Word 2007: customise the ribbon?

[Nigel Molesworth]

Is it possible to customise the ribbon? Either remove or move groups?

I've got a bunch of macros that I use a lot, and I'd rather have them
on the Home tab, whereas I rarely use Styles (yes, I know I should)

I know I could put them on the Quick Access Toolbar.

 

[Bob Buckland ?:-\)]

Hi Nigel,

The Ribbon is made with XML so and understands a syntax set known as RibbonX[ml], if you're in to a bit of
quasi-programming, yes you can customize the Ribbon using Ribbonx to replace/add/remove groups but possibly not to the extent you're
thinking of doing.
http://msdn.microsoft.com/office/tool/ribbon
You may want to start with the Webcast in the lower right corner of that page to get an idea of how you might proceed.

In Office 2007 Macros and custom menus normally end up in the
'Add-ins' tab of the Ribboned apps without programming or 'extending'.

There is already at least one 3rd party tool, RibbonCustomizer, that you may want to try to see if you're going to be able to get
the result you want. Here's a review (and a picture of the author <g>) as well as a download link.
http://indezine.com/products/powerpoint/addin/ribboncustomizer.html

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Is it possible to customise the ribbon? Either remove or move groups?

I've got a bunch of macros that I use a lot, and I'd rather have them
on the Home tab, whereas I rarely use Styles (yes, I know I should)

I know I could put them on the Quick Access Toolbar.

--
Nigel M>>
--

Bob Buckland ?
MS Office System Products MVP

*Courtesy is not expensive and can pay big dividends*

 

[Bob Buckland ?:-\)]

Hi Nigel,

The Ribbon is made with XML so and understands a syntax set known as RibbonX[ml], if you're in to a bit of
quasi-programming, yes you can customize the Ribbon using Ribbonx to replace/add/remove groups but possibly not to the extent you're
thinking of doing.
http://msdn.microsoft.com/office/tool/ribbon
You may want to start with the Webcast in the lower right corner of that page to get an idea of how you might proceed.

In Office 2007 Macros and custom menus normally end up in the
'Add-ins' tab of the Ribboned apps without programming or 'extending'.

There is already at least one 3rd party tool, RibbonCustomizer, that you may want to try to see if you're going to be able to get
the result you want. Here's a review (and a picture of the author <g>) as well as a download link.
http://indezine.com/products/powerpoint/addin/ribboncustomizer.html

================
Is it possible to customise the ribbon? Either remove or move groups?

I've got a bunch of macros that I use a lot, and I'd rather have them
on the Home tab, whereas I rarely use Styles (yes, I know I should)

I know I could put them on the Quick Access Toolbar.

--
Nigel M>>
--

Bob Buckland ?
MS Office System Products MVP

*Courtesy is not expensive and can pay big dividends*

 

[Patrick Schmid [MVP]]

There is already at least one 3rd party tool, RibbonCustomizer, that
you may want to try to see if you're going to be able to get

the result you want. Here's a review (and a picture of the author <g>) as well as a download link.
http://indezine.com/products/powerpoint/addin/ribboncustomizer.html

What a nice picture of me

With the version that's out there right now, you can get rid of Styles,
but you can't add your macros to the home tab (I am looking into that
though).
If you want to do this, you'll need to use RibbonX itself. In addition
to what Bob suggested, take a look at
http://pschmid.net/office2007/ribbonx
I'll get around to adding more content to this soon.

Patrick Schmid [OneNote MVP]
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Office 2007 Beta 2 Technical Refresh (B2TR):
http://pschmid.net/blog/2006/09/18/43
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RibbonCustomizer Add-In: http://pschmid.net/office2007/ribboncustomizer
OneNote 2007: http://pschmid.net/office2007/onenote
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[Patrick Schmid [MVP]]

There is already at least one 3rd party tool, RibbonCustomizer, that
you may want to try to see if you're going to be able to get

the result you want. Here's a review (and a picture of the author <g>) as well as a download link.
http://indezine.com/products/powerpoint/addin/ribboncustomizer.html

What a nice picture of me

With the version that's out there right now, you can get rid of Styles,
but you can't add your macros to the home tab (I am looking into that
though).
If you want to do this, you'll need to use RibbonX itself. In addition
to what Bob suggested, take a look at
http://pschmid.net/office2007/ribbonx
I'll get around to adding more content to this soon.

Patrick Schmid [OneNote MVP]
--------------
http://pschmid.net
***
Office 2007 RTM Issues: http://pschmid.net/blog/2006/11/13/80
Office 2007 Beta 2 Technical Refresh (B2TR):
http://pschmid.net/blog/2006/09/18/43
***
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