Microsoft and Hierarchical Menus

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From: Scott Bronson
Date: Sun, 12 Apr 1992 20:50

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Has anyone else noticed that Word 5.0 and Excel 3.0 both totally
lack hierarchical menus?  Is this a conscious decision on Microsoft's
part, or did it just happen that way?

I noticed because there are a few aspects of both programs user
interfaces that could be greatly enhanced by a hierarchical menu.
For instance, the alignment dialog in Excel 3.0 could be turned
into a hierarchical menu with virtually no effort.  Also, the recent
files in both the Word and Excel File menus could be releagted
to a hierarchical menu, thus allowing the number of files remembered
to reach a useful length.  

Did Microsoft's shunning hierarchical menus come as a result of
Windows not having an equivalent (does it?  I don't know).  Any
ideas?

	- Scott

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From: scott@mcl.mcl.ucsb.edu (Scott Bronson)
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Subject: Microsoft and Hierarchical Menus
Summary: Why doesn't Microsoft use hierarchical menus?
Keywords: microsoft hierarchical menu word 5.0 excel 3.0
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