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Your modifications could definitely go into the template itself. The OfficeUI file is for modifications made using the user interface in Word and has a number of limitations. Modifying the Ribbon in Microsoft Word. The ribbon has been something that could be customized in individual documents or templates since Word If you want customizations to be global, you put a template with the customizations in the Word Startup Folder. I guess I'm still on Word territory: knowig it is possible in theory to do this, but you need to be a developer or use a custom add-in something like Patrick Schmid's RibbonCustomizer back 10 years ago.
When creating ribbon customizations, I always include the code for both and and later versions so that the add-in can be used for all ribbon based versions of Word. Choose where you want to search below Search Search the Community. Robert M. Franz, exMVP. Thanks for any pointers, and greetings from Switzerland, Robert. This thread is locked. You can follow the question or vote as helpful, but you cannot reply to this thread.
I have the same question 1. Report abuse. Details required :. Cancel Submit. Hi Robert, In my experience, nothing has changed. Thanks for your feedback. How satisfied are you with this reply? Thanks for your feedback, it helps us improve the site. Hello Doug! Thanks for the offer files , if I'll get stuck, I will probably get back to you! In reply to Robert M.
Franz, exMVP's post on May 7, Thanks for sharing! I'm going to check whether it works when placing the files manually there. Greetings, Robert. I will be astounded if it is not there! You're right, it is there. Not sure what I've been looking at before, doh!
Hello Doug, the more I'm looking into this, the less I seem to understand Yes No. Sorry this didn't help. What you can do is select one of the options that partly or completely hides the ribbon. I have never observed the "jumping around" problem that you describe. I'd try updating the video driver for the affected computer. I assume that you mean that some commands become hidden in menus when you make the window smaller.
This is by design to still allow access to all commands. No, you cannot stop this from happening. They retain their relative positions on the Ribbon tabs, same tab, same group; they may shrink or become part of a drop-down. You can make changes to the ribbon's tabs by creating your own or by hiding certain parts. While this is something that can be done, it is not for the casual user.
Customize the Ribbon It doesn't take rocket science was written more than ten years ago and updated regularly since. It tells how to do this. As Stefan describes, this involves writing XML code usually with accompanying vba to change the Ribbon. You can also make some limited changes directly through the Word interface. My thoughts would be that you should at least give yourself a couple of months getting used to this interface before you undertake the work involved in changing it.
Here are my questions: 1. Is there a way to make the ribbon smaller? Office introduced the "new and improved" user interface, the "Ribbon". That is a built in "feature" of the ribbon. It resizes buttons, and text automagically to make "best" as defined by MS!
There is nothing directly in the user interface. But that will still leave button size, images and text under the control of Office. You can take more control, by defining custom macros for each command. That allows you to define images, but only from a very small set. The only way you can take full control of the ribbon design is by writing custom RibbonXML. The link to the article that Charles provided is a good one. If you do decide to go that route I can provide you with links to several more articles.
Frankly, it's more work than it is worth. But I agree with his suggestion, give the ribbon a chance. It's like athletes foot, it grows on you Thanks to everyone who responded. I just learned that you can right-click on a custom ribbon tab and choose "Hide command labels". This makes the ribbon buttons small which is what I wanted. However, the buttons are stacked three-high and they're crammed together on the left end of the ribbon.
Is there a way to make them line up in a single row? I certainly never expected to see Microsoft take away something so basic as being able to create and edit the toolbar button images. One of the things that I always liked about Microsoft Windows was the fact that it was so easy to customize the appearance and functionality to meet a user's particular needs and preferences. Seems that Microsoft is phasing out this aspect of Windows and forcing everyone to conform to a very limited set of parameters and guidelines, the primary focus being on sales and marketing.
Earlier today I was playing a game of Windows 10 Solitaire when all of a sudden a full screen advertisement popped up! I couldn't believe it! Research revealed that if I'm willing to pay a monthly fee to Microsoft they'll allow me to play solitaire ad-free.
I ended up downloading one of the many available free Solitaire programs PySol. No ads, a better interface and more game choices than Microsoft's Solitaire App.
I will definitely check out the suggested links, but I don't relish the thought of having to take a mini-course in XML coding just to learn how to customize a toolbar icon. Quite frankly, I've got about a thousand other things that I'd rather be doing with my time.
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