Office Ribbon portal page: * GET * it

For customers, the new is a well-known learning curve in the Office Ribbon, it. While this learning curve is what we speak content for some customers with "Getting started" fear of the Ribbon can stay and far started (this applies in particular to our customers who have a long history with Office and a deep familiarity with the menu versions of our products) persisted.

Address help these customer problem, I am pleased that the release of updated to announce transition to the page with the Office Ribbon. This is the place of the doors for you and you really get with the Office Ribbon.

The reasons, the we this portal type created are fairly simple and obvious:

We want the learning curve address by helping our (great) content inventory to find customers things in the new user interface (the Ribbon).We offer we better organization of this content (keyboard commands, reference guides, such as training, to customize the Ribbon, etc) want to have so that you can learn the way you want to learn.We would like to purchase from Kagi, resources for beginners, advanced users (people only that to "get it"), provide for experts and trainers.

I know that it, to receive, whether you are working with the Ribbon started a hard road with him in Office 2007 or Office 2010. But I must tell you that is the Ribbon here to stay, because we know that it works. And we we know works not to observe it (those to try that each scrap it as soon as it was created) - No. We have (and continue to do) Usability studies with regular people like you, and the results were pretty phenomenal. Once "it", was people the Ribbon a way of life for Sie-- and pretty damn fast, to.

In 2006, Jensen Harris wrote, program manager here are post in the Office, a blog about what usability studies and how we use it. While this article don't you give the details on the testing we have this blog post (I'm pretty sure, is top secret) there are some very interesting information. Read Jensen book Usability Stockholm syndrome.

Now go to that Ribbon portal page and crackin' ' get. I know you can do it. (Ernst, if my 79-jährige aunt can do Clementine, you can do it.) No offense, aunt Clem.)

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Why like Jai the Ribbon in Office 2010 (video)

We languages with customers during Microsoft store celebrate the first anniversary of Office 2010. Jai Carter spoke to us about the use of two versions of Office.

--Doug Thomas

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Improve your OneNote skills with Ribbon Hero 2

If formal training materials are not your thing, put your notes for a moment and check out Ribbon Hero 2, the sequel to our popular training game for Microsoft Office 2010.

Ribbon Hero 2 can the Office Web apps learning fun. It is also the first version includes OneNote, so even if you play before played with some of the other apps, have make sure that you are giving content to the new OneNote a whirl!

While playing Ribbon Hero 2, move the to see the mouse pointer across the screen what challenges await
and score to see how many points will upon successful completion of available tasks.

Need help with the search for a specific command on the Ribbon? Remember the steps for a particular process can't? Test what you think, that you want to know about OneNote? Ribbon Hero 2 can with all that help. Plus, you can travel through time, to measure points, and your success on the way. You will also meet with an old friend named Clippy, you surely remember that in previous versions of Office (although he was never part of OneNote).

Test your knowledge or fighting against employees and friends fun Download Ribbon heroand then check out our quick start guide to learn how to play.

RIBBON 2 is fun, it's free and it help you learn more about OneNote 2010 as may otherwise mastering.

--Michael C. Oldenburg

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To avoid, that the State of global IRibbonUI Ribbon object

In today's post offers Excel MVP Ron de Bruin a solution to a common problem that occurs if you use RibbonX and VBA, customize Ribbon. For more tips and links to Excel add-in the Ron's Web site: http://www.rondebruin.nl/.

It is a common problem when you work with the Ribbon using RibbonX and VBA. Ribbon object (that is initialized when Excel loads the file) can lose the reference to the Ribbon, which is that your code can no longer say mean Excel to update your Ribbon customizations.
There is simply no simple, restore integrated fashion that handle for the Ribbon, if it problems in or with your code. The only way to fix it is close and not very user friendly reopen your workbook.

But MVP Rory Archibald came with a great idea in a post in the Forum MrExcel. In the example in the workbook that you can download on this page (see below) is based on Rory's idea and works in 32-bit Excel 2007 and Excel 2010 32-bit - and 64-bit.

You store the pointer to the IRibbonUI in a cell (or the name or where ever) and it use CopyMemory then get back, if the State is lost.

You can test this sample workbook this method, the Ribbon handle restored if it is lost.

Download: Loss of the Ribbon state.zip.  

Note: decided I me not the workbook code RibbonX to this page add, because, if you work the code in the workbook can see, it is much clearer. If all this is new to you, I suggest that you click on the link below, with my Ribbon page start then.

For more information about customizing the Ribbon, see to change the Ribbon in Excel 2007 or Excel 2010.

--Ron de Bruin

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Ribbon Hero 2: How to play (video)

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Ribbon Hero 2: How to play the game (video) Doug Thomas 26 Apr 2011 7:03 AM Comments 2

Our friends at Office Labs have spun a sequel: Ribbon Hero 2. Starting today, you can download this free game to learn some tips and shortcuts about Office. (Oh, to heck with that. Just download it because Ribbon Hero 2—featuring the time-travelling adventures of our old friend, Clippy—is fun. Even, dare I say, addictive?)

Ribbon Hero 2 follows Clippy (yes, he’s alive!) as he explores different time periods while trying to get back home. In each time period you get to explore a new game board with challenges to complete to get to the next level. Each challenge takes you into Word, Excel, PowerPoint, or OneNote to complete a task. So you discover new Office features by actually using them (without actually working). Plus, there's a hint button to fall back on in case you get stuck.

Ribbon Hero 2 works for both Office 2007 and Office 2010, but more challenges (11 of them) are available in 2010. Find the download and more information at the Ribbon Hero 2 site at Office Labs. 

--Doug Thomas

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Comments Gil Vinokoor 26 Apr 2011 9:27 AM

Doug,

This looks even more fun and cool than the original!

Adding a Clippy story seems like a great way to get people even more addicted to this great Office edutainment project!

Hopefully the challenges are different than in RH1 and there are some Easter eggs (in tune with the season) in there too!

Cheers,

Gil

sinnrG 27 Apr 2011 6:01 PM

Make this a Windows Phone App for Office for Windows Phone! this would be a great series!

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