Re: Improving Word 2007

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On Dec 7, 3:59 pm, "Greg Maxey"
<gma...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
<Having it, however, would only make it easier to screw up an attempt
<to move the Borders button from Design to Layout.

So that which you do not understand, you scorn?

No; I know that I don't have time to learn a programming language.

The only feature of the Ribbon that I use frequently that is in a
very bad place is the Table Borders button. Can that be moved from
Table Design to Table Layout? (There's even room for it under the two
Distribute buttons.)

Yes it can be located on the Layout Tab.   It can also be removed from the
Design tab.  But since it does no harm there it can stay.

You can not edit built-in groups.  You can however, hide built-in groups and
then recreate a custom group that contains the commands you want to show.
There are limitations however. For example, the Borders splitbutton that is
shown on the Design tab as part of the Table Styles group is sized "normall"
and shows a label.  If you add a splitButton control e.g., TableBordersMenu
to a custom group using the size attibute "normal" then a label is not
shown.  The only way to show a label on a splitButton control is to use the
size attribute "large."  That's just the way it is.

I have no idea what you just said -- for instance, what a
"splitbutton" is -- since you say it's normal and shows a label, but
also that a splitbutton can only show a label if it's large.

You can't have it both ways!

The RibbonX is:

What is a "RibbonX"?

You seem not to realize how much knowledge is involved in undertaking
this sort of programming. Everything that you mastered years ago is
completely unknown to the ordinary Word user.

<customUI xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/2006/01/customui";>
<ribbon>

<contextualTabs>

<tabSet idMso="TabSetTableTools">

<tab idMso="TabTableToolsLayout">

<group idMso="GroupTableCellSize" visible="false" />

<group id="CustGrp" label="Cell Size" insertBeforeMso="GroupTableCellSize" >

<menu idMso="TableAutoFitMenu" size="large" />

<separator id="sep1" />

<box id="box1" boxStyle="vertical" >

<control idMso="TableRowHeight" />

<control idMso="TableColumnWidth" />

</box>

<separator id="sep2" />

<button idMso="TableRowsDistribute" />

<button idMso="TableColumnsDistribute" />

<splitButton idMso="TableBordersMenu" />

</group>

</tab>

</tabSet>

</contextualTabs>

</ribbon>

</customUI>

If I were to copy and paste that -- somewhere -- would I get a Table
Borders button in the Table Layout tab? Where you say "visible =
false," does that mean the Cell Size button would go away?

Greg Maxey wrote:
Maybe you should try reading from the begining:

"In the examples that follow, I perform the customization using the
Office 2007 Custom UI Editor and a Word VBA Template Add-In.  I used
this approach because the Custom UI Editor automatically builds the
Open Office XML file relationships and makes them transparent to you
the user, the approach doesn't require any expensive additional
developer's software like Visual Studio, and any specialized
customization involving ribbon callbacks can be done using VBA.

The Office 2007 Custom UI Editor is available for free download from
the OpenXMLDeveloper.org:   Custom UI Editor "

You have to download and install the editor before you can use it.

grammatim wrote:
I've tried reading your Customize Ribbon essay before, and even if I
were to dare to try something, I get hung up on the very first
instruction: "Start the Office 2007 Custom UI Editor application."
There;s no such thing in Microsoft Office 2007 > Office Tools.

The only feature of the Ribbon that I use frequently that is in a
very bad place is the Table Borders button. Can that be moved from
Table Design to Table Layout? (There's even room for it under the two
Distribute buttons.)

On Dec 7, 1:38 am, "Graham Mayor" <gma...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
There are no plans to change the ribbon in Word 2007. What may
happen in
future versions is anyone's guess.
It is possible to edit the ribbon
-http://gregmaxey.mvps.org/Customize_Ribbon.htmandyou can always
add much used tools to the QAT (Quick Access Toolbar) --
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Bob Winkler wrote:
Are there any plans to revise, update, and improve Word 2007? I
realize that Microsoft put a great deal of time and effort into the
product. Unfortunately, the Office 2007 product suffers from
numerous flaws and problems in organization of the user interface.
In speaking with my colleagues in the education field, their
verdict has been nearly unanimous, don't upgrade to Office 2007.
They
frequently cite the updated menu system as being confusing and
inconsistent. e.g. One goes to the insert tab to insert a bookmark
but one must go to the references tab to insert a table of
contents. Both are insertions.

I appreciate your response.

THANKS!

--
Greg Maxey -  Word MVP

My web sitehttp://gregmaxey.mvps.org
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