May 1st, 2007 by Patrick Schmid
Since I released RibbonCustomizer V1.1 on Saturday, two issues have appeared:
- Some customers were unable to run RibbonCustomizer. This issue only happened for customers who do not have all five supported Office applications (Access, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint and Word 2007) installed. RibbonCustomizer requires supporting components for all five applications to be installed. Unfortunately, the Office 2007 setup and RibbonCustomizer setup only installed the supporting components for the actually installed Office applications. Unfortunately, my beta testers and I all have those five applications installed (I run Office 2007 Ultimate e.g.). I would like to thank the three users, who brought the issue to my attention and endured the lengthy process of diagnosing this particular problem, a lot.
- Due to a problem in the setup program, Office did not recognize the digital signature of the add-in. I have no idea why one way of installing the properly signed add-in led Office to simply ignore the digital signature, while another way (seemingly doing the exact same things) made Office recognize it.
Both this issues have been fixed in the newest release of V1.1 (1.1.2676.42797). If you are not affected by either of these two issues, then there is no need for you to update to this newer release of V1.1.
To update, please remove all prior versions of RibbonCustomizer (including any V1.1), and install the newest one:
Download the latest V1.1 release
April 29th, 2007 by Patrick Schmid
April 29th, 2007 by Patrick Schmid
Computerworld just posted a favorable review of RibbonCustomizer (Classic Menus and ToolbarToogle were also reviewed):
“Hands on: Show Office 2007 who’s the boss“
Excerpts:
“RibbonCustomizer Pro costs $30 and works with Access, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint and Word 2007. If you like the Ribbon but wish Microsoft had put the commands and options in a slightly different order, or if you have custom needs for particular projects where the tool bar icons would work better for you in a different arrangement, RibbonCustomizer is for you.”
“If your only need is for a set of commands that look like those in Word, Excel and PowerPoint 2003, RibbonCustomizer has an offer you shouldn’t overlook. The developer offers a free Starter Edition. If you want to get your feet wet with a retro menu, it’s a great way to begin. […] and you essentially have Classic Menu without the cost.”
Go directly to the RibbonCustomizer section of the review.
April 28th, 2007 by Patrick Schmid
RibbonCustomizer V1.1 is now available for download. V1.1 is a strongly recommended update for every current user of RibbonCustomizer. Under our lifetime free update guarantee, this is a free update for all customers.
We would like to thank all beta testers for helping make this the most stable release of RibbonCustomizer ever!
New features
- Classic UI tabs for Excel, PowerPoint and Word 2007 in English and German. These are available in the Starter Edition already, and therefore can be used without purchasing RibbonCustomizer.
- Vista standard user support: Standard users in Windows Vista can now install and use RibbonCustomizer.
- Support for Vista with User Account Control (UAC) turned off. Users with administrative rights were previously unable to use RibbonCustomizer if User Account Control was off.
- RibbonCustomizer can now be used with the Office setting requiring application add-ins to be digitally signed.
Improvements
- All known bugs have been fixed.
- Significantly improved performance: V1.1 has a negligible impact on the load time of Office applications
- Improved stability due to V1.1 having a COM Shim.
Quick Installation Instructions
Please remove all previous versions of RibbonCustomizer (including any V1.1 beta) before installing the final V1.1 (1.1.2676.42797).
Documentation / Feature Tour
Support
If you require support for V1.1, please use the available support options.
Reviews & Press
RibbonCustomizer has been reviewed and mentioned in the press. Read what others say about RibbonCustomizer. Please let us know, if you know of any other reviews or read about the program in the press.
The Future
Development on the next version of RibbonCustomizer (1.2) will start immediately. We will provide frequent beta builds in order to deliver new features quickly to interested customers. Please check out the RibbonCustomizer Beta Program for more information.
April 24th, 2007 by Patrick Schmid
Excel 2007 Classic UI tabs
Today I am making available for download the Classic UI tabs for Excel 2007. The Classic UI tabs for PowerPoint and Word 2007 have already been available for a few days. As with those two, you can display the Classic UI tab as first tab:
Or as last tab:
In order to use the Excel Classic UI tab, you have to have the latest beta version of RibbonCustomizer V1.1 (V1.1.2666.14038) installed.
Once you have installed the latest 1.1 build, you can download the two RIBX files and save them anywhere you like (best to download via right-click, save as):
As with the PowerPoint and Word 2007 Classic UI tabs, you can use the Starter Edition of RibbonCustomizer (simply downloading & installing the add-in) to get the PowerPoint Classic UI tabs for free. Please follow the steps outlined in the Word Classic UI post to install the PPT tabs.
Classic UI tabs in German
The Classic UI tabs for Excel, PowerPoint and Word are now also available in German. They will automatically be displayed in German, if your Office User Interface language is German. Please download the Classic UI tabs for PowerPoint and Word again to get this German language support. The Excel Classic UI tabs already support German.
Excel Classic UI tab in German:
PowerPoint Classic UI tab in German:
Word Classic UI tab in German:
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