Office Ribbon
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Office Ribbon
The user interface in Microsoft Office applications introduced with Office 2007. Except for the File menu, the Ribbon replaced all the traditional menus with tabbed toolbars and buttons.
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| Menus Became Toolbars |
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| Except for the File menu (red arrow), the Ribbon puts functions together in toolbars accessed by tabs. The Home tab is selected in this example with some of the detail of the toolbar at the top. For comparison, the previous Office interface is shown at the bottom. |
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In order to extend the functionality of the existing Ribbon bar or to repurpose the built-in commands we must take into account the controls that the
Office Ribbon provides, along with their object and event model.
Fear not--there is a $4.99 app for that, which reminds me of the less-efficient Microsoft
Office Ribbon that ate our menus (but fortunately not the shortcut keys).
Click a comment to select it and then click the Review tab up in the
Office Ribbon. In the Comments area, click the arrow under the Delete icon and select "Delete All Comments in Document." Microsoft has more information on working with comments at bit.ly/XKUrG1.
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