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RibbonCustomizer personalizes Office 2007's...um, Ribbon
by Ryan Carter Dec 31st 2006 at 9:19AM
One of the complaints I hear a lot about Office 2007 is how inextensible the Ribbon is. The truth is that you can customize it, granted it takes a bit of knowledge and the right software tools to make changes to it. This involves a bit of programming in a language much like (and based on) XML called RibbonX. RibbonCustomizer aims to help you change it up without a lot of programming. There is a free starter version and a professional version for purchase ($29.99) that you can download. You'll get a 14 day free trial of the pro edition to see if it ruffles your feathers. The link provided has a feature comparison for both the free and paid versions if you want to know what the difference is between the two.
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Bhavesh said 10:15PM on 1-01-2007
Where's the free version? Seems like a simple enough tool for someone to write...
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Thys said 11:36AM on 1-17-2007
This program works pretty well. But it's way to expensive in my opinion.
I don't really care about not being able to remove or add buttons, but I hate it that I can't move the tabs and fields around. Just like any program for the last ten years...!
Here's a screenshot of my new Ribbon...
http://www.interaddict.org/temp/ribbon.png
Another remark: I forgot to fill out my email address, then my mssg was gone.. Also very annoying...
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