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Office 2007 simple question: How do I rearrange the buttons?
This is not a rant.
I just want to change the order of some of the buttons one of the ribbons in Word (Outlook actually, but I assume the procedure is the same across Office 2007 apps - if possible at all). In pre-2007 versions, I could simply re-order the buttons on the toolbar to put my most commonly used buttons to the left - whether they were related or not. In my workspace view, the button I need frequently is squished into a "summary button", so I have to expand the button and then choose the command. I'd simply like to move the button I want to be the leftmost button in one of the button groups so that when the button is squished, it is still visible. Tools--Customize? -d |
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Office 2007 simple question: How do I rearrange the buttons?
I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but you can't rearrange them. Based on
user feedback (provided by Customer Experience Improvement Program data from Word 2003), Microsoft determined that most users never customize their toolbars and prefer a consistent interface that never changes, so that is what they have provided. It is possible to customize the Ribbon is you teach yourself Ribbon UI--or you can get Patrick Schmid's Ribbon Customizer add-in to do it for you. See http://pschmid.net/office2007/ribbon...izer/index.php and/or http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Customizat...mizeRibbon.htm. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. wrote in message ps.com... This is not a rant. I just want to change the order of some of the buttons one of the ribbons in Word (Outlook actually, but I assume the procedure is the same across Office 2007 apps - if possible at all). In pre-2007 versions, I could simply re-order the buttons on the toolbar to put my most commonly used buttons to the left - whether they were related or not. In my workspace view, the button I need frequently is squished into a "summary button", so I have to expand the button and then choose the command. I'd simply like to move the button I want to be the leftmost button in one of the button groups so that when the button is squished, it is still visible. Tools--Customize? -d |
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Office 2007 simple question: How do I rearrange the buttons?
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ps.com... This is not a rant. I just want to change the order of some of the buttons one of the ribbons in Word (Outlook actually, but I assume the procedure is the same across Office 2007 apps - if possible at all). In pre-2007 versions, I could simply re-order the buttons on the toolbar to put my most commonly used buttons to the left - whether they were related or not. In my workspace view, the button I need frequently is squished into a "summary button", so I have to expand the button and then choose the command. I'd simply like to move the button I want to be the leftmost button in one of the button groups so that when the button is squished, it is still visible. Tools--Customize? -d Add your most commonly-used buttons the Quick Access Toolbar.... |
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Office 2007 simple question: How do I rearrange the buttons?
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ps.com... This is not a rant. I just want to change the order of some of the buttons one of the ribbons in Word (Outlook actually, but I assume the procedure is the same across Office 2007 apps - if possible at all). In pre-2007 versions, I could simply re-order the buttons on the toolbar to put my most commonly used buttons to the left - whether they were related or not. In my workspace view, the button I need frequently is squished into a "summary button", so I have to expand the button and then choose the command. I'd simply like to move the button I want to be the leftmost button in one of the button groups so that when the button is squished, it is still visible. Tools--Customize? -d Add your most commonly-used buttons the Quick Access Toolbar.... |
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Office 2007 simple question: How do I rearrange the buttons?
Microsoft has decided that no one can change any of the built-in groups on
the ribbon. :-( Patrick Schmid offers a RibbonCustomizer add-in (http://www.pschmid.net/office2007/ribboncustomizer) that will let you add your own group, with whatever content you want, to any ribbon. If your customization needs go beyond one button, I heartily recommend it. If it's just the one button, add it to your Quick Access Toolbar. Right-click the button you want and select "Add to Quick Access Toolbar", or right-click the toolbar itself and select "Customize Quick Access Toolbar", then find the appropriate command (the dropdown at the top of the list lets you choose the category) and click Add. -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. wrote: This is not a rant. I just want to change the order of some of the buttons one of the ribbons in Word (Outlook actually, but I assume the procedure is the same across Office 2007 apps - if possible at all). In pre-2007 versions, I could simply re-order the buttons on the toolbar to put my most commonly used buttons to the left - whether they were related or not. In my workspace view, the button I need frequently is squished into a "summary button", so I have to expand the button and then choose the command. I'd simply like to move the button I want to be the leftmost button in one of the button groups so that when the button is squished, it is still visible. Tools--Customize? -d |
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