Can the ribbon be customized for the buttons I need?

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Melissa

I see a lot of "hate" about the ribbon but little information... I don't mind
the new ribbon but can't find a way to customize it to have the buttons that
I need on a given topic - like for tables for instance. Is there a way to
add/delete buttons like on the old toolbars. Surely they don't think that
every user wants the same buttons on each ribbon?
 
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Echo S

Melissa said:
I see a lot of "hate" about the ribbon but little information... I don't
mind
the new ribbon but can't find a way to customize it to have the buttons
that
I need on a given topic - like for tables for instance. Is there a way to
add/delete buttons like on the old toolbars. Surely they don't think that
every user wants the same buttons on each ribbon?
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There is no way to customize the ribbon.

You can add buttons to the Quick Access Toolbar. To do so, click the round
Office logo button, select <program name> Options, and click the
Customization option on the left.

I know someone is working on a Ribbon Customizer add-in, but I don't know if
it's publicly available yet or not.
 
P

Patrick Schmid

They do :)
To find out more about customization, take a look at the blog on my
website. Besides me talking about the issues, it also includes a link to
the official MS blog post on the customization story.

Patrick Schmid
 
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Patrick Schmid

The ribbon is the replacement for menus and toolbars. Basically
everything is on it.
It's not true that there is no way to customize the ribbon. There is no
built-in UI for customizing the ribbon, but it can be done
programmatically. We'll also see 3rd party tools that will provide the
ability (I am working on one such add-in right now).
Check the blog on my website.

Patrick Schmid
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http://pschmid.net

Echo S said:
There is no way to customize the ribbon.
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[Shudder] So what's on the ribbon?
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B

Bob Buckland ?:-\)

Hi Bob,

You can use the Online Test Drive edition of Office 2007 from link #1 below, or try one of the Office 2007 'learning' and 'where is
the 2003 command on the 2007 ribbon' interactive tools by installing the Active X control from link #3 below.

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[Shudder] So what's on the ribbon?

--
Bob >>
--
I hope this helped you,

Bob Buckland ?:)
MS Office system products MVP

LINKS to the 2007 Office System

1. Read about it, try it, or watch the movie :)
the 2007 Microsoft Office system info,
online Test Drive, or downloadable beta is at
http://microsoft.com/office/preview

2. Already have 2007 Office System Beta 2?
Send Microsoft your feedback (with pictures)
http://sas.office.microsoft.com/

3. Use the 2007 OfficeOnline website without Office2007

a. Install the ActiveX access control
http://office.microsoft.com/search/redir.aspx?AssetID=XT101650581033
b. then visit http://officebeta.iponet.net
 
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Echo S

Patrick Schmid said:
The ribbon is the replacement for menus and toolbars. Basically everything
is on it.
It's not true that there is no way to customize the ribbon. There is no
built-in UI for customizing the ribbon, but it can be done
programmatically.
Click to expand...

Okay, I'm game, I'll rephrase -- there's no built-in way for regular users
to customize the ribbon.
We'll also see 3rd party tools that will provide the ability (I am working
on one such add-in right now).
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Yes, yours is the one I was thinking of when I mentioned one in the works.
 
O

Opinicus

Bob Buckland ?:-) said:
You can use the Online Test Drive edition of Office 2007 from link #1
below, or try one of the Office 2007 'learning' and 'where is
the 2003 command on the 2007 ribbon' interactive tools by installing the
Active X control from link #3 below.
Click to expand...

Mine is a production system so installing a Beta is out of the question. I
looked at the video, which is glitzily uninformative though what I can see
of the "ribbon" doesn't look all that bad. In fact it looks rather cleaner
than all of the toolbars that I currently have cluttering up my Word screen.
I suppose everything depends on the ability of 3rd party tools to customize
the ribbon to suit my working habits.
 
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Echo S

Opinicus said:
Mine is a production system so installing a Beta is out of the question. I
looked at the video, which is glitzily uninformative though what I can see
of the "ribbon" doesn't look all that bad. In fact it looks rather cleaner
than all of the toolbars that I currently have cluttering up my Word
screen. I suppose everything depends on the ability of 3rd party tools to
customize the ribbon to suit my working habits.
Click to expand...

The "test drive" Bob Buckland mentioned
(http://microsoft.com/office/preview) doesn't actually get installed on your
system. Basically, you're able to try out the various programs in a browser
window through, mmmm, a Citrix server, I believe it is. It's very cool. I
highly recommend it if you want to play with the beta programs a little, but
don't want to install them for whatever reason.

Just head here http://www.microsoft.com/office/preview/beta/testdrive.mspx
and hit the "test drive" button.
 
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Opinicus

Echo S said:
The "test drive" Bob Buckland mentioned
(http://microsoft.com/office/preview) doesn't actually get installed on
your system. Basically, you're able to try out the various programs in a
browser window through, mmmm, a Citrix server
Click to expand...

But as I said, this is a production system and Citrix is a no-no.

That said, what I've seen so far of the next release of Office impresses me
and I'll probably be signing up.
 
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