How to Customize the Ribbon in Word 2007
Office 2007, created by Microsoft, contains programs such as PowerPoint, OneNote, Word, Outlook, Excel (spreadsheets) and various other programs depending on the version of Office 2007 you purchase. Several of these programs--Access, Excel, PowerPoint, Word and Outlook--contain a "ribbon" across the top of the screen. The ribbon contains the menus and frequently used commands for each program. Rather than having to open individual toolbars before seeing commands, the ribbon displays them all at once after the user clicks on the tab (such as Home, Review or Layout) pertaining to that set of commands. It is possible to customize some aspects of the Word 2007 ribbon.
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Instructions
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Minimize the ribbon so you have more work space available on your screen. The keyboard shortcut CTRL+F1 (hold down the CTRL key and hit the function key F1 at the top of your keyboard) will toggle the ribbon between minimized and regular size.
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Add or delete commands to the Quick Access Toolbar. Immediately to the right of the Microsoft Office button (the colored button at the top left-hand side of the screen) is a Quick Access Toolbar, which will contain shortcuts to your most-often-used commands. For example, you might use "Save" and "Spell Check" often, so you'd like them to be present on this toolbar. To add them, click the down arrow immediately to the right of the toolbar and select the command you want (the program will insert a check mark next to the command you have selected). If the command you need does not show on the list, click "More Commands." Click the item you want in the left window and click "Add" to move it to the right window. Once you have selected all of your commands, click "OK" to save them to the Quick Access Toolbar.
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Move the Quick Access Toolbar below the ribbon if you want it closer to your work space. Immediately to the right of the Quick Access Toolbar, click the down arrow and select "Show Below the Ribbon."
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Tips & Warnings
Advanced users can use an add-in called Ribbon Customizer, Visual Studio 2005 or a combination of XML markup and .NET programming language to further customize the ribbon by adding and removing tabs and changing the commands found in each tabbed section.
