1. Customizing Office 2010 Backstage view and Ribbon
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Customizing Office 2010 Backstage view and Ribbon
John R. Durant
Senior Product Manager
Microsoft Corporation
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2. Agenda
Describe improvements to the existent UI extensibility model in Office applications
Define the new UI extensibility model of the Backstage view
Identify end-user customization features introduced in Office 2010 applications
Demos!
Resources
Q&A

3. Extensibility vs. Customization
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Extensibility vs. Customization
UI extensibility
Modifying the UI via programmatic methods
End-user UI customization
Modifying the UI via end-user features that are part of the application itself
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4. What’s the Read “User” Value?
Familiarity of Office applications
Reduces training time
Increases productivity
Streamline business processes and tasks where people “live”

5. UI Extensibility Platform Improvements
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UI Extensibility Platform Improvements
demo
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6. RibbonX – Tab Activation
Ability to programmatically select a tab and make it show up “in front” of other tabs
Similar to Ribbon invalidation in its use of push model:
IRibbonUI.ActivateTab(String TabID)

7. RibbonX – Group Scaling
Built-in Ribbon groups change layout as window resizes:
New Office 2010 scenarios

8. RibbonX – Group Scaling
In Office 2010, autoScale property can be set on a custom group:
Custom group then changes its layout as the window resizes, like built-in groups do:
<group id=“Wheel" autoScale="true">

9. Context Menu Extensibility
In Office 2010, context menus can be extended via CustomUI as well:
New control types supported
<customUI ...>
<ribbon> ... </ribbon>
<contextMenus>
<contextMenu idMso="MenuCell">
<button id="ButtonRefresh” .../>
</contextMenu>
</contextMenus>
</customUI>

10. Backstage Extensibility
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Backstage Extensibility
demo
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11. Backstage – Glossary

12. Backstage Extensibility – Hierarchy
At the same level as the Ribbon and context menus:
<customUI ...>
<ribbon> ... </ribbon>
<outspace> ... </outspace>
<contextMenus> ... </contextMenus>
</customUI>

13. Backstage Tab Extensibility
Add new custom tabs
Hide, disable built-in tabs
Specify layout in custom tabs:

14. Fast Command Extensibility
Add custom fast commands
Hide, disable built-in fast commands

15. Backstage Group Extensibility
Conceptually similar to Ribbon groups
Add custom groups to built-in/custom tabs
Hide built-in groups

16. Backstage Control Types
Wide variety of control types available for building custom slabs
(button, checkBox, editBox, dropDown, radioGroup, comboBox, hyperlink, labelControl, groupBox, layoutContainer, imageControl, etc.)
Callbacks are similar, often identical, to those in the RibbonX
Rich set of layout capabilities

17. Existent File-Level Add-Ins
An “Add-Ins” flyout shows all of the custom additions to Office 2007’s File Menu:

18. End-User Customization
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End-User Customization
demo
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19. Customization in Office 2010
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Customization in Office 2010
Create new tabs and new groups
Add any built-in command to a new group
Reuse new groups
Rearrange tabs, groups and commands
Rename tabs, groups and commands
Export/import customizations to/from a file
Reset customizations back to out-of-box state
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The information herein is for informational purposes only and represents the current view of Microsoft Corporation as of the date of this presentation. Because Microsoft must respond to changing market conditions, it should not be interpreted to be a commitment on the part of Microsoft, and Microsoft cannot guarantee the accuracy of any information provided after the date of this presentation. MICROSOFT MAKES NO WARRANTIES, EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR STATUTORY, AS TO THE INFORMATION IN THIS PRESENTATION.

20. Resources Blogs Office Developer Guild MSDN
John Durant’s blog:
Brian Jones’ blog:
Office Developer Guild
MSDN

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22. Learn More about SharePoint 2010
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Learn More about SharePoint 2010
Information for IT Pros at TechNet
Information for Developers at MSDN
Information for Everyone
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The information herein is for informational purposes only and represents the current view of Microsoft Corporation as of the date of this presentation. Because Microsoft must respond to changing market conditions, it should not be interpreted to be a commitment on the part of Microsoft, and Microsoft cannot guarantee the accuracy of any information provided after the date of this presentation. MICROSOFT MAKES NO WARRANTIES, EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR STATUTORY, AS TO THE INFORMATION IN THIS PRESENTATION.

23. Any questions? Want to share scenarios/solutions?
Q&A

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© 2009 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. Microsoft, Windows, Windows Vista and other product names are or may be registered trademarks and/or trademarks in the U.S. and/or other countries.
The information herein is for informational purposes only and represents the current view of Microsoft Corporation as of the date of this presentation. Because Microsoft must respond to changing market conditions, it should not be interpreted to be a commitment on the part of Microsoft, and Microsoft cannot guarantee the accuracy of any information provided after the date of this presentation. MICROSOFT MAKES NO WARRANTIES, EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR STATUTORY, AS TO THE INFORMATION IN THIS PRESENTATION.
© 2009 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. Microsoft, Windows, Windows Vista and other product names are or may be registered trademarks and/or trademarks in the U.S. and/or other countries.
The information herein is for informational purposes only and represents the current view of Microsoft Corporation as of the date of this presentation. Because Microsoft must respond to changing market conditions, it should not be interpreted to be a commitment on the part of Microsoft, and Microsoft cannot guarantee the accuracy of any information provided after the date of this presentation. MICROSOFT MAKES NO WARRANTIES, EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR STATUTORY, AS TO THE INFORMATION IN THIS PRESENTATION.

25. Microsoft SharePoint Conference 2009
11/21/2018
© 2009 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. Microsoft, Windows, Windows Vista and other product names are or may be registered trademarks and/or trademarks in the U.S. and/or other countries.
The information herein is for informational purposes only and represents the current view of Microsoft Corporation as of the date of this presentation. Because Microsoft must respond to changing market conditions, it should not be interpreted to be a commitment on the part of Microsoft, and Microsoft cannot guarantee the accuracy of any information provided after the date of this presentation. MICROSOFT MAKES NO WARRANTIES, EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR STATUTORY, AS TO THE INFORMATION IN THIS PRESENTATION.