by on November 3, 2009 Leave a Comment

UI Extensibility in Office 2010

When introducing the Ribbon UI in Office 2007, we also introduced the RibbonX (Ribbon extensibility) model, a new way to programmatically customize the Office UI. RibbonX enables 3 rd party developers and solution providers to build on top of the Ribbon by authoring custom tabs and groups, targeting scenarios unique to and optimized for their customers

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UI Extensibility in Office 2010

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by on June 30, 2009 Leave a Comment

Week Numbers in Excel

Today’s author is, Ron de Bruin, an Excel MVP . You can find more useful tips from Ron and links to Excel add-ins at his website: http://www.rondebruin.nl/ There are four primary week numbering systems in use worldwide

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Week Numbers in Excel

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by on May 4, 2009 Leave a Comment

Excel Services Getting Started – Pt3 EWA

This continues my previous checklists here and here on getting started with Excel Services. In this post, I’ll append a walkthrough for using Excel Web Access. 5

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Excel Services Getting Started – Pt3 EWA

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by on May 29, 2007 Leave a Comment

Classic Menus for Office 2007 – For Those Who Do Not Like Change

I love Office 2007′s Ribbon menu system as it has made my efforts to author spreadsheets, documents, and presentations less painful. Granted it did take about 2-3 hours total to become accustomed to how the Ribbon switches to present buttons specifically related to the task I want to accomplish (i.e. formatting a table, working with data, etc.).
 
The only time I really became frustrated was the first time I tried to create a Pivot Table in Excel. In previous Excel versions, Pivot Table commands resided in the Data menu of the main Menu Bar. Office 2007 has a Data panel on the Ribbon. I must have spent 15 minutes looking for anything Pivot Table related on the Ribbon’s data pane before I became enraged enough to consider other options.
 
That’s when I took a look at the Insert pane and found the Insert Pivot Table button. Whatever….I still like the Ribbon. Overall it is a superior design to previous Office menu versions.
 
I know not everyone agrees. I know many don’t like the Ribbon. I know that, even further, some simply hate the Ribbons. I am sure there are many reasons for this but I am sure they will all boil down to the fact it forces you to change and learn a new way of doing things. I know, I know! Change is hard and sometimes scary but when it comes to the new Ribbon you now have a choice.
 
If you think the Ribbon is horrible or so frustrated that you find yourself rocking in the fetal position underneath the desk in your cubicle, repeating to yourself, "If only they had left the damn Data menu the same!" over and over again….then I suggest you check out Classic Menus from Addintools.com.
 
This add-in will embed the Office classic menus onto new Ribbon pane appropriately named Menu.
 
I don’t use it but the screenshots look like this tool just might be a winner for those of you that see absolutely nothing wrong with keeping things they way the are (even if the new way might be teensy weensy bit more productive).
 
I’m just saying.

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