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Once opened, just drag the new folder customUI into the Office file, like in the following image: xlsm if it have to include macro/VBA code) using an archiving application (WinZip, WinRAR, 7zip) as it would be a simple compressed file. To create new buttons and/or custom tabs into an Excel file is not needed any external editor (we can use the Office RibbonX Editor just to avoid the "manual" part) and can be done with the following procedure.Ĭreate a folder called customUI and inside this folder an customUI14.xml file ( customUI14.txt file renamed to customUI14.xml as extension) with the following code (for a single Custom Tab with a single button), but obviously modify the properties with the name of your function/macro and customizing the IDs with anything you want: Important Note: with this approach you will be able to embed new tabs definitions, icons, and VBA code (obviously) directly into a single Office file (Excel, for example). xls files, because those versions do not have a Ribbon and also because files generated by these legacy versions are binary files and not OpenXML-based files like those in Office 2007+ files. Take also note that new custom tabs cannot be added to Office XP/2003. Note: Excel versions 2010 and up use the same xml file named customUI14.xml to defines and show custom tabs. zip files in which there are few folders and several xml files that defines the content and other document specifications. The Office RibbonX Editor gives you an option to insert a customUI.xml file in your Excel workbook that loads when you open the file in Excel 2007and up and/or a customUI14.xml file that only loads when you open the Excel workbook in Excel 2010 and up: all files created in Office 2007+ can be considered as.
Adding developer tab in excel 2007 portable#
You can download OfficeRibbonXEditor-NETFramework.zip and after you unzip it open the OfficeRibbonXEditor.exe to use it (it is a portable and standalone software).
Adding developer tab in excel 2007 how to#
In the following article we will see how to manage this requirement using a free and open source program called Office RibbonX Editor, coded by Fernando Andreu and available at. Adding a custom tab into a specific Office document (2007+ documents) can be very useful if we need to transport, with the document, custom VBA/macro codes.