Dear Craig S.
Fear not, you are not the only one who's time is wasted. As a user, my employer decided to install 2007 in our office and did not take into account the learning curve.
My gosh. I'm so tired of playing the game "let's see what the programmer translated this function into?".
Really, How does a legacy tool in the developer tab translate into creating forms. Legacy? Really? Maybe it means something to programmers, but not to the English I know as a user.
Large pictures in tabs? Really? It would be fine if we had gone to the school of Hyreoglyphics to learn what they meant, years before installing. Not a very user friendly and when time is of the essense in customer service, this program sure sucks.
I'm just glad I can keep my 2003 at home. I had already installed 2007 once because our office let us get it really cheap, but when I saw what a headache it was, I took it off. Some things are neat, but over all, no.
I was working on a PP presentation for a friend when I installed 2007 at home. I couldn't meet the deadline so I had to uninstall it to finish it in 2003, which you don't require to be a genious to be able to figure it out.
I notice Microsoft does not have a direct e-mail set up for the users because they know they'd never hear the end of it.
Some day, I'll get to be face to face with Mr. Big Shot owner and I'll give him a piece of my brain.