Excel 2007 : Work-arounds to the 2007 Ribbon?

Hey all - are there any work-arounds to the 2007 Ribbon? I've customized my Quick Access toolbar - but it's limited in size and to just one line.

FWIW - I'm finding the ribbon utterly useless - and worse - wholly non-efficient and non-productive. It's a major pain and I just want my old 2003 menus and tool bars back. They were FAST, efficient, customizable, and most important - USER FRIENDLY. The ribbon is a monster I'd like to zap permanently - an unfriendly TROLL on my otherwise great Excel product.

Maybe there's a way to programmatically create my own custom tool-bar in Excel and eliminate that ribbon monster?

http://www.filedudes.com/Excel_2007_...hot-48412.html
its only £10 or so
you can try it first
or another here
http://www.mrexcel.com/classicexcelmenu.html

Thanks, I appreciate that.

Have you tried either of these to know how well they work, if there are glitches or issues with them?

With time, I could program my own custom menus and toolbars, I suppose - not my strong point in VBA though. Willing to shell out some money I guess if there are no issues with the installation/software. It'd certainly save me some time.

Originally Posted by martindwilson

http://www.filedudes.com/Excel_2007_...hot-48412.html
its only £10 or so
you can try it first
or another here
http://www.mrexcel.com/classicexcelmenu.html

having resited changing to 2007 myself the short answer is no!
but if its being promoted at mrexcel it's probably a safe bet!