Chapter 35. Customizing Word 2007’s Ribbon with RibbonX

In this chapter

A New Way of Customizing Word 946

RibbonX 947

The Ribbon UI Style Guide: Do’s and Don’ts 952

Example: Useful Office Controls Not in the Ribbon 955

Example: Memo Template 957

RibbonX Reference 961

Customizing Word 2007 Without RibbonX 969

Troubleshooting 970

A New Way of Customizing Word

Word 2007 is full of new features, the most obvious one being the new Ribbon User Interface (UI). This new UI also comes with a new way of customization. In contrast to previous versions, though, the only thing that can be customized easily by a user is the Quick Access toolbar (QAT). Custom toolbars and menus, templates with a customized UI, and corporate-branded copies of Word are no longer ...

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