OT: Ribbon\Icon Customiser for Office 2007

I do my Libronix notetaking in MS Word, and have recently migrated to Office 2007 (out of pure necessity I might add) and am trying to get some of my old custom tools going.

Does anyone know of a free toolbar customiser for Office\Word 2007? There are quite a few paid ones, but there might be a good free solution out there.

Thanks
Richard

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spitzerpl

Does anyone know of a free toolbar customiser for Office\Word 2007?

No, but I thought you might be interested to know that the ribbon will be customizable in Office 2010 which I believe is due out the first part of 2010.

BillS

Does anyone know of a free toolbar customiser for Office\Word 2007? There are quite a few paid ones, but there might be a good free solution out there.

Hi Richard, I remember a tech article some years ago about a free utility to make 2007 work like 2003... am out of town for the week, but don't give up hope that you'll find one.

Bill

Dick Gorski

what kind of "custom tools" do you have? Macros can be easily added to the Quick Access Toolbar.

Richard Lyall

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/5100#Comment_5100

Yes - a few macros are already on the toolbar, but you can't create custom icons, nor can you create custom groups or tabs without a knowledge of XML.

Dick Gorski

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/5126#Comment_5126

You are right about the custom icons--I really wish they had not taken away the icon edit tool. It is pretty easy to create custom tabs in the ribbon without knowing XML. I have done a number of them and I couldnt write anything in XML if you put a gun to my head. Download the free Office 2007 Custom UI Editor from the Microsoft web site. Read a couple of paragraphs of instructions, use the sample files included, and you are good to go.

Richard Lyall

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/5186#Comment_5186

Great thanks, I'll try the custom UI tool.

Thanks
Richard

Kevin A. Purcell

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/5190#Comment_5190

For those who want to walk on the wild side of MS betas ...

http://www.microsoft.com/office/2010/en/download-office-professional-plus/default.aspx

Office 2010 in public beta.