Firefox is a web browser. Some people like it better than Internet Explorer. You can download it if you like, but if you are happy with Internet Explorer and don’t want to use something else, there is no compelling reason to do so.
Sorry, I can’t be of much help with Word. I like Word 2007, but I agree that some things that were obvious in Word 2003 are hard to figure out in Word 2007. The person at Microosft that created the ribbon has received all sorts of rewards and praise within the company, but personally I never did understand what was so great about it.
Amazing. I had the feeling they were congratulating themselves for making the bloody thing unusable to all but themselves and other admirers of self-serving technology. What about those of us who want to just use Word for things unrelated to technology?
If I knew the name, I'd march up and down in front of their building protesting. Word 7 is User Unfriendly. I'm NOT kidding. I've already sent hate mail , but had no one to address it to so never heard back.