[Turbopilot]

Is that the thing in Office where the menus hide most of their options by default, unless you click the little down arrow to display everything?

If so, I agree with you - it’s the first thing I turn off when I install any Office product. But AFAIK nothing in Windows itself uses such menus, does it?

[antiRepublicrat]

Is that the thing in Office where the menus hide most of their options by default, unless you click the little down arrow to display everything?

That's it. It blows some main rules of human-computer interaction, like consistency and motor memory.

But AFAIK nothing in Windows itself uses such menus, does it?

It's called "Use personalized menus" in the settings for the "classic" start button. I always said this should be an option you have to turn on, but then nobody would turn it on because it sucks, so why have it in there in the first place. You appear to be a perfect example for Windows.

[Still Thinking]

The Start Menu will do the same thing.