I’d like to say: I feel the pain of those that lament that what used to be an easy editing job is now ridiculously complicated.

Having said that, I actually think MS actually *did* think all this through before they did it. Was it to force new (Microsoft) technologies on people? Well, IMHO not exactly, at least not primarily.

It comes down to this: The old button bar system might have been easy to edit, but it wasn’t very actually useful for the Standard Generic Office User.
* Buttons would fall off when you didn’t use them, but then you’d need them again and you’d have to know how to get them back.
* Almost every command available had a button no matter even if it was one that nobody ever used ever

The ribbon sacrifices ease-of-customization for ease-of-use for the (novice) Standard Generic Office User. The ribbon is a real pain for anyone wanting to customize it, but it will probably be a major benefit to any novice office user.

That’s why MS changed it, and that’s why MS will be deaf to any cries of complaint from developers. So it goes.

P.S.
When I first looked at the thing, I didn’t think it would be customizable *at all*. At first glance, it looks as if it’s just one big graphic driven by a mouseOver position map underneath. After reading some, I realize that might not be entirely accurate, but I think the comparison still gives one a good sense of how customizable it isn’t.

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I create three example workbooks but not have them online on this moment
Must check a few things before I upload them.
If you want them to play with it this weekend mail me private
and i send them to you.

I will post here when it is ready

This is sooooooo useful!!!! THANK YOU!!!

One other question, is there a way to have a drop-down menu on the ribbons?

What I’d ideally like to be able to have a drop down menu that would list all the wards/departments and be populated from the workbook, would you have to do this from within the workbook using vba, or would you have to define the list in the xml?

Thanks again

Mark

You can start here
http://www.rondebruin.nl/ribbon.htm

Any help, or suggestions would be much appreciated!!!

Disillusioned NHS employee!!

See
http://www.rondebruin.nl/qat.htm

>”It’s possible to share a QAT with other users
Yes you can copy the QAT file,see
http://www.rondebruin.nl/imageqat.htm

There is also a add-in to copy a QAT from only one workbook to another

OOP is beautiful, you just have to understand the pillars man. Prob solved.