RibbonX -- About the Authors -- Credits -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Overview of the Book and Technology -- How This Book Is Organized -- Why Read This Book -- Tools You Will Need -- What's on the Website -- Congratulations -- Part I: The Building Blocks for a Successful Customization -- Chapter 1: An Introduction to the Office User Interface -- What Is the Ribbon and Why Does It Exist? -- What Happened to the Toolbars from My Pre-2007 Files? -- A Customization Example for Pre-2007 UIs -- Ribbon Components -- Tips for Navigating the Ribbon and Quick Access Toolbar (QAT) -- Preparing for Ribbon Customization -- Conclusion -- Chapter 2: Accessing the UI Customization Layer -- Accessing the Excel and Word Ribbon Customization Layers -- Microsoft Access Customizations -- Conclusion -- Chapter 3: Understanding XML -- What Is XML and Why Do You Need It? -- Essential Background -- The Core XML Framework -- The customUI Element -- The ribbon Element -- The tabs Element -- The tab Element -- The group Element -- Conclusion -- Chapter 4: Introducing Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) -- Getting Started with Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) -- Recording Macros for Excel and Word -- Subprocedures versus Functions -- VBA Coding Techniques -- Writing Your Own Code -- Debugging Your Code -- Error Handling -- Working with Arrays -- Conclusion -- Chapter 5: Callbacks: The Key to Adding Functionality to Your Custom UI -- Callbacks: What They Are and Why You Need Them -- Setting Up the File for Dynamic Callbacks -- Generating Your First Callback -- Calling Procedures Located in Different Workbooks -- Organizing Your Callbacks -- Invalidating UI Components -- Conclusion -- Chapter 6: RibbonX Basic Controls -- The button Element -- The checkBox Element -- The editBox Element -- The toggleButton Element -- Conclusion.

Chapter 7: comboBox and dropDown Controls -- The item Element -- The comboBox Element -- The dropDown Element -- Conclusion -- Chapter 8: Custom Pictures and Galleries -- Custom Pictures -- Adding Custom Pictures to Excel or Word Projects -- Adding Custom Pictures to Access Projects -- Using GDI+ to Load PNG Files -- Using the Gallery Control -- Conclusion -- Chapter 9: Creating Menus -- The menu Element -- The splitButton Element -- The dynamicMenu Element -- Conclusion -- Chapter 10: Formatting Elements -- The box Element -- The buttonGroup element -- The labelControl Element -- The separator Element -- The menuSeparator Element -- Conclusion -- Chapter 11: Using Controls and Attributes to Help Your Users -- The dialogBoxLauncher Element -- The keytip Attribute -- screentip and supertip Attributes -- Overwriting Built-in Control Attributes -- Conclusion -- Part II: Advanced Concepts in Ribbon Customization -- Chapter 12: Advanced VBA Techniques -- Working with Collections -- Class Modules -- Using VBA Custom Properties -- Saving and Retrieving Values from the Registry -- Conclusion -- Chapter 13: Overriding Built-in Controls in the Ribbon -- Starting the UI from Scratch -- Activating a Tab at Startup -- Disabling and Repurposing Commands -- Conclusion -- Chapter 14: Customizing the Office Menu and the QAT -- Adding Items to the Office Menu -- Adding Items to the QAT -- Conclusion -- Chapter 15: Working with Contextual Controls -- Making Your Items Contextual -- Working Through Nonvisibility Methods -- Working with Contextual Tabs and tabSets -- Working with Contextual Pop-up Menus -- Multilingual UI -- Conclusion -- Chapter 16: Sharing and Deploying Ribbon Customizations -- Excel Deployment Techniques -- Word Deployment Techniques -- Sharing Ribbon Items Across Files (Word and Excel).

Deploying Word and Excel Solutions Where Multiple Versions of Office are in Use -- Access Deployment Techniques -- Conclusion -- Chapter 17: Security In Microsoft Office -- Security Prior to Office 2007 -- Macro-Enabled and Macro-Free File Formats -- The Trust Center -- Digital Certificates -- Conclusion -- Appendix A: Tables of RibbonX Tags -- How to Use This Appendix -- Ribbon Container Elements -- Ribbon Control Elements -- Appendix B: Tables of Tab and Group idMso Names -- Common Tab idMso Identifiers -- Contextual Tab idMso Identifiers -- Group idMso Identifiers -- Appendix C: imageMso Reference Guide -- How to Get Your Own imageMso References -- Your Own Reference Tool -- Appendix D: Keytips and Accelerator keys -- Keytips and Accelerator Keys for Excel -- Appendix E: RibbonX Naming Conventions -- How Our Naming System Works -- Naming Samples -- Appendix F: Where to Find Help -- Websites with RibbonX Information -- Websites Maintained by the Authoring and Tech Edit Team -- Newsgroups -- Web Forums -- Index.