Found this earlier and thought it might be useful to people that had the "ribbon" in office 2007. Unfortunately, it's not free, but it is fairly inexpensive..
Link to the 15 day trial download (http://www.addintools.com/english/menuoffice/default.htm)
Link to the 15 day trial download (http://www.addintools.com/english/menuoffice/default.htm)
Show classic menus and toolbars on the ribbon of Microsoft Office 2007
- Bring back the Office 2003 menus and toolbars to your copy of Microsoft® Office® 2007.
- Frustrated by endless searches for features on the Ribbon? Download and install this software and easily use the familiar main menu, the standard toolbar and formatting toolbar in Office 2007, as you did in Office 2003.
- All new features items of Microsoft Office 2007 have been added into the main menu and toolbars. Get a free trial now.
- Supports all languages that are supported by Microsoft Office 2007: English, French, German, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Japanese, Arabic, Korean, Russian, Chinese...
- Add the menus and toolbars to Quick Access Toolbar, then you can minimize the Ribbon and finish all operations without Ribbon. Please see Frequently Asked Questions.