In the picture you will see that I created a new tab called “Maurice” with one button on it the “Name Manager” in Excel. You can simply create your own tabs by using the under the File – Options. This tab will show up every time you start your application like for instance Excel. In this scenario you are creating a new Tab in your exsisting application ribbon.
This is not possible for Microsoft Access. For Excel, PowerPoint and Word you can create file based ribbons with the customUI editor. In Office 2010 it is possible to create your own tabs in the ribbon by using the under the file options in the specified application.
It is called the and the good news is you can get this one for free! You will find the download here ( Read the note at the end of the post – for Win XP users!)īefore diving into creating your own ribbon you should know the following distinction. There is one simple one that also made its appearance and that is the one I have been using. When you do a search on the internet you will find a couple of tools available for you. Passionate developers have been developing customization tools since then. During the beta of 2007 it didn’t take long before the first tools arrived. How do you create a ribbon with those nice tabs? Soon there was the wish for a tool to develop your own ribbon and do your own customizations. For years we have been programming our own menu and toolbars. It is also one of the new elements developers of office automation had to get used to. This was a great enhancement to prior versions. A whole new way of navigating the User Interface.
With the introduction of Office 2007 came the Ribbon.