Ribbons+Customize+them

Ribbons Customize them

Microsoft has included in the 2010 Office Suite the ability to do some customization of the Ribbons.

There are a couple of ways to get there, one way is to right-click on the Ribbon and choose Customize the Ribbon.

You can also reach the same place using the File tab, Options choice then choose the Customize Ribbon category on the far left.

A window opens and on the far right you’ll find the current set-up of the Ribbon by tab name.

The easiest customization is to uncheck any tab you do not want displayed.

Beyond that you’ll need to expand the tabs (Click the + sign in front of the checkbox).

This will open to show you the sections of the Ribbon and expanding those to see individual commands.

Complete groups can be selected and removed (Use the Remove button in the middle), but once you’re down to the individual commands anything that’s greyed out is off limits you are lumbered with it.

However, if you wish there is nothing stopping you from deleting an entire group from the tab the creating your own that includes only some of the commands from the group you just removed.

Now at the bottom of the list you’ll find two buttons of great importance:

The meanings are obvious. • You can chose to create a whole new tab... maybe one that contains a mixture of things that you use most frequently to prevent all the “tab switching” that some of us do.

• Likewise, you can create a new group either on an already existing tab or on a brand new one.

Commands can only be added to custom groups so you will need to create at least one of those somewhere to proceed.

Once you have created a group it's time to select commands on the left side and use the Add button to put them on the Ribbon.

Keep in mind as you choose to add commands to already created tabs that as the amount of things to display on that tab increases the size of the buttons will decrease. Obviously your choice

Above the tab list there is a drop-down list that will allow you to access other types of tabs (such as the picture tools).

Basically it’s time to explore if you missed the ability to customize the Ribbon in Office 2007 then you’ve got some options here.  