Extensive changes were made in the Excel 2007 user interface. Excel's familiar drop-down menus with their familiar commands were replaced by the Ribbon. (The Excel 2010 Ribbon is virtually unchanged from the Excel 2007 version.) If you're a long-time Excel user, you'll probably find the ribbon interface confusing and infuriating, although some people profess to like it. At the end of this chapter I suggest several ways to make the change to Excel 2007 or 2010 easier for Excel 2003 users.
