Microsoft plugs Office with comics

Vole knows that many corporate users are running a bit shy of Office 2007 because it uses a ribbon toolbar instead of more traditional drop down menus.

According to eWeek, the spinsters in the Volehill have decided that the best way to capture the hearts and minds of Office users is to run a comic called the "The Enchanted Office: Once Upon a User Interface."

The eight page web comic starts off with a CEO called Madeline who is dreaming about "bad software and dwindling revenue. Rather than lobbing chairs at someone she decides the way forward is the new Office with its Ribbon-based user interface.

Apparently it all ends happily ever after for both Madeline and the Vole who go of hand in paw off into the sunset.

Microsoft has not yet decided on the future of the comic, the spokesVole, apparently not talking about Steve Ballmer. µ

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