Yes, the tabs, panels, command buttons, and controls displayed on the ribbon can be customized. Customizing the ribbon allows you to be more productive by reorganizing the panels, command buttons, and controls you use most frequently in a way that better fits the way you or those at your company work with the product. The ribbon can be customized within the application window or using the Customize User Interface (CUI) Editor.
These ribbon customization tasks can be performed within the application window:
- Show and hide ribbon tabs
- Show and hide ribbon panels
The ribbon customization tasks previously mentioned along with many more can be performed using the Customize User Interface (CUI) Editor:
Ribbon Tabs
- Create new and modify, including to delete, existing ribbon tabs
- Add and remove ribbon panels
- Show and hide ribbon panels
- Set the initial order of ribbon panels on a ribbon tab
Ribbon Panels
- Create new and modify, including to delete, existing ribbon panels
- Add and remove command buttons and controls
- Resize command and drop-down menu buttons
- Reposition command buttons and controls
- Position command buttons and controls in a slideout
- Organize and group command buttons and controls with separators, drop-down menus, rows, and sub-panels
Workspaces
- Add and remove ribbon tabs from a workspace
- Show and hide ribbon panels
- Reorder ribbon tabs on the ribbon
- Reposition ribbon panels on a ribbon tab
In addition to ribbon customization, the Customize User Interface (CUI) Editor can be used to customize these user interface elements:
- Quick Access toolbar
- Classic toolbars
- Pull-down menus
- Shortcut (contextual) menus
- Quick properties and rollover tooltips
- Keyboard shortcuts and temporary override keys
- Mouse buttons and double-click actions
- Legacy user interfaces (tablet menus and buttons, and image tile menus)