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Since disabling comments on this site, I'm actually hearing from more of you with questions ... so, as it seems people prefer to email rather than comment, I'm going to leave comments disabled. As always, you can ask me any Office-related questions you have. If the question is outside of my expertise, I'll try to direct you to where you can get an answer.
Want to learn the basics of customizing the Ribbon?
Hi, everyone! Just a quick note in preparation for the webcast I'm giving next Tuesday on the basics of customizing the ribbon. If you've not yet worked with Office Open XML at all and haven't yet explored the contents of a document's ZIP package, I recommend a bit of homework before that webcast, so that you can comfortably follow along.
If you have my Office 2007 book (Advanced Documents Inside Out), go through as much of the topics and exercises as you can in Chapter 22 (Open XML Essentials) that lead up to the portion of that chapter on ribbon customization.
If you don't have the book, or if you want some visual guidance through some of the basics anyway, check out the on-demand version of my first webcast in this series Advanced Tips & Tricks: Breaking Into Your Office Open XML Format Documents (Level 300).
I'll be showing you how to add a macro to the ribbon, so if you're acquainted with at least basic VBA, you'll get more out of that ... but that's a small portion of next Tuesday's session, so don't let a lack of VBA experience dissuade you from joining. If you do, however, want to start learning VBA and you have the book - explore Chapter 21 (VBA Primer).
Meanwhile ... you can register for next Tuesday's session here: Advanced Tips & Tricks: Customizing the Ribbon Using Office Open XML (Level 300)
Keep in mind that the level 300 note on these webcasts refers to your Office experience, not VBA or XML experience. These are sessions designed for advanced users of Office. For developers, they're very basic.
Look forward to seeing you then! Meanwhile ... happy Wednesday everybody!
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