Need to call out our menu in Office

[David Thielen]

Hi;

A lot of people who try our demo install it, start Word or Excel, then
call us asking where our AddIn is. It's right there in the main menu
(top ribbon in 2007) but they are expecting more.

So...

Is there a way to call out a menu item? Write it in a different color?
Or maybe pop up a balloon window that points at it? Or???

thanks - dave

david@[email protected]
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me -- http://dave.thielen.com

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[Colbert Zhou [MSFT]]

Hi Dave,

I installed the student AutoTag AddIn before. I think the AutoTag tab in
the Office ribbon is pretty intuitional. I can find it immdeiately after
the Word/Excel starts up.

Based on my experience with the Office 2007 Add-in.
1.The Ribbon tab text cannot be customized in different color
2.I am not aware of and also search but do not find an API to locate the
Ribbon Tab or Office Menu. That is to say, calling native Windows API to
show a ballon window is also stumbled.

What about putting the AutoTag tab as the second tab right after the Home
tab in the ribbon? That can be easily achieved by insertAfterMso attribute,
<tabs>
<tab id="TabAddIns" insertAfterMso="TabHome">
<group id="MyGroup"
label="My Group">
</group>
</tab>

What do you think about this?


Best regards,
Ji Zhou
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[Andrei Smolin [Add-in Express]]

Hi David,

You can activate your tab using SendKeys and corresponding KeyTip. You need
to send Alt + KeyTip + Enter.

Regards from Belarus (GMT+2),

Andrei Smolin
Add-in Express Team Leader
www.add-in-express.com

 

[David Thielen]

It's funny, to you and me it's obviously there. But to a business user
they're lost. We're putting up a splash screen and we'll try improving
that but I'll suggest your idea too.

thanks - dave

Hi Dave,

I installed the student AutoTag AddIn before. I think the AutoTag tab in
the Office ribbon is pretty intuitional. I can find it immdeiately after
the Word/Excel starts up.

Based on my experience with the Office 2007 Add-in.
1.The Ribbon tab text cannot be customized in different color
2.I am not aware of and also search but do not find an API to locate the
Ribbon Tab or Office Menu. That is to say, calling native Windows API to
show a ballon window is also stumbled.

What about putting the AutoTag tab as the second tab right after the Home
tab in the ribbon? That can be easily achieved by insertAfterMso attribute,
<tabs>
<tab id="TabAddIns" insertAfterMso="TabHome">
<group id="MyGroup"
label="My Group">
</group>
</tab>

What do you think about this?


Best regards,
Ji Zhou
Microsoft Online Community Support

Delighting our customers is our #1 priority. We welcome your comments and
suggestions about how we can improve the support we provide to you. Please
feel free to let my manager know what you think of the level of service
provided. You can send feedback directly to my manager at:
(e-mail address removed).

david@[email protected]
Windward Reports -- http://www.WindwardReports.com
me -- http://dave.thielen.com

Cubicle Wars - http://www.windwardreports.com/film.htm

 

[David Thielen]

We'll try this - that could help on Office 2007 (Office 2003 though is
still an issue).

thanks - dave

Hi David,

You can activate your tab using SendKeys and corresponding KeyTip. You need
to send Alt + KeyTip + Enter.

Regards from Belarus (GMT+2),

Andrei Smolin
Add-in Express Team Leader
www.add-in-express.com

david@[email protected]
Windward Reports -- http://www.WindwardReports.com
me -- http://dave.thielen.com

Cubicle Wars - http://www.windwardreports.com/film.htm

 

[Andrei Smolin [Add-in Express]]

David,

Find your popup control in the main menu and call its Execute method.

Regards from Belarus (GMT+2),

Andrei Smolin
Add-in Express Team Leader
www.add-in-express.com