Formatting ribbon menu Neil Humphries 11/17/2008 6:11:03 PM When my macro loads the menu into the Add-in tab, all the menu items are strung out in a single line. Without learning XML, is there a way to control the placement of items? I would like to stack the items in 3 columns with between 1 and 3 items per column.

Re: Formatting ribbon menu "Doug Robbins - Word MVP" <dkr[ at ]REMOVECAPSmvps.org> 11/17/2008 10:30:43 PM You might as well bite the bullet and start customizing the Ribbon - It is the only way that you will achieve what you are after. For a good place to start, see the following page of fellow MVP Greg Maxey's website: http://gregmaxey.mvps.org/Customize_Ribbon.htm -- Hope this helps. Please reply to the newsgroup unless you wish to avail yourself of my services on a paid consulting basis. Doug Robbins - Word MVP "Neil Humphries" <NeilHumphries[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:A562152A-7DF4-4165-9F3B-12C8E82D6710[ at ]microsoft.com... [Quoted Text] > When my macro loads the menu into the Add-in tab, all the menu items are > strung out in a single line. Without learning XML, is there a way to > control > the placement of items? I would like to stack the items in 3 columns with > between 1 and 3 items per column.

Re: Formatting ribbon menu Neil Humphries 11/19/2008 8:00:01 PM This is a case of the best advice being the answer I didn't want. I will be starting from scratch with XML, and I haven't done any HTML either. Can you recommend a good text/web site to work with? Is the XML for ribbons any different from generic XML? Are there any particular programmers tools I should be using? "Doug Robbins - Word MVP" wrote: [Quoted Text] > You might as well bite the bullet and start customizing the Ribbon - It is > the only way that you will achieve what you are after. > > For a good place to start, see the following page of fellow MVP Greg Maxey's > website: > > http://gregmaxey.mvps.org/Customize_Ribbon.htm > > -- > Hope this helps. > > Please reply to the newsgroup unless you wish to avail yourself of my > services on a paid consulting basis. > > Doug Robbins - Word MVP > > "Neil Humphries" <NeilHumphries[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message > news:A562152A-7DF4-4165-9F3B-12C8E82D6710[ at ]microsoft.com... > > When my macro loads the menu into the Add-in tab, all the menu items are > > strung out in a single line. Without learning XML, is there a way to > > control > > the placement of items? I would like to stack the items in 3 columns with > > between 1 and 3 items per column. > > >

Re: Formatting ribbon menu "Doug Robbins - Word MVP" <dkr[ at ]REMOVECAPSmvps.org> 11/20/2008 5:59:11 AM Look at the website to which I gave you the reference and benefit from all of the time that Greg Maxey has put into it. -- Hope this helps. Please reply to the newsgroup unless you wish to avail yourself of my services on a paid consulting basis. Doug Robbins - Word MVP "Neil Humphries" <NeilHumphries[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:ED029D86-6B38-4D0F-9669-133C79AE175B[ at ]microsoft.com... [Quoted Text] > This is a case of the best advice being the answer I didn't want. I will > be > starting from scratch with XML, and I haven't done any HTML either. > > Can you recommend a good text/web site to work with? Is the XML for > ribbons > any different from generic XML? Are there any particular programmers tools > I > should be using? > > > "Doug Robbins - Word MVP" wrote: > >> You might as well bite the bullet and start customizing the Ribbon - It >> is >> the only way that you will achieve what you are after. >> >> For a good place to start, see the following page of fellow MVP Greg >> Maxey's >> website: >> >> http://gregmaxey.mvps.org/Customize_Ribbon.htm >> >> -- >> Hope this helps. >> >> Please reply to the newsgroup unless you wish to avail yourself of my >> services on a paid consulting basis. >> >> Doug Robbins - Word MVP >> >> "Neil Humphries" <NeilHumphries[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in >> message >> news:A562152A-7DF4-4165-9F3B-12C8E82D6710[ at ]microsoft.com... >> > When my macro loads the menu into the Add-in tab, all the menu items >> > are >> > strung out in a single line. Without learning XML, is there a way to >> > control >> > the placement of items? I would like to stack the items in 3 columns >> > with >> > between 1 and 3 items per column. >> >> >>