How to: Get Started Customizing the Ribbon
To customize the Ribbon of a Microsoft Office application, add a Ribbon (Visual Designer) or Ribbon (XML) item to an Office project.
Applies to: The information in this topic applies to document-level projects and application-level projects for the following applications: Excel 2013 and Excel 2010; InfoPath 2013 and InfoPath 2010; Outlook 2013 and Outlook 2010; PowerPoint 2013 and PowerPoint 2010; Project 2013 and Project 2010; Visio 2013 and Visio 2010; Word 2013 and Word 2010. For more information, see Features Available by Office Application and Project Type.
To add a Ribbon to a project
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On the Project Menu, click Add New Item.
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In the Add New Item dialog box, select Ribbon (Visual Designer) or Ribbon (XML). For more information about these templates, see Ribbon Overview.
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In the Name box, type a name for the Ribbon item.
Names cannot contain the following characters:
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Pound (#)
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Percent (%)
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Ampersand (&)
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Asterisk (*)
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Vertical bar (|)
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Backslash (\)
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Colon (:)
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Double quotation mark (")
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Less than (<)
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Greater than (>)
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Question mark (?)
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Forward slash (/)
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Leading or trailing spaces (' ')
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Names reserved for Windows or DOS such as ("nul", "aux", "con", "com1", "lpt1", and so on)
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Click OK.
The Ribbon item appears in Solution Explorer. For information about the next steps, see Ribbon Overview.
