However, I hope after looking at it closely that you will see that it consists of a well ordered hierarchical structure of instructions.
Here I will show you how to "hide" a single built-in control on the ribbon.
Now on to the process of customizing the Ribbon UI. Ribbon Customization ExamplesĮnough background. Using the methods described here, ribbon customization can be applied to a single document, all documents based on a particular Word template, or globally using a Word template Add-In. If that link is broken, you can download it from my site here:
Original Office Custom UI Editor is available for free download from : Custom UI Editor
This tips page is focused on showing you how to use a RibbonXML script to perform ribbon customization and will not cover or further address the built-in tools in Word 2010.Īn excellent resource to gain some technical background and information about Ribbon customization is available in a series of Microsoft articles: Note: With the release of Word 2010, Microsoft has provided a means for performing basic ribbon customization of the Word 2010 ribbon using the built-in user interface. While you don't have to be a rocket scientist to customize the Ribbon UI, you do have to be willing roll up your sleeves and learn just a little about RibbonXML structure and some of the individual ribbon controls. From here on I will try to refer to this script as RibbonXML. The ribbon is customized using an XML script. Especially after you learn that it can be customized in ways far beyond the capabilities of the former command bar menus. Given a chance you may one day come to appreciate the ribbon. Mastering the methods presented here, you can regain complete control of your Ribbon UI both its look and its functionality. This Microsoft Word Help & Microsoft Word Tips page presents my attempt to show you how you can customize the Ribbon UI without resorting to "commercial" third party add-ins (i.e., add-ins that you have to pay for).