In spite of a the ribbonifically overhauled UI, one thing remains the same in Office 2007: the font selection component is a combo box.

Who out there is typing “A-r-i-a-l” into this thing?  Or “T-r-e-b-u-c-h-e-t—M-S-”?  (I left out the ‘u’ and had to correct that - Ha Ha!)

In spite of all the advancements with that control - font preview in previous versions of Office as well as MRU fonts and true font preview in 2007 (the selected area in your document changes while you mouseover the font list), it’s still a combo box?

One shouldn’t be too excited about this - it tailors to the 99% of the us who use the drop down without harming the 1% of us who still feel the need to type “Plantagent Cherokee” rather than select it from a list.

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