It’s official, over at Inside Microsoft Dynamics they are asking folks to stop using the old navigation menus. As noted, I generally agree. I still struggle with documentation though. Writing Transactions->Financial-BlahBlahBlah is just so much clearer than explaining the Area Page navigation. But other than that, turn off the toolbar an switch!
Stop Using the Old Dynamics GP Navigation
Archived post from 2009. Dynamics GP and the links it points to have changed since; check current documentation before relying on version-specific steps.