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From: Mel on 9 Dec 2009 17:52
My 2003 add-ins work in 2007, but my menus appear under the Addins
tab. 'Any way to make this nicer in 2007? Can we add our own tabs or
toolbars in 2007? Can we add our own commands to the ribbon at all?

Any tips or leads on good reading for this, I'm all ears (or eyes).

-Melina
From: Steve Rindsberg on 9 Dec 2009 21:54
In article <14900dc9-e0d3-44d3-bee1-
6c87d8736d5a(a)z35g2000prh.googlegroups.com>, Mel wrote:
> My 2003 add-ins work in 2007, but my menus appear under the Addins
> tab. 'Any way to make this nicer in 2007? Can we add our own tabs or
> toolbars in 2007? Can we add our own commands to the ribbon at all?

You can do it, but you need to include special XML code in an add-in;
the add-in has to be in the new 2007 format, meaning that it won't work
in earlier versions.

There's a pretty good book on the subject, "RibbonX, Customizing the
Office 2007 Ribbon" by Martin, Puls and Hennig.

It does a nice job of explaining things in a way that made sense to me;
wish I'd had it a lot sooner. The MS docs for this are (IMO) badly
scattered and much harder to follow.

It explains a way around the problem I mentioned above, btw.


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From: Mel on 9 Dec 2009 23:45
'Got the book tonight and will start reading tomorrow.

Thanks!
-Melina

On Dec 9, 8:54 pm, Steve Rindsberg <ab...(a)localhost.com> wrote:
> In article <14900dc9-e0d3-44d3-bee1-
>
> 6c87d8736...(a)z35g2000prh.googlegroups.com>, Mel wrote:
> > My 2003 add-ins work in 2007, but my menus appear under the Addins
> > tab. 'Any way to make this nicer in 2007? Can we add our own tabs or
> > toolbars in 2007? Can we add our own commands to the ribbon at all?
>
> You can do it, but you need to include special XML code in an add-in;
> the add-in has to be in the new 2007 format, meaning that it won't work
> in earlier versions.
>
> There's a pretty good book on the subject, "RibbonX, Customizing the
> Office 2007 Ribbon" by Martin, Puls and Hennig.  
>
> It does a nice job of explaining things in a way that made sense to me;
> wish I'd had it a lot sooner.  The MS docs for this are (IMO) badly
> scattered and much harder to follow.
>
> It explains a way around the problem I mentioned above, btw.
>
> ==============================
> PPT Frequently Asked Questionshttp://www.pptfaq.com/
>
> PPTools add-ins for PowerPointhttp://www.pptools.com/

From: Steve Rindsberg on 10 Dec 2009 10:20
In article <79363309-98f2-44a1-a24b-
03da92c28747(a)g26g2000yqe.googlegroups.com>, Mel wrote:
> 'Got the book tonight and will start reading tomorrow.

Gee, does it always take you so long to get moving on things, Mel? ;-)

From: John Wilson john AT technologytrish.co DOT on 11 Dec 2009 08:39
1 hr 50 to buy it, get home & reply
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"Mel" wrote:

> 'Got the book tonight and will start reading tomorrow.
>
> Thanks!
> -Melina
>
> On Dec 9, 8:54 pm, Steve Rindsberg <ab...(a)localhost.com> wrote:
> > In article <14900dc9-e0d3-44d3-bee1-
> >
> > 6c87d8736...(a)z35g2000prh.googlegroups.com>, Mel wrote:
> > > My 2003 add-ins work in 2007, but my menus appear under the Addins
> > > tab. 'Any way to make this nicer in 2007? Can we add our own tabs or
> > > toolbars in 2007? Can we add our own commands to the ribbon at all?
> >
> > You can do it, but you need to include special XML code in an add-in;
> > the add-in has to be in the new 2007 format, meaning that it won't work
> > in earlier versions.
> >
> > There's a pretty good book on the subject, "RibbonX, Customizing the
> > Office 2007 Ribbon" by Martin, Puls and Hennig.
> >
> > It does a nice job of explaining things in a way that made sense to me;
> > wish I'd had it a lot sooner. The MS docs for this are (IMO) badly
> > scattered and much harder to follow.
> >
> > It explains a way around the problem I mentioned above, btw.
> >
> > ==============================
> > PPT Frequently Asked Questionshttp://www.pptfaq.com/
> >
> > PPTools add-ins for PowerPointhttp://www.pptools.com/
>
> .
>
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