -
all
> had to be done from within Page Setup. You then had to exit Page Setup
to
> observe the changes, then go back in to make more adjustments... and
once in
> Page Setup directly from Print Preview most of the settings on the Sheet
> page couldn't be changed [such as Rows to Repeat at Top]. OTOH, if
you're
> comparing XL 2008 to PC XL 2007 that's a whole different mismatch which
the
> Mac version can't win at the present time.
>
> I have no investment in the issue, but as a fellow user I think you'll
find
> the new approach significantly more productive & efficient if you take
some
> time to learn to use it effectively. Yes, it is *different* and requires
> making some adjustment to how we're "accustomed" to doing things, but
> "different" doesn't dictate *worse* any more than it does *better*. I
was as
> disoriented as anyone when I first saw Print Preview [as we know it]
> removed, but I've come to appreciate the new approach even more than the
old
> now that I understand it better.
>
> Regards |:>)
> Bob Jones
> [MVP] Office:Mac
>
>
>
> On 10/3/08 11:40 PM, in article 59b5b460.4@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
"Barb
> Finke " <> wrote:
>
>> It's not just the button. It's being able to use the button to quickly
launch
>> the the preview and while the preview is up being able to easily adjust
>> margins, scale, etc.
>>
>> Some customers have complained that they want the old Excel
>> implementation
>> of Print Preview back. Others seem to just want the Print Preview
>> command
>> back (even if it takes you to Apple's Print Preview). Are you
saying
>> that
>> your main need is to just have the Print Preview command (and
button on
>> the Standard toolbar) back?
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> I'd be really interested in hearing what others have to say about
this.
>> Would just adding the Print Preview command back to the File menu
(and
>> Standard toolbar) be valuable?
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Pat
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On 10/3/08 1:34 PM, in article
59b5b460.2@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
"Barb
>> Finke " wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>> Losing the Print Preview button is a big deal! Could this be remedied
>> in an > update? Having to use the print dialog is not at all
efficient.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> -- Pat McMillan Macintosh Business Unit Microsoft Corp. This
posting is
>> provided �AS IS� with no warranties, and confers no
>> rights.
>>
>
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