RibbonX For Dummies
Chapter One
Getting to Know the Ribbon
In This Chapter
* Getting the overview of the Office Ribbon
* Understanding the RibbonX elements
* Using the Ribbon in Office 2007
Microsoft has made significant changes to Office 2007. The most noticeable
change is the new Ribbon, which appears across the top of applications
in place of the menu-and-toolbar interface of old. Unfortunately, in
creating this new interface, Microsoft also decided against backward compatibility.
All of those well-ordered toolbars and menus you created in the past
now appear on a single Ribbon tab, Add-Ins. Yes, your code will still work-but
users will find it significantly more difficult to use your applications.
If you have a relatively simple application, using the Add-Ins tab might not
result in a loss of productivity. Most applications, however, don't translate
well to the Add-Ins tab. That's because they rely on the context of the old
menu-and-toolbar system - which means you probably end up with a mess
instead of the nice interface you used in the p ... read full excerpt from: RibbonX For Dummies ebook
