Question about Ribbons/Tabs - rearranging - Word 2007

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boe

Hello,

When I open a word document it shows the home tab. It shows Clipboard,
Font, Paragraph, Styles.. The Styles takes up a lot of space and I never
will use it. I'd love to have things I'd use more often instead such as
Print, word count, mail merge, insert pictures, columns etc. I realize
that I can get to them by clicking on other tabs. I'd love to have all the
things I actually do use (just like I use to have with all the previous
versions of Word on the first tab/ribbon or whatever they are calling it.
Is there a way to change the home tab so it doesn't show styles and shows
buttons/icons for the things I would like? I'm sure it is it is obvious but
for some reason I can't figure out so much that I did for the last 10 years
with ease.

Thanks
 
P

Patrick Schmid [MVP]

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Or use my add-in: http://pschmid.net/office2007/ribboncustomizer

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B

boe

Thanks for the offer and the answer. It seems like MS really screwed the
pooch on such a logical thing. It is always a BAD idea to take away
features from previous versions. It was very easy to customize the toolbar
in previous versions, now they remove that ability?

Patrick Schmid said:
You can learn RibbonX: http://pschmid.net/office2007/ribbonx
Or use my add-in: http://pschmid.net/office2007/ribboncustomizer

Patrick Schmid [OneNote MVP]
--------------
http://pschmid.net
***
Office 2007 RTM Issues: http://pschmid.net/blog/2006/11/13/80
***
Customize Office 2007: http://pschmid.net/office2007/customize
RibbonCustomizer Add-In: http://pschmid.net/office2007/ribboncustomizer
OneNote 2007: http://pschmid.net/office2007/onenote
***
Subscribe to my Office 2007 blog: http://pschmid.net/blog/feed

Hello,

When I open a word document it shows the home tab. It shows Clipboard,
Font, Paragraph, Styles.. The Styles takes up a lot of space and I never
will use it. I'd love to have things I'd use more often instead such as
Print, word count, mail merge, insert pictures, columns etc. I realize
that I can get to them by clicking on other tabs. I'd love to have all
the
things I actually do use (just like I use to have with all the previous
versions of Word on the first tab/ribbon or whatever they are calling it.
Is there a way to change the home tab so it doesn't show styles and shows
buttons/icons for the things I would like? I'm sure it is it is obvious
but
for some reason I can't figure out so much that I did for the last 10
years
with ease.

Thanks
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P

Patrick Schmid [MVP]

The better description would be that they didn't add that ability. The
Ribbon is a completely new thing and so everything one wants needs to be
added from scratch.

Patrick Schmid [OneNote MVP]
--------------
http://pschmid.net
***
Office 2007 RTM Issues: http://pschmid.net/blog/2006/11/13/80
***
Customize Office 2007: http://pschmid.net/office2007/customize
RibbonCustomizer Add-In: http://pschmid.net/office2007/ribboncustomizer
OneNote 2007: http://pschmid.net/office2007/onenote
***
Subscribe to my Office 2007 blog: http://pschmid.net/blog/feed

Thanks for the offer and the answer. It seems like MS really screwed the
pooch on such a logical thing. It is always a BAD idea to take away
features from previous versions. It was very easy to customize the toolbar
in previous versions, now they remove that ability?

Patrick Schmid said:
You can learn RibbonX: http://pschmid.net/office2007/ribbonx
Or use my add-in: http://pschmid.net/office2007/ribboncustomizer

Patrick Schmid [OneNote MVP]
--------------
http://pschmid.net
***
Office 2007 RTM Issues: http://pschmid.net/blog/2006/11/13/80
***
Customize Office 2007: http://pschmid.net/office2007/customize
RibbonCustomizer Add-In: http://pschmid.net/office2007/ribboncustomizer
OneNote 2007: http://pschmid.net/office2007/onenote
***
Subscribe to my Office 2007 blog: http://pschmid.net/blog/feed

Hello,

When I open a word document it shows the home tab. It shows Clipboard,
Font, Paragraph, Styles.. The Styles takes up a lot of space and I never
will use it. I'd love to have things I'd use more often instead such as
Print, word count, mail merge, insert pictures, columns etc. I realize
that I can get to them by clicking on other tabs. I'd love to have all
the
things I actually do use (just like I use to have with all the previous
versions of Word on the first tab/ribbon or whatever they are calling it.
Is there a way to change the home tab so it doesn't show styles and shows
buttons/icons for the things I would like? I'm sure it is it is obvious
but
for some reason I can't figure out so much that I did for the last 10
years
with ease.

Thanks
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